The value of a panel of autoantibodies for predicting the activity of lupus nephritis at time of renal biopsy
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2015
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The value of a panel of autoantibodies for predicting the activity of lupus nephritis at time of renal biopsy / G. Moroni, S. Quaglini, A. Radice, B. Trezzi, F. Raffiotta, P. Messa, R.A. Sinico. - In: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH. - ISSN 2314-8861. - 2015(2015), pp. 106904.1-106904.8. [10.1155/2015/106904]
Abstract:
Few studies have correlated serum biomarkers with renal histology, the gold standard for renal activity, in lupus nephritis (LN). We tested a panel of autoantibodies and complement at the time of kidney biopsy and after treatment. Anti-dsDNA, anti-nucleosome, anti-ribosome P, and anti-C1q antibodies and C3/C4 were measured in 107 patients with LN at the time of renal biopsy and after 6-12 months and were correlated with clinical/histological parameters. At multivariate analysis, high titers of anti-C1q antibodies or of anti-dsDNA antibodies (P = 0.005, OR = 8.67, CI: 2.03-37.3) were the independent predictors that discriminate proliferative from nonproliferative LN. All the immunological parameters, except anti-ribosome, showed a significant correlation with activity index but not with chronicity index. Only anti-C1q showed a significant correlation with the amount of proteinuria (R = 0.2, P = 0.03). None of the immunological parameters were predictive of remission at 6 and 12 months. We found that anti-C1q alone or in combination with anti-dsDNA emerged as the most reliable test in differentiating proliferative and nonproliferative LN. Anti-C1q was the only test correlated with the clinical presentation of LN. After treatment, the titre of the autoantibodies was significantly reduced, but none was predictive of remission.
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01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Anti-DSDNA antibodies; disease-activity; antinucleosome antibodies; laboratory tests; erythematosus; flares; prevalence; marker; classification; cohort
Elenco autori:
G. Moroni, S. Quaglini, A. Radice, B. Trezzi, F. Raffiotta, P. Messa, R.A. Sinico
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