The prevalence and clinical significance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies with specificity for lactoferrin was determined in patients with renal diseases. Antilactoferrin antibodies were found in only 12 of 920 patients (1.3%). These patients had either "pauci-immune" necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis (three cases) or lupus nephritis (nine cases). To verify whether antilactoferrin antibodies were specific for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and renal involvement, we studied 61 additional lupus patients, 40 with active lupus nephritis and 21 with active SLE and no renal involvement. Antilactoferrin antibodies were found in approximately 15% to 20% of patients with SLE, irrespective of the presence of renal involvement. We conclude that antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies with specificity for lactoferrin are only sporadically found in patients with renal diseases; these patients have either necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis or lupus nephritis. However, antilactoferrin antibodies are not a marker for renal involvement in SLE

Sinico, R., Pozzi, C., Radice, A., Tincani, A., Li Vecchi, M., Rota, S., et al. (1993). Clinical significance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies with specificity for lactoferrin in renal diseases. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 22(2), 253-260 [10.1016/S0272-6386(12)70314-1].

Clinical significance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies with specificity for lactoferrin in renal diseases

SINICO, RENATO ALBERTO
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1993

Abstract

The prevalence and clinical significance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies with specificity for lactoferrin was determined in patients with renal diseases. Antilactoferrin antibodies were found in only 12 of 920 patients (1.3%). These patients had either "pauci-immune" necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis (three cases) or lupus nephritis (nine cases). To verify whether antilactoferrin antibodies were specific for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and renal involvement, we studied 61 additional lupus patients, 40 with active lupus nephritis and 21 with active SLE and no renal involvement. Antilactoferrin antibodies were found in approximately 15% to 20% of patients with SLE, irrespective of the presence of renal involvement. We conclude that antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies with specificity for lactoferrin are only sporadically found in patients with renal diseases; these patients have either necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis or lupus nephritis. However, antilactoferrin antibodies are not a marker for renal involvement in SLE
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Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; Antibody Specificity; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Autoantibodies; Blotting, Western; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Humans; Lactoferrin; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; Lupus Nephritis; Male; Middle Aged; Neutrophils; Scleroderma, Systemic
English
1993
22
2
253
260
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Sinico, R., Pozzi, C., Radice, A., Tincani, A., Li Vecchi, M., Rota, S., et al. (1993). Clinical significance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies with specificity for lactoferrin in renal diseases. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 22(2), 253-260 [10.1016/S0272-6386(12)70314-1].
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