期刊
BIOMEDICINES
卷 9, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9101411
关键词
autoantibodies; pemphigus; pathogenic; glycans
资金
- INSERM
- University of Rouen Normandie
- Rouen University Hospital, Department of Dermatology, France
The pathogenicity of serum IgG in pemphigus patients is correlated with disease activity, and alterations in N-glycan structure can affect the in vitro pathogenicity of autoantibodies. The pathogenic properties of pemphigus IgG do not seem to be related to variations in IgG N-glycans during the course of the disease.
Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune disease that occurs due to pathogenic autoantibodies that recognize the following epidermal adhesion proteins: desmogleins. Systemic corticosteroids usually decrease the titers of anti-desmoglein autoantibodies and improve patients' conditions. Since modifications of IgG N-glycosylation have been described in some autoimmune diseases, we hypothesized that changes in the pathogenic activity of pemphigus IgG could be related to changes in their N-glycosylation profile. The purpose of this study was to assess, longitudinally, the pathogenicity of pemphigus serum IgG and their N-glycosylation profile during phases of disease activity and clinical remission. The pathogenic activity of serum IgG was measured in vitro on immortalized keratinocytes, by immunofluorescence and dissociation assays, and IgG N-glycans were analyzed by mass spectrometry. We showed (i) a correlation between pemphigus clinical activity and the pathogenicity of serum IgG at baseline and at month 6, while the persistence of the in vitro pathogenic activity of IgG during its evolution, even in patients in clinical remission, seemed to be predictive of relapse; (ii) that modifications of the N-glycan structure were altered the in vitro pathogenicity of patients' autoantibodies; (iii) that the pathogenic properties of pemphigus IgG did not appear to be related to the disparity in IgG N-glycans during the course of pemphigus.
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