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LUPUS
卷 27, 期 8, 页码 1259-1270出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0961203318770006
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Systemic lupus erythematosus; lupus nephritis; biomarkers; chemokines; T-cells
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- National Science Centre, Poland [NN402-627940]
Introduction Renal involvement is one of the most serious manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus, but non-invasive assessment of inflammatory response in kidneys is challenging. In this study we aimed to validate markers of active lupus nephritis (LN) using urine immune profiling. Methods Urine and serum cytokines (17-plex array) and urine mRNA expression (approximate to 40 immune and glomerular injury genes) were measured in LN patients with active disease (n=17) during remission (n=16) and in healthy subjects (n=18). Results Urine and serum levels of CCL2, CCL5 and CXCL10 were elevated in active LN as compared with disease remission (best discrimination for urine CXCL10 and CCL2) and correlated with LN activity. In the active disease, urinary cell transcriptome showed marked upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines (e.g. TNF, CCL2, CCL5, CXCL10), and type-1 immunity-related genes (e.g. CD3G, CD4, TBX21, IFNG). An active pattern of gene expression was also observed in four patients in remission, who had moderately increased urinary leucocyte count. Two patients from this group developed renal exacerbation during the following 3 months. Markers of type-17 immune axis (e.g. IL-17A) were not significantly increased in active LN. Conclusions Active LN patients were characterized by marked increase of proinflammatory mediators in the urine. Urine cytokines (CCL2 and CXCL10) and type-1 T-cell-related gene markers in the urine sediment had similar diagnostic performance in detection of active LN.
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