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BLOOD
卷 113, 期 11, 页码 2547-2556出版社
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-05-155689
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- National Institutes of Health [HL085453]
- National Center for Research Resources [RR019498]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [B19390403]
High levels of granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) autoantibodies are thought to cause pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP), a rare syndrome characterized by myeloid dysfunction resulting in pulmonary surfactant accumulation and respiratory failure. Paradoxically, GM-CSF autoantibodies have been reported to occur rarely in healthy people and routinely in pharmaceutical intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) purified from serum pooled from healthy subjects. These findings suggest that either GM-CSF autoantibodies are normally present in healthy people at low levels that are difficult to detect or that serum pooled for IVIG purification may include asymptomatic persons with high levels of GM-CSF autoantibodies. Using several experimental approaches, GMCSF autoantibodies were detected in all healthy subjects evaluated (n = 72) at low levels sufficient to rheostatically regulate multiple myeloid functions. Serum GMCSF was more abundant than previously reported, but more than 99% was bound and neutralized by GM-CSF autoantibody. The critical threshold of GM-CSF autoantibodies associated with the development of PAP was determined. Results demonstrate that free serum GM-CSF is tightly maintained at low levels, identify a novel potential mechanism of innate immune regulation, help define the therapeutic window for potential clinical use of GMCSF autoantibodies to treat inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, and have implications for the pathogenesis of PAP. (Blood. 2009; 113:2547-2556)
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