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Peripheral circulating activated b-cell populations are associated with nephritis and disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Abstract：

:B-cell-dependent autoantibody production is a hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) which requires costimulatory molecules. The aim of the study was to analyse the expression of costimulatory molecules on B cells in patients with SLE. Twenty-six patients with SLE (four male, 22 female, mean age 46 +/- 15 years) as defined by the American College of Rheumatology criteria and 13 healthy controls (three male, 10 female, mean age 43 +/- 15 years) were included in the study. In a subgroup analysis, SLE patients were divided according to renal involvement due to SLE (10 with and 16 patients without renal involvement). Clinical disease activity was assessed according to the systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI). Blood B-cell populations were analysed by FACS for the cell surface marker expression of CD27, CD38, CD71, CD80, CD86 and CD137 ligand. The expression levels of CD71, CD80 and CD86 on B cells were significantly enhanced in SLE patients when compared with healthy controls (27 +/- 3% versus 11 +/- 2%, P = 0.0003, 55 +/- 2% versus 28 +/- 4%, P < 0.0001, 34 +/- 3% versus 12 +/- 2%, P < 0.0001). CD86 expression was significantly elevated in patients with renal involvement when compared with patients without renal disease (43 +/- 6% versus 28 +/- 3%, P < 0.05). There was a significant correlation between the expression levels of CD80 and CD86 on CD19(+) B cells and disease activity. Moreover, prednisone dose significantly correlated with SLEDAI (r = 0.5, P = 0.02) and with the expression levels of CD86 (r = 0.47, P = 0.02). A pathological B-cell population is associated with disease activity and renal involvement in SLE which are obviously resistant to therapy with medium doses of prednisone.

journal_name

Scand J Immunol

journal_title

Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors

Dolff S,Wilde B,Patschan S,Dürig J,Specker C,Philipp T,Kribben A,Witzke O

doi

10.1111/j.1365-3083.2007.02008.x

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-11-01 00:00:00

pages

584-90

issue

eissn

0300-9475

issn

1365-3083

pii

SJI2008

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Peripheral circulating activated b-cell populations are associated with nephritis and disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.