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Serum immunoglobulin G subclasses in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease of different disease activities.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Different concentrations of immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclass-producing cells in the mucosa of patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease have previously been described. METHODS:To evaluate serum concentration of IgG subclasses as a tool for diagnosis and disease activity in chronic inflammatory bowel disease, we compared serum concentrations of IgG, IgA, IgM, and immunoglobulin subclasses IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4 by means of the radial immunodiffusion technique in 66 patients with ulcerative colitis and in 68 patients with Crohn's disease of different clinical stages. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, haemoglobin, and serum concentrations of albumin and orosomucoid were also determined. RESULTS:The serum IgG1 concentration in patients with ulcerative colitis was 8.0 g/l significantly higher than in patients with Crohn's disease (6.8 g/l) (p < 0.005), whereas the serum IgG2 concentration in patients with Crohn's disease was 3.8 g/l, significantly increased compared with patients with ulcerative colitis (3.1 g/l) (p < 0.004). In patients with active ulcerative colitis the serum IgA level (2.03 g/l) was significantly lower than that in the patients with less active disease (2.74 g/l) (p < 0.03). No significant differences in serum concentrations of total IgG, IgG3, IgG4, and IgM were found between groups of patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The differences observed in IgG1, IgG2, and IgA concentrations, however, are small. CONCLUSIONS:The serum concentrations of IgG, IgA, IgM, and IgG subclasses are of little value in the diagnostic procedures in individual patients and are not superior to conventional laboratory tests such as sedimentation rate and serum concentrations of orosomucoid and albumin.

journal_name

Scand J Gastroenterol

journal_title

Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology

authors

Philipsen EK,Bondesen S,Andersen J,Larsen S

doi

10.3109/00365529509093235

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-01-01 00:00:00

pages

50-3

issue

eissn

0036-5521

issn

1502-7708

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Serum immunoglobulin G subclasses in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease of different disease activities.