Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:To further evaluate the role of bacterial antigens in triggering inflammation in the joint in patients with reactive arthritis by studying local antibody synthesis in the joint. METHODS:Yersinia-specific antibodies in paired serum and synovial fluid samples from 29 patients with yersinia triggered reactive arthritis were studied using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), an inhibition ELISA with six monoclonal antibodies against lipopolysaccharide or released proteins of yersinia and immunoblotting. Antibodies of IgM, IgG and IgA classes, as well as antibodies of IgA subclasses and those containing secretory component were measured against the lipopolysaccharide and the sodium dodecyl sulphate extract of whole Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 bacteria. RESULTS:It was shown that yersinia-specific antibodies, as well as antibodies against other microbial antigens (rubella, measles, Bordetella pertussis, tetanus toxoid and Candida albicans) in synovial fluid mirror those in serum by concentration, by specificity and by distribution in classes and subclasses. CONCLUSION:These results do not suggest any strong local antibody production, but indicate that the majority of yersinia antibodies in the synovial fluid are derived from the circulation.
journal_name
Ann Rheum Disjournal_title
Annals of the rheumatic diseasesauthors
Mäki-Ikola O,Lahesmaa R,Heesemann J,Merilahti-Palo R,Saario R,Toivanen A,Granfors Kdoi
10.1136/ard.53.8.535subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-08-01 00:00:00pages
535-9issue
8eissn
0003-4967issn
1468-2060journal_volume
53pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.44.1.13
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更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1983-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1992-08-01 00:00:00