IgG and IgM autoantibody differences in discoid and systemic lupus patients.

ABSTRACT: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) were reported to have milder disease. To test this observation, we used sandwich arrays containing 98 autoantigens to compare autoantibody profiles of SLE subjects without DLE (DLE-SLE+) (N=9), SLE subjects with DLE (DLE+SLE+) (N=10), DLE subjects without SLE (DLE+SLE-) (N=11), and healthy controls (N=11). We validated differentially expressed autoantibodies using immunoassays in DLE-SLE+ (N=18), DLE+SLE+ (N=17), DLE+SLE- (N=23), and healthy subjects (N=22). Arrays showed 15 IgG autoantibodies (10 against nuclear antigens) and 4 IgM autoantibodies that were differentially expressed (q-value<0.05). DLE-SLE+ subjects had higher IgG autoantibodies against double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)

SUBMITTER: Chong BF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3465644 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature