title: Anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies: immunological characteristics and clinical associations.
abstract: Antibodies directed against myeloperoxidase (anti-MPO) were detected, using a solid-phase ELISA and purified sputum myeloperoxidase as the substrate, in 54 sera from 22 patients. Anti-MPO were present in 17 patients with crescentic glomerulonephritis (CGN), Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) and microscopic polyarteritis (MPA), and thus are associated with different forms of vasculitis. Anti-MPO were also present in five out of 20 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Anti-MPO activity in SLE sera was low, in contrast to the high titers observed in patients with vasculitis. All positive sera had IgG anti-MPO (except two SLE sera) and most of them also contained low-titered IgM anti-MPO. Only three patients had high IgM anti-MPO activities, the significance of which remains to be determined. In patients with CGN, WG or MPA, the anti-MPO titer decreased following therapy and paralleled the disease activity. Thus, anti-MPO constitute a useful diagnostic tool and a sensitive marker of disease activity in this group of patients with vasculitis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Université de Rouen, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gueirard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delpech
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Godin
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Le Loet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tron
mesh_terms: D001167:Arteritis / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000276:immunology; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D009195:Peroxidase