Anti-lactoferrin antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with vasculitis

I E Coremans; E C Hagen; F J van der Woude; M R Daha; E A van der Voort; C Kleyburg-van der Keur; F C Breedveld

doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-9182-2_60

Anti-lactoferrin antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with vasculitis

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1993:336:357-62. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4757-9182-2_60.

Authors

I E Coremans¹, E C Hagen, F J van der Woude, M R Daha, E A van der Voort, C Kleyburg-van der Keur, F C Breedveld

Affiliation

¹ Department of Rheumatology and Nephrology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.

PMID: 8296635
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-9182-2_60

Abstract

Anti-lactoferrin antibodies (anti-LF Ab) are more frequently found in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) complicated by vasculitis when compared to patients with uncomplicated RA. Therefore the detection of anti-LF Ab in serum of patients with RA may be useful in the diagnosis of vasculitis in RA patients.

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Antibodies, Antinuclear / blood
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / immunology
Autoantibodies / blood*
Autoantigens / immunology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood*
Lactoferrin / immunology*
Vasculitis / complications*
Vasculitis / immunology

Substances

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Antibodies, Antinuclear
Autoantibodies
Autoantigens
Immunoglobulin G
Lactoferrin