| Autor: |
Nagele EP; Biomarker Discovery Center, New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, NJ, USA. nagelero@umdnj.edu, Han M, Acharya NK, DeMarshall C, Kosciuk MC, Nagele RG |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
PloS one [PLoS One] 2013 Apr 02; Vol. 8 (4), pp. e60726. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Apr 02 (Print Publication: 2013). |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0060726 |
| Abstrakt: |
The presence of self-reactive IgG autoantibodies in human sera is largely thought to represent a breakdown in central tolerance and is typically regarded as a harbinger of autoimmune pathology. In the present study, immune-response profiling of human serum from 166 individuals via human protein microarrays demonstrates that IgG autoantibodies are abundant in all human serum, usually numbering in the thousands. These IgG autoantibodies bind to human antigens from organs and tissues all over the body and their serum diversity is strongly influenced by age, gender, and the presence of specific diseases. We also found that serum IgG autoantibody profiles are unique to an individual and remarkably stable over time. Similar profiles exist in rat and swine, suggesting conservation of this immunological feature among mammals. The number, diversity, and apparent evolutionary conservation of autoantibody profiles suggest that IgG autoantibodies have some important, as yet unrecognized, physiological function. We propose that IgG autoantibodies have evolved as an adaptive mechanism for debris-clearance, a function consistent with their apparent utility as diagnostic indicators of disease as already established for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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