Cryptococcus gattii Infection as the Major Clinical Manifestation in Patients with Autoantibodies Against Granulocyte–Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor

Autor: Shang-Yu Wang, Yu-Fang Lo, Han-Po Shih, Mao-Wang Ho, Chun-Fu Yeh, Jhan-Jie Peng, He-Ting Ting, Kuo-Hsi Lin, Wen-Chi Huang, Yi-Chun Chen, Yu-Hsin Chiu, Chien-Wei Hsu, Yu-Ting Tseng, Lih-Shinn Wang, Wei-Yi Lei, Chen-Yuan Lin, Yu Aoh, Chia-Huei Chou, Tsai-Yi Wu, Jing-Ya Ding, Chia-Chi Lo, You-Ning Lin, Kun-Hua Tu, Wei-Te Lei, Chen-Yen Kuo, Chih-Yu Chi, Cheng-Lung Ku
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Immunology. 42:1730-1741
ISSN: 1573-2592
0271-9142
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-022-01341-2
Popis: Anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibodies (anti-GM-CSF Abs) are a predisposing factor for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) and Cryptococcus gattii cryptococcosis. This study aimed to investigate clinical manifestations in anti-GM-CSF Ab-positive patients with C. gattii cryptococcosis and analyze the properties of anti-GM-CSF Abs derived from these patients and patients with PAP.Thirty-nine patients diagnosed with cryptococcosis (caused by C. neoformans or C. gattii) and 6 with PAP were enrolled in the present study. Clinical information was obtained from medical records. Blood samples were collected for analysis of autoantibody properties. We also explored the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) of Taiwan to investigate the epidemiology of cryptococcosis and PAP.High titers of neutralizing anti-GM-CSF Abs were identified in 15 patients with cryptococcosis (15/39, 38.5%). Most anti-GM-CSF Ab-positive cryptococcosis cases had central nervous system (CNS) involvement (14/15, 93.3%). Eleven out of 14 (78.6%) anti-GM-CSF Ab-positive CNS cryptococcosis patients were confirmed to be infected with C. gattii, and PAP did not occur synchronously or metachronously in a single patient from our cohort. Exploration of an association between HLA and anti-GM-CSF Ab positivity or differential properties of autoantibodies from cryptococcosis patients and PAP yielded no significant results.Anti-GM-CSF Abs can cause two diseases, C. gattii cryptococcosis and PAP, which seldom occur in the same subject. Current biological evidence regarding the properties of anti-GM-CSF Abs cannot provide clues regarding decisive mechanisms. Further analysis, including more extensive cohort studies and investigations into detailed properties, is mandatory to better understand the pathogenesis of anti-GM-CSF Abs.
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