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dc.titleAssociations of B cell-activating factor (BAFF) and anti-BAFF autoantibodies with disease activity in multi-ethnic Asian systemic lupus erythematosus patients in Singapore
dc.contributor.authorHowe, HS
dc.contributor.authorThong, BYH
dc.contributor.authorKong, KO
dc.contributor.authorChng, HH
dc.contributor.authorLian, TY
dc.contributor.authorChia, FL
dc.contributor.authorTay, KSS
dc.contributor.authorLau, TC
dc.contributor.authorLaw, WG
dc.contributor.authorKoh, ET
dc.contributor.authorLeung, BP
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-23T02:51:23Z
dc.date.available2021-11-23T02:51:23Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-01
dc.identifier.citationHowe, HS, Thong, BYH, Kong, KO, Chng, HH, Lian, TY, Chia, FL, Tay, KSS, Lau, TC, Law, WG, Koh, ET, Leung, BP (2017-09-01). Associations of B cell-activating factor (BAFF) and anti-BAFF autoantibodies with disease activity in multi-ethnic Asian systemic lupus erythematosus patients in Singapore. CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY 189 (3) : 298-303. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1111/cei.12975
dc.identifier.issn00099104
dc.identifier.issn13652249
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/207258
dc.description.abstractTo measure the levels of B cell-activating factor (BAFF) and endogenous anti-BAFF autoantibodies in a cohort of multi-ethnic Asian systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in Singapore, to determine their correlation with disease activity. Serum samples from 121 SLE patients and 24 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were assayed for BAFF and anti-BAFF immunoglobulin (Ig)G antibody levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The lowest reliable detection limit for anti-BAFF-IgG antibody levels was defined as 2 standard deviations (s.d.) from blank. Correlation of serum BAFF and anti-BAFF IgG levels with disease activity [scored by SLE Activity Measure revised (SLAM-R)], and disease manifestations were determined in these 121 patients. SLE patients had elevated BAFF levels compared to controls; mean 820 ± 40 pg/ml and 152 pg ± 45/ml, respectively [mean ± standard error of the mean (s.e.m.), P < 0·01], which were correlated positively with anti-dsDNA antibody levels (r = 0·253, P < 0·03), and SLAM-R scores (r = 0·627, P < 0·01). In addition, SLE patients had significantly higher levels of anti-BAFF IgG, which were correlated negatively with disease activity (r = –0·436, P < 0·01), levels of anti-dsDNA antibody (r = –0·347, P < 0·02) and BAFF (r = –0·459, P < 0·01). The majority of patients in this multi-ethnic Asian SLE cohort had elevated levels of BAFF and anti-BAFF antibodies. Anti-BAFF autoantibody levels correlated negatively with clinical disease activity, anti-dsDNA and BAFF levels, suggesting that they may be disease-modifying. Our results provide further information about the complexity of BAFF pathophysiology in different SLE disease populations and phenotypes, and suggest that studies of the influence of anti-cytokine antibodies in different SLE populations will be required when selecting patients for trials using targeted anti-cytokine therapies.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWILEY
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dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectImmunology
dc.subjectanti-BAFF
dc.subjectautoantibodies
dc.subjectBAFF
dc.subjectsystemic lupus erythematosus
dc.subjectCLINICAL-MANIFESTATIONS
dc.subjectRELIABILITY
dc.subjectINTERFERON
dc.subjectEXPRESSION
dc.subjectSLE
dc.typeArticle
dc.date.updated2021-11-20T05:19:27Z
dc.contributor.departmentDEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)
dc.description.doi10.1111/cei.12975
dc.description.sourcetitleCLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY
dc.description.volume189
dc.description.issue3
dc.description.page298-303
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