Characterization of Changes in Serum Anti-Glycan Antibodies in Crohn's Disease - a Longitudinal Analysis

Rieder, Florian and Lopez, Rocio and Franke, Andre and Wolf, Alexandra and Schleder, Stephan and Dirmeier, Andrea and Schirbel, Anja and Rosenstiel, Philip and Dotan, Nir and Schreiber, Stefan and Rogler, Gerhard and Klebl, Frank (2011) Characterization of Changes in Serum Anti-Glycan Antibodies in Crohn's Disease - a Longitudinal Analysis. PLOS ONE, 6 (5): e18172. ISSN 1932-6203,

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Abstract

Introduction: Anti-glycan antibodies are a promising tool for differential diagnosis and disease stratification of patients with Crohn's disease (CD). We longitudinally assessed level and status changes of anti-glycan antibodies over time in individual CD patients as well as determinants of this phenomenon. Methods: 859 serum samples derived from a cohort of 253 inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients (207 CD, 46 ulcerative colitis (UC)) were tested for the presence of anti-laminarin (Anti-L), anti-chitin (Anti-C), anti-chitobioside (ACCA), anti-laminaribioside (ALCA), anti-mannobioside (AMCA) and anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae (gASCA) antibodies by ELISA. All patients had at least two and up to eleven serum samples taken during the disease course. Results: Median follow-up time for CD was 17.4 months (Interquartile range (IQR) 8.0, 31.6 months) and for UC 10.9 months (IQR 4.9, 21.0 months). In a subgroup of CD subjects marked changes in the overall immune response (quartile sum score) and levels of individual markers were observed over time. The marker status (positive versus negative) remained widely stable. Neither clinical phenotype nor NOD2 genotype was associated with the observed fluctuations. In a longitudinal analysis neither changes in disease activity nor CD behavior led to alterations in the levels of the glycan markers. The ability of the panel to discriminate CD from UC or its association with CD phenotypes remained stable during follow-up. In the serum of UC patients neither significant level nor status changes were observed. Conclusions: While the levels of anti-glycan antibodies fluctuate in a subgroup of CD patients the antibody status is widely stable over time.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE; ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODIES; SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE ANTIBODIES; EVIDENCE-BASED CONSENSUS; TERM-FOLLOW-UP; SEROLOGICAL MARKERS; NOD2/CARD15 GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL ANTIGENS; DIAGNOSIS; BEHAVIOR;
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 22 Jun 2020 05:28
Last Modified: 22 Jun 2020 05:28
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/20835

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