Anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies and associated diseases

A Chevailler; J F Subra; G Renier; F Carrère; D Hurez

doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-9182-2_39

Anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies and associated diseases

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1993:336:263-6. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4757-9182-2_39.

Authors

A Chevailler¹, J F Subra, G Renier, F Carrère, D Hurez

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire d'Immunopathologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France.

PMID: 8296616
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-9182-2_39

Abstract

Thirty five (41%) sera presented anti MPO specificity, 26 of them (74%) having a p-ANCA pattern. They were present in patients with vasculitis and isolated or predominant renal involvement, but also in 24% of Wegener patients.

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Autoantibodies / blood*
Glomerulonephritis / immunology*
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / immunology
Humans
Peroxidase / immunology*
Vasculitis / immunology*

Substances

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Autoantibodies
Peroxidase