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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
Kawasaki disease (KD) is the most common acquired cardiac disease in children in developed nations. The etiology of KD is unknown but likely to be a ubiquitous microbial agent. Previously, we showed that oligoclonal IgA plasma cells infiltrate coronary arteries and other inflamed tissues in acute KD. We demonstrated that a synthetic Ab made using an alpha H chain sequence prevalent in acute KD arterial tissue detected Ag in acute KD coronary arteries, lung, and other inflamed tissues and that Ag localized to cytoplasmic inclusion bodies in the acute KD ciliated bronchial epithelium. In this study, we synthesized a panel of mAbs from alpha and kappa chain sequences present in the KD arterial wall and tested the Abs for binding to acute KD tissues. We report that all of the synthetic mAbs that bind to acute KD tissues detect Ag in cytoplasmic inclusion bodies in the acute KD ciliated bronchial epithelium. Abs made from alpha sequences that were prevalent in KD arterial tissue show stronger binding to acute KD tissues than Abs made from less prevalent sequences. These findings highlight the likely importance of the inclusion bodies in the etiopathogenesis of acute KD, confirm that the IgA Ab response in acute KD is Ag driven, and demonstrate the usefulness of cloning the Ab response in diseased tissues to identify disease-relevant Ags.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
175
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8386-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-6-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning the arterial IgA antibody response during acute Kawasaki disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, The Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. a-rowley@northwestern.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural