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7337980

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
Solubilization of an immune precipitate by serum is a complement function mediated by the alternative pathway and enhanced by the classical pathway--it therefore provides the basis of a simple quantitative assessment of the integrity of complement function. Using a preformed radiolabelled precipitate of BSA-alpha BSA Ab, the solubilization capacity of serial sera from 75 patients with various immune complex diseases or diseases associated with hypocomplementaemia was investigated to correlate this assay of complement function prospectively with disease activity and with measurements of circulating immune complexes (CIC). Reduction in solubilization, defined by more than 25% of values in a given patient being below the normal range, was found in 11 of 12 patients with active SLE, two of 19 patients with active systemic vasculitis, three of three patients with post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis and in three of six patients with nephrotic syndrome due to other types of nephritis. In serial studies, solubilization correlated with disease activity in patients with SLE (P less than 0.005), systemic vasculitis (P less than 0.05) and post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (P less than 0.05). CIC were found more frequently than abnormalities in solubilization; however, the solubilization assay identified a population of patients with CIC more likely to have active disease. This simple assay of complement function provides data on an aspect of immune complex disease not readily apparent from standard estimations of circulating immune complexes, and appears to be a better measure of their potential phlogistic effects.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0009-9104
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
557-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Complement-mediated solubilization in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, nephritis or vasculitis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't