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CC chemokine ligand 18 (CCL18) is associated with disease activity and relapse in ANCA-associated crescentic glomerulonephritis


ABSTRACT: Anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis is the most frequent cause of crescentic glomerulonephritis. Histopathologic features and clinical course of the disease are diverse and judgment of disease activity is often limited due to the lack of reliable activity markers. In order to define potentially new molecular or cellular markers in the kidney which may predict clinical outcome, we performed microarray analyses of renal biopsies from patients with ANCA-associated crescentic glomerulonephritis. We correlated expression profiles with clinical data from our prospective study of patients with renal ANCA disease. The CC chemokine ligand 18 (CCL18) was one of the most up-regulated proteins in kidneys of patients with ANCA-associated crescentic glomerulonephritis. CCL18 producing cells in the kidneys were identified as CD68 and CD209 positive myeloid dendritic cells. The density of CCL18 positive cells correlated with the severity of acute tubular injury and with the impairment of renal function. CCL18 protein levels were elevated in serum samples of patients with renal ANCA disease when compared with patients with non- ANCA-associated crescentic glomerulonephritis. Persistence of high CCL18 serum levels correlated with impairment of renal function and the risk of relapsing disease. Therefore, CCL18 might serve as a marker for persistent disease activity and renal relapses in ANCA-associated vasculitis.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Benjamin Otto 

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1944 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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