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Quantitation of autoantibody-secreting B cells in systemic lupus erythematosus
Y Ishigatsubo1, H Sakamoto, E Hagiwara
1Yokohama City University Medical School, Japan.
Autoimmunity
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
An ELISA spot assay was used to quantitate the number of autoantibody-secreting B cells in the peripheral blood of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Patients with active disease had 20 fold more anti-DNA, 4 fold more anti-actin and 3 fold more anti-myosin secreting lymphocytes than controls but normal numbers of anti-cardiolipin and anti-transferrin secreting B cells. 60% of SLE patients had increased numbers of B cells reactive with multiple autoantigens. These data suggest that B cell activation in SLE may be influenced by both antigen-specific and antigen-independent factors.