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ANCA-positive sera from 1138 patients and ANCA-negative sera from 90 patients were screened for autoantibodies directed against lysozyme (LZ) by ELISA. Sera from 120 patients did react with LZ. 99 sera bound to LZ only, whereas 56 sera bound to further granule proteins, especially cathepsin G and lactoferrin. In the routine ANCA screening, most of the anti-LZ-positive sera showed a pANCA fluorescence. In total, 8% of 674 pANCA-positive sera did react with LZ. Clinically, anti-LZ antibodies were associated inflammatory rheumatologic,-renal and-bowel diseases.
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Schmitt, W.H., Csernok, E., Flesch, B.K., Hauschild, S., Gross, W.L. (1993). Autoantibodies Directed Against Lysozyme: A New Target Antigen for Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA). In: Gross, W.L. (eds) ANCA-Associated Vasculitides. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 336. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9182-2_40
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