Anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies and associated diseases

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1993:336:263-6. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4757-9182-2_39.

Abstract

Thirty five (41%) sera presented anti MPO specificity, 26 of them (74%) having a p-ANCA pattern. They were present in patients with vasculitis and isolated or predominant renal involvement, but also in 24% of Wegener patients.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
  • Autoantibodies / blood*
  • Glomerulonephritis / immunology*
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / immunology
  • Humans
  • Peroxidase / immunology*
  • Vasculitis / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
  • Autoantibodies
  • Peroxidase