[Antibodies to bacterial antigens and autoantigens in pregnant women with kidney diseases]

Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 1998 Sep-Oct:(5):54-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The levels of antibodies (Ab) to bacterial antigens of gram-negative enterobacteria (Reglicolipid), Streptococcus agalactiae polysaccharide, Staphylococcus aureus teichoic acid, native and denatured DNA and renal proteins in healthy pregnant women and in those with renal pathology (chronic and gestation pyelonephritis) were studied. The study revealed that the combination of an elevated levels of Ab to bacterial antigens with the elevated titers of Ab to DNA and renal proteins is indicative of acute inflammation in kidneys, and but the combination of an elevated levels of Ab bacterial antigens with the low level of Ab to DNA and renal proteins is indicative of healthy carrier state with respect to a given infective agent.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Controlled Clinical Trial
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / biosynthesis*
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Autoantibodies / biosynthesis*
  • Autoantigens / immunology*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / immunology*
  • Pyelonephritis / immunology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / immunology
  • Streptococcus / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Autoantibodies
  • Autoantigens