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Serum secretory immunoglobulins in ankylosing spondylitis

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Humoral mucosal immunity may be implicated in pathophysiology of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The aim of the study was to evaluate serum levels of IgA, IgM and secretory IgA (sIgA), secretory IgM (sIgM) as well as free secretory component (FSC) in patients with AS compared to controls and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.

Levels of sIgA, sIgM and FSC were measured with a specific ELISA in 37 AS patients, 45 controls and 27 RA. The results were as follows: Serum levels of IgA were higher in AS vs controls and in RA vs controls (p=0.01). Levels of sIgA were higher in AS vs controls (p=0.01), but higher in RA vs AS (p=10−4). There was no difference of sIgM in AS vs controls, FSC levels were higher in AS vs controls, and higher in AS patients with elevated CRP.

In view of elevated FSC, this increase of sIgA in AS may have been due to excessive production of mucosal IgA after bacterial stimulation according to the current hypothesis of the disease.

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  1. Service de Rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Hôpital Jean Minjoz, Boulevard Fleming, 25030, Besançon, France

    D. Wendling (Professor of Rheumatology, Head)

  2. Laboratoire d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Respiratoires, Besançon, France

    J-M. Didier

  3. Laboratoire Universitaire d'Immunologie, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Besançon, France

    E. Seilles

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Wendling, D., Didier, JM. & Seilles, E. Serum secretory immunoglobulins in ankylosing spondylitis. Clin Rheumatol 15, 590–593 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02238549

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