Abstract
Anti-C1q autoantibodies may be found in many conditions, most commonly in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome (HUVS), and are diagnostic markers as well as disease activity markers in lupus nephritis. Sera from patients with SLE and HUVS show partly distinct autoantibody reactivities to separated protein chains B and C of the first component of complement, C1q. These different binding specificities can be detected by Western blot analysis of the autoantibodies under reducing conditions. Results may help clinicians to differentiate between SLE and HUVS.
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We wish to acknowledge the work of those who, together with Lennart Truedsson, first published the use of Western blot analysis of anti-C1q antibodies [16]; Ulla Mårtensson, the late Anders Sjöholm, and the late Anna-Brita Laurell.
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Verlemyr, A., Truedsson, L., Skattum, L. (2019). Analysis of Anti-C1q Autoantibodies by Western Blot. In: Houen, G. (eds) Autoantibodies. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1901. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8949-2_14
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