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The changes in monosaccharide composition of immunoglobulin G in the course of rheumatoid arthritis

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The objective of this study was to determine whether galactosylation of immunoglobulin G (IgG) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) correlates with severity and duration of illness. Serum IgG glycosylation from 50 patients with RA in comparison with 30 healthy controls was analyzed. IgG from sera was isolated and monosaccharide composition was determined by means of gas chromatography. Ratio of galactose to mannose content was calculated. Patients were divided into groups according to three different criteria: disease duration, severity of RA (disease activity score index), and radiological degree of advancement of illness according to Steinbrocker. In patients with RA, significant decrease (p<0,01) of galactose ratio was observed in comparison with healthy control. In patients with long duration of RA (more than 15 years), significant decrease of galactose (p<0.05) ratio in comparison with patients who have had arthritis for less then 5 years was observed. For the group of patients with severe RA, we found reduction of galactose (p<0.001) ratio vs the group of patients in remission. For those patients who had radiological stage IV according to Steinbrocker, IgG galactose (p<0.01) content per oligosaccharide chain were also more decreased than in those patients who had stage I RA. Decreased galactosylation and of IgG in RA was observed. The lack of this carbohydrate component of IgG correlates with severity and duration of RA and could be used in monitoring the progression in early arthritis.

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  1. Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, M.C. Sklodowskiej 24a, Bialystok, 15-276, Poland

    Ewa Gindzienska-Sieskiewicz, Piotr Adrian Klimiuk & Stanislaw Sierakowski

  2. Department of General and Organic Chemistry, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland

    Dariusz Gabriel Kisiel & Andrzej Gindzienski

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Gindzienska-Sieskiewicz, E., Klimiuk, P.A., Kisiel, D.G. et al. The changes in monosaccharide composition of immunoglobulin G in the course of rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 26, 685–690 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-006-0370-7

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