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. 1990 Jun;9(2):176-81.
doi: 10.1007/BF02031965.

IgE-containing immune complexes in synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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IgE-containing immune complexes in synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

L S De Clerck et al. Clin Rheumatol. 1990 Jun.

Abstract

The prevalence and composition of IgE-containing immune complexes in paired synovial fluid and serum of 42 patients with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis were studied. IgE-containing immune complexes were found in 15/42 synovial fluids; 15 sera were also positive. The correlation between serum and synovial fluid complexed IgE levels was high (r = 0.77). The mean ratio of synovial fluid/serum levels was 1.96, i.e. significantly higher than 0.33, the synovial fluid/serum ratio for alpha-2-macroglobulin (molecular weight 820 kD), which was taken as high molecular weight control protein (p less than 0.0001). Apart from IgE in immune complex form, monomeric IgE was also significantly higher in synovial fluid compared to serum (ratio = 2.94). Other constituents which could be found in the immune complexes, i.e. anti-IgE antibodies, rheumatoid factors and anticollagen antibodies, were also higher in synovial fluid than predicted. Our results suggest intra-articular production of IgE-containing complexes in the synovial fluid, in addition to possible exudation of the complexes from the serum. These findings provide further evidence for the role of IgE-containing immune complexes in rheumatoid synovitis.

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