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. 1990 Aug;81(2):250–255. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1990.tb03326.x

Rheumatoid factor and glomerulonephritis

M Miyazaki, M Endoh, T Suga, N Yano, T Kuramoto, Y Matsumoto, K Eguchi, M Yagame, M Miura, Y Nomoto, H Sakai
PMCID: PMC1535054  PMID: 2201469

Abstract

It is presently unknown whether rheumatoid factors have a pathogenic role in the development of various types of glomerulonephritis with immune deposits. Three isotypes of rheumatoid factors (RFs), which are autoantibodies to IgG, were measured using the solid-phase fluorescence immunoassay in sera from patients with diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis (DPLN), membranous lupus nephritis (MLN), IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and idiopathic membranous nephropathy (MN). RF activity of immunoglobulins deposited in the glomeruli from these patients was also studied by examining the binding of the FITC-conjugated human IgG and Fc portion of IgG to the glomeruli of renal biopsy specimens. IgG, IgA and IgM RFs were significantly increased in sera from patients with DPLN, and the increase was significantly lower in patients with MLN, IgAN and MN. Human IgG bound to immunoglobulin on the glomeruli only in DPLN, but not in MLN, IgAN or MN. The Fc portion of IgG was demonstrated to be involved in this reaction. It was suggested that RFs and IgG may play a major role in immune deposits on the glomeruli in DPLN and may be involved in the development of DPLN; however, this is not likely in MLN, IgAN or MN.

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