Elevated levels of soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) in serum of patients with systemic autoimmune diseases

Journal of Autoimmunity
Andreas GoulesJohn G Routsias

Abstract

The CD40-CD40L costimulatory pathway is involved in the evolution of many autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Increased levels of sCD40L in the serum have been associated with disease activity in SLE. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of sCD40L in the development of lupus nephritis and examine its possible association with cryoglobulinemia in Sjögren's syndrome. We used a 2-site sandwich ELISA to measure the levels of sCD40L in sera, from 64 patients with SLE, RA and SS and 17 healthy blood donors. Biological specimens from the affected tissues such as urine from patients with lupus nephritis and saliva from patients with SS were also tested. In this regard, paired sera and first morning urine samples from 6 SLE patients (3 with active lupus nephritis and 3 with inactive lupus nephritis) were tested with the sCD40L ELISA protocol as well as paired sera and salivary samples from 5 patients with SS and cryoglobulinemia, 5 patients with SS and anti-Ro or anti-La autoantibodies and 5 age-matched healthy control donors. We also examined possible correlations of sCD40L levels with several laboratory and clinical parameters in SS and S...Continue Reading

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