Serum autoantibodies to alpha-fodrin are present in glaucoma patients from Germany and the United States

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Franz H GrusMartin B Wax

Abstract

Glaucoma is characterized by a progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells that results in a characteristic optic neuropathy associated with visual field loss. In previous studies, changes in the antibody profiles have been shown in the sera of patients with glaucoma, and these findings suggest a role for autoimmune involvement in the pathogenesis of glaucoma in some patients. The purpose of this study was to compare the antibody profiles against optic nerve antigens in patients with glaucoma in two different study populations from Germany and the United States. One hundred twenty patients were included in the study, 60 from Germany and 60 from the United States: a control group (CTRL, n = 20), a group of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG, n = 20), and one group of patients with normal-pressure glaucoma (NPG, n = 20) from each country. Western blot analyses against bovine optic nerve antigens were used to detect the IgG antibody patterns present in the patients' sera. The complex antibody profiles were analyzed by multivariate statistical techniques. Complex IgG autoantibody repertoires were present in all patients with glaucoma as well as healthy subjects from both the German and the United States study population...Continue Reading

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