作者: Lingjun Zhang , Yan Li , John Payne , Sunil Srivastava , Xingjun Fan
DOI: 10.1038/SREP20341
关键词: Autoantibody 、 Retinal 、 Antigen 、 Complement system 、 Immunology 、 Medicine 、 C4A 、 Pericyte 、 Diabetic retinopathy 、 Immunoglobulin G
摘要: The loss of retinal pericytes (RPCs) is a hallmark early stage diabetic retinopathy (DR), but the mechanism underlying RPC death unclear. Although it was postulated in previous studies using bovine RPCs that autoantibodies against might develop and induce death, unknown whether cell-surface antigens on human exist DR patients, such contribute to damage/loss, if they do, through which mechanism. We screened serum samples from patients controls primary found levels IgGs reactive were significantly higher group than control group. Serum with RPC-reactive IgG induced more severe complement-mediated damage those lower levels. also assessed complement-activation products C3a, C4a C5a these samples, C3a C5a, not C4a, These data provide evidence first time showing can could pericyte complement activation.