Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

GPCR-specific autoantibody signatures are associated with physiological and pathological immune homeostasis

  • Otavio Cabral-Marques,
  • Alexandre Marques,
  • Lasse Melvær Giil,
  • Roberta De Vito,
  • Judith Rademacher,
  • Jeannine Günther,
  • Tanja Lange,
  • Jens Y. Humrich,
  • Sebastian Klapa,
  • Susanne Schinke,
  • Lena F. Schimke,
  • Gabriele Marschner,
  • Silke Pitann,
  • Sabine Adler,
  • Ralf Dechend,
  • Dominik N. Müller,
  • Ioana Braicu,
  • Jalid Sehouli,
  • Kai Schulze-Forster,
  • Tobias Trippel,
  • Carmen Scheibenbogen,
  • Annetine Staff,
  • Peter R. Mertens,
  • Madlen Löbel,
  • Justin Mastroianni,
  • Corinna Plattfaut,
  • Frank Gieseler,
  • Duska Dragun,
  • Barbara Elizabeth Engelhardt,
  • Maria J. Fernandez-Cabezudo,
  • Hans D. Ochs,
  • Basel K. al-Ramadi,
  • Peter Lamprecht,
  • Antje Mueller,
  • Harald Heidecke,
  • Gabriela Riemekasten

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07598-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Autoantibodies are implicated in autoimmunity, but may also be present in healthy individuals. Here the authors find that the autoantibody specificity signatures against various G protein-coupled receptors are associated with multiple parameters, including disease states, to imply a physiological function in maintaining immune homeostasis.