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  • Title: Abnormal levels of serum anti-elastin antibodies in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis.
    Author: Tzvetanov P, Hegde V, Al-Hashel JY, Atanasova M, Sohal AP, Rousseff RT.
    Journal: Clin Neurol Neurosurg; 2014 Jan; 116():9-12. PubMed ID: 24388508.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: A correlation between the levels of antibodies to alpha-elastin (alpha-AEAb) and tropoelastin (tropo-AEAb) and the corresponding peptide concentration is found in human serum in health and disease. Serum elastin peptide and anti-elastin antibodies (AEAb) levels are age-related and vary with the stages of atherosclerotic vascular damage. This study aims to determine if elastin metabolism (assessed by the ratio of tropo-AEAb to alpha-AEAb) differs in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis versus subjects with asymptomatic stenosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Alpha-AEAb and tropo-AEAb were measured by ELISA in blood sera of 65 patients with ultrasound verified high-grade symptomatic carotid stenosis (resulting in stroke 1-7 days before measurement) compared to 51 patients with asymptomatic stenosis. RESULTS: Serum anti-alpha-elastin IgG levels are extremely increased in symptomatic versus asymptomatic carotid stenosis. The ratio of tropo-AEAb (reflecting elastin synthesis) to alpha-AEAb (a function of elastin degradation) was 3.7 in symptomatic stenosis versus 14.2 in asymptomatic stenosis (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: There is a significant difference in elastin metabolism in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis versus asymptomatic stenosis. The ratio of tropo-AEAb to alpha-AEAb as an index of elastin synthesis/degradation proves useful in investigation of atherosclerotic lesions and may represent a new immunologic marker for carotid plaque destabilization.
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