Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: is it time to split up the group?

@article{Millet2013AntineutrophilCA,
  title={Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: is it time to split up the group?},
  author={Arnaud Millet and Magali Pederzoli-Ribeil and Lo{\"i}c Guillevin and V{\'e}ronique Witko-Sarsat and Luc Mouthon},
  journal={Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases},
  year={2013},
  volume={72},
  pages={1273 - 1279}
}
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides are a heterogeneous group of diseases corresponding to necrotising inflammation of small vessels with a wide range of clinical presentations. At least two of the diseases are believed to exhibit a common ground of pathophysiological mechanisms. These are granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA, formerly known as Wegener's granulomatosis) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). ANCA directed against proteinase 3 (PR3) are… 
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Immunopathogenesis of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
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The current understanding of the immunopathogenesis of ANCA-associated vasculitis and the interplay between ANCA serotype and proposed disease biomarkers are summarized and it is illustrated how the extending knowledge of the Immunopathogenesis will likely translate into development of a personalized medicine approach in the management of AN CA-associated Vasculitis.
ANCA-associated vasculitis — clinical utility of using ANCA specificity to classify patients
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Accumulating evidence suggests that ANCA specificity could be better than clinical diagnosis for defining homogeneous groups of patients, as PR3-ANCA and MPO-AnCA are associated with different genetic backgrounds and epidemiology.
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody positivity in IgG4-related disease: A case report and review of the literature
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It is demonstrated that ANCA positivity in patients with biopsy-proven IgG4-RD should prompt the exclusion of a concomitant vasculitic process; a positive ANCA does not exclude the diagnosis of IgG3-RD; con fi rmation through immunoenzymatic assays of the ANCA specifi city, clinical-pathological correlation, and histopathological evaluation remain crucial steps for the differential diagnosis.
Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis in Korea: A Narrative Review
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Initial vasculitis activity, prognostic factor score, age and specific organ-involvement have been found to be associated with either all-cause mortality or poor disease course in AAV patients.
Antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis and malignant hemopathies, a retrospective study of 16 cases.
Dividing the Janus vasculitis? Pathophysiology of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangitis.
Clinical analysis of patients with myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.
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Analysis of clinical characteristics of myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA)-associated vasculitis in 132 patients in China found that MPO- ANCA may play a pathogenic role in the associated vasculopathy, and the diverse clinical manifestations might be related with the different characteristics of MPO.
Clinical analysis of patients with myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.
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Analysis of the clinical characteristics of myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA)-associated vasculitis in 132 patients in China found that MPO- ANCA may play a pathogenic role in the associated Vasculitis, and the diverse clinical manifestations might be related with the different characteristics of MPO -ANCA.
Myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis with a unique imaging presentation of organizing pneumonia: A case report
Systematic Histological Scoring Reveals More Prominent Interstitial Inflammation in Myeloperoxidase-ANCA Compared to Proteinase 3-ANCA Glomerulonephritis
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MPO-ANCA GN is associated with more severe deterioration of kidney function independent of systemic markers of AAV disease activity, and is also associated with increased proteinuria in MPO- ANCA GN and a decreased fraction of normal glomeruli.
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