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Circulating Anti-Elastin Antibody Levels and Arterial Disease Characteristics: Associations with Arterial Stiffness and Atherosclerosis.

Authors
 Seung-Hyun Lee  ;  Kihyuk Shin  ;  Sang-Hak Lee  ;  Seung-Hyo Lee  ;  Donghoon Choi  ;  Seok-Min Kang  ;  Sungha Park 
Citation
 YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL, Vol.56(6) : 1541-1551, 2015 
Journal Title
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN
 0513-5796 
Issue Date
2015
MeSH
Aged ; Angiography ; Antibodies/blood* ; Atherosclerosis/blood* ; Atherosclerosis/immunology ; Coronary Artery Disease/blood ; Coronary Artery Disease/immunology* ; Elastin/blood* ; Elastin/immunology ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Female ; Humans ; Hyperlipidemias ; Hypertension/complications ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pulse Wave Analysis ; Vascular Stiffness/immunology* ; Vascular Stiffness/physiology
Keywords
Elastin ; antibody formation ; atherosclerosis ; coronary artery disease ; vascular stiffness
Abstract
PURPOSE: Elastin is a major arterial structural protein, and elastin-derived peptides are related to arterial change. We previously reported on a novel assay developed using aortic elastin peptides; however, its clinical implications remain unclear. In this study, we assessed whether anti-elastin antibody titers reflect the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) or its characteristics.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We included 174 CAD patients and 171 age- and sex-matched controls. Anti-elastin antibody titers were quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Parameters of arterial stiffness, including the augmentation index (AI) and heart-to-femoral pulse wave velocity (hfPWV), were measured non-invasively. The clinical and angiographic characteristics of CAD patients were also evaluated. Associations between anti-elastin levels and vascular characteristics were examined by linear regression analysis.
RESULTS: The median blood level of anti-elastin was significantly lower in the CAD group than in the controls [197 arbitrary unit (a.u.) vs. 63 a.u., p<0.001]. Levels of anti-elastin were significantly lower in men and in subjects with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, or high hfPWV. Nevertheless, anti-elastin levels were not dependent on atherothrombotic events or the angiographic severity of CAD. In a multivariate analysis, male sex (β=-0.38, p<0.001), diabetes mellitus (β=-0.62, p<0.001), hyperlipidemia (β=-0.29, p<0.001), and AI (β=-0.006, p=0.02) were ultimately identified as determinants of anti-elastin levels.
CONCLUSION: Lower levels of anti-elastin are related to CAD. The association between antibody titers and CAD is linked to arterial stiffness rather than the advancement of atherosclerosis.
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DOI
10.3349/ymj.2015.56.6.1545
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kang, Seok Min(강석민) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9856-9227
Park, Sung Ha(박성하) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5362-478X
Lee, Sang Hak(이상학) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4535-3745
Lee, Seung Hyun(이승현) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7549-9430
Choi, Dong Hoon(최동훈) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2009-9760
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/141462
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