Only repeatedly elevated IgG4 levels in primary sclerosing cholangitis may distinguish a particular patient phenotype
This is the first study analyzing longitudinal development of sIgG4 in PSC. Our data indicate that only sequential determination of sIgG4 levels allow to accurately distinguish between the PSC phenotype with high sIgG4 and PSC with low sIgG4.
Authors
- Leona Dold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7677-3347)
- Bettina Langhans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7733-1092)
- Philipp Ludwig Lutz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4921-200X)
- Sandra Kalthoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0882-0957)
- Christian Peer Strassburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-5359)
- Caroline Wolniak
Institutions
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-024-03343-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Liver Diseases and Immunity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.37