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The study presented here investigates the possible role of IgG autoantibodies against mCRP in patients with TINU syndrome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design, setting, participants, &amp; measurements<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>mCRP autoantibodies were screened by ELISA with purified human C-reactive protein in 9 patients with TINU syndrome, 11 with drug-associated acute interstitial nephritis, 20 with IgA nephropathy, 19 with minimal change disease, 20 with ANCA-associated vasculitis, 6 with Sjogren's syndrome, and 12 with amyloidosis. mCRP expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in renal biopsy specimens from the 9 patients with TINU syndrome and 40 from disease controls. Frozen normal human kidney and iris were used to demonstrate co-localization of human IgG and mCRP from patients with TINU syndrome with laser scanning confocal microscopy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The mCRP autoantibodies were detected in all nine patients with TINU syndrome, significantly higher than that of those with disease controls (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05). The renal histologic score of mCRP in TINU syndrome was significantly higher than that in disease controls (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05). The staining of mCRP and human IgG were co-localized in renal and ocular tissues.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>It is concluded that mCRP might be a target autoantigen in TINU syndrome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2215\/cjn.09051209","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,9,2]],"date-time":"2010-09-02T21:12:24Z","timestamp":1283461944000},"page":"93-100","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":102,"title":["Modified C-Reactive Protein Might be a Target Autoantigen of TINU Syndrome"],"prefix":"10.2215","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Ying","family":"Tan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feng","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhen","family":"Qu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tao","family":"Su","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guang-Qun","family":"Xing","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Li-Hua","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feng-Mei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gang","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liu","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ming-Hui","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-14-20230811","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"995","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ophtha.2007.01.002","article-title":"Enhanced recognition, treatment, and prognosis of tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome","volume":"114","author":"Mackensen","year":"2007","journal-title":"Ophthalmology"},{"key":"R2-14-20230811","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"325","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9343(75)90390-3","article-title":"Acute eosinophilic interstitial nephritis and renal failure with bone marrow-lymph node granulomas and anterior uveitis. 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