Immunoglobulin G4-related disease associated with cutaneous vasculitis.
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...Publications have described cases of IgG4-related disease with concomitant cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis [20], Henoch-Schönlein purpura [21], or allergic vasculitis with hypocomplementaemia [22]....
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...A new entity called IgG4-related disease has recently been established (1)....
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...Compared with the other IgG subclasses, IgG4 has a negligible ability to activate the classic complement pathway (1, 4)....
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...Moreover, IgG4 has the tendency to interact with other immunoglobulins, such as rheumatoid factor, and reveals an intrinsic affinity for IgG when coated to a solid phase (6, 7)....
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...(2) reported that skin infiltratation was rich in plasma cells with IgG4 positive in patients with IgG4-related skin disease....
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...However, it has been shown in mice that non-complement-activating subclasses of antibodies may synergise with other IgG subclasses to activate complement through the lectin pathway (5)....
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...Moreover, IgG4 has the tendency to interact with other immunoglobulins, such as rheumatoid factor, and reveals an intrinsic affinity for IgG when coated to a solid phase (6, 7)....
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