Anti-cytokine autoantibodies: mechanistic insights and disease associations.

Anti-cytokine autoantibodies (ACAAs) are increasingly recognized as modulating disease severity in infection, inflammation and autoimmunity. By reducing or augmenting cytokine signalling pathways or by altering the half-life of cytokines in the circulation, ACAAs can be either pathogenic or disease ameliorating. The origins of ACAAs remain unclear. Here, we focus on the most common ACAAs in the context of disease groups with similar characteristics. We review the emerging genetic and environmental factors that are thought to drive their production. We also describe how the profiling of ACAAs should be considered for the early diagnosis, active monitoring, treatment or sub-phenotyping of diseases. Finally, we discuss how understanding the biology of naturally occurring ACAAs can guide therapeutic strategies. © 2023. This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply.

Citation

Aristine Cheng, Steven M Holland. Anti-cytokine autoantibodies: mechanistic insights and disease associations. Nature reviews. Immunology. 2023 Sep 19

PMID: 37726402

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