IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a multiorgan inflammatory disease in which diverse organ manifestations are linked by common histopathological and immunohistochemical features. Prospective studies of IgG4-RD patients are required to clarify the natural history, long-term prognosis, and treatment approaches in this recently recognized condition. Patients with IgG4-RD have different organ manif...

Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a recently described inflammatory disease involving multiple organs. Prostate involvement with IgG4-RD is very rare. In this report, we describe a case of IgG4-related prostatitis progressed from localized IgG4-related lymphadenopathy. This patient was present with urine retention symptoms. MRI and CT examination revealed the prostatic enlargement ...

Aim: IgG4 is associated with a Th1-to-Th2 switch, which plays a vital role in metastasis, in patients with malignances; thus, we aimed to investigate its clinical significance in predicting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence in the present study. Methods: The correlation between serum IgG4:IgG ratio and recurrence was analyzed in a cohort of 195 patients undergoing curative resection in ...

UNLABELLED A 77-year-old man, with a lengthy medical history of chronic dysuria, constipation, hypertension, myocardial infarction, and a submandibular lymphadenopathy that was excised 3 years ago, was hospitalized due to elevated liver enzyme levels. He demonstrated hypergammaglobulinemia, hyperproteinemia, high levels of IgG and IgG4, eosinophilia, sclerosing cholangitis, and retroperitoneal ...

PURPOSE To investigate the relationship between immunoglobulin G (IgG)4-related disease (IgG4-RD) and thyroid eye disease (TED) with respect to IgG levels. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective review of total IgG, IgG subclass, and thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI) levels in 24 patients with TED. RESULTS Five patients (20.8%) demonstrated serum IgG4 levels consistent with IgG4-RD wit...

We herein report a case of Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) overlapping with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), which presented as diffuse interstitial lung disease with a perilymphatic pattern, followed by submandibular gland and eyelid swelling. The pathological findings of the submandibular gland biopsy specimen were indicative of IgG4-RD alone. We diagnosed the patient with RDD with overlapping IgG...

objective: the study of physiological changes in recombinant cell lines provides useful information to improve production performance. in this study, we investigate the effects of an anti-cd33 chimeric igg4 expression on sp2.0 cell growth. methods: variable region genes of light and heavy chains of monoclonal antibody produced by m195 were cloned in pfuse-clig-hk and pfuse-chig-hg4 expression ...

BACKGROUND Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a recently recognized inflammatory condition with single- or multi-organ involvement. The disease is characterized by tumefactive lesions with dense IgG4 plasmacytic infiltration (an elevated IgG4(+)/IgG(+) cell ratio of > 40 %), storiform fibrosis, and obliterative phlebitis, with or without elevated serum IgG4 levels. The diagnostic cr...

Objective: To investigate the filarial specific IgG4 kits in disease surveillance of basic filariasis eliminated and filariasis eliminated area. Methods: filarial specific IgG4 kit was applied in filariasis endemic areas in China. While in some cases, blood were taken at night for microfilaria examination under microscope. Results: In high and middle filariasis endemic areas, results of filaria...