TY  - JOUR
AU  - Đukić, Tamara
AU  - Drvenica, Ivana
AU  - Kovačić, Marijana
AU  - Milanović, Slađan
AU  - Majerič, Dragana
AU  - Šefik-Bukilica, Mirjana
AU  - Miletić, Maja
AU  - Bugarski, Branko
AU  - Ilić, Vesna
PY  - 2024
UR  - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/7411
AB  - The function of immune complexes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is related to their composition and size. Using dynamic light scattering (DLS), we investigated the link between the RA circulating immune complex (CIC) particles’ size and the CIC immunoglobulin level. In this study, 30 RA patients and 30 healthy individuals were included. IgA, IgG, and IgM were found in all analyzed CICs, but more IgA and IgG were found in RA than in control CICs. In both control and RA CICs, DLS detected 50 particles that differed in size and clustered around two size groups: with a 7.5–164 nm radius and with a 342–1718 nm radius. An increased level of IgA in RA CICs, compared to control ones, was associated with more than 50% of CIC particles. In RA, compared to the control, a higher number of CICs with 28.2 nm, 531 nm, 712 nm, and 1718 nm particles and a lower number of CICs with 78.8 nm particles were detected. This particle distribution pattern did not reflect the changes in the CIC immunoglobulin level. Thus, RA elevated CIC IgA was linked with all these particles (except the 1718 nm particle), the IgM increase was linked with 43.8 nm and 712 nm particles, and the IgG increase was linked with the 712 nm particle only. This study provides the very first data on the association between CIC particles’ size, CIC immunoglobulin level, and RA. It opens the possibility that the size of CICs determined by DLS can be used as a criterion in RA diagnosis or monitoring after a large-scale study confirmation.
PB  - MDPI
T2  - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
T1  - Exploring the Link between Hydrodynamic Size and Immunoglobulins of Circulating Immune Complexes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
IS  - 6
SP  - 3138
VL  - 25
DO  - 10.3390/ijms25063138
ER  - 

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author = "Đukić, Tamara and Drvenica, Ivana and Kovačić, Marijana and Milanović, Slađan and Majerič, Dragana and Šefik-Bukilica, Mirjana and Miletić, Maja and Bugarski, Branko and Ilić, Vesna",
year = "2024",
abstract = "The function of immune complexes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is related to their composition and size. Using dynamic light scattering (DLS), we investigated the link between the RA circulating immune complex (CIC) particles’ size and the CIC immunoglobulin level. In this study, 30 RA patients and 30 healthy individuals were included. IgA, IgG, and IgM were found in all analyzed CICs, but more IgA and IgG were found in RA than in control CICs. In both control and RA CICs, DLS detected 50 particles that differed in size and clustered around two size groups: with a 7.5–164 nm radius and with a 342–1718 nm radius. An increased level of IgA in RA CICs, compared to control ones, was associated with more than 50% of CIC particles. In RA, compared to the control, a higher number of CICs with 28.2 nm, 531 nm, 712 nm, and 1718 nm particles and a lower number of CICs with 78.8 nm particles were detected. This particle distribution pattern did not reflect the changes in the CIC immunoglobulin level. Thus, RA elevated CIC IgA was linked with all these particles (except the 1718 nm particle), the IgM increase was linked with 43.8 nm and 712 nm particles, and the IgG increase was linked with the 712 nm particle only. This study provides the very first data on the association between CIC particles’ size, CIC immunoglobulin level, and RA. It opens the possibility that the size of CICs determined by DLS can be used as a criterion in RA diagnosis or monitoring after a large-scale study confirmation.",
publisher = "MDPI",
journal = "International Journal of Molecular Sciences",
title = "Exploring the Link between Hydrodynamic Size and Immunoglobulins of Circulating Immune Complexes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients",
number = "6",
pages = "3138",
volume = "25",
doi = "10.3390/ijms25063138"
}

Đukić, T., Drvenica, I., Kovačić, M., Milanović, S., Majerič, D., Šefik-Bukilica, M., Miletić, M., Bugarski, B.,& Ilić, V.. (2024). Exploring the Link between Hydrodynamic Size and Immunoglobulins of Circulating Immune Complexes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
MDPI., 25(6), 3138.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25063138

Đukić T, Drvenica I, Kovačić M, Milanović S, Majerič D, Šefik-Bukilica M, Miletić M, Bugarski B, Ilić V. Exploring the Link between Hydrodynamic Size and Immunoglobulins of Circulating Immune Complexes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. in International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024;25(6):3138.
doi:10.3390/ijms25063138 .

Đukić, Tamara, Drvenica, Ivana, Kovačić, Marijana, Milanović, Slađan, Majerič, Dragana, Šefik-Bukilica, Mirjana, Miletić, Maja, Bugarski, Branko, Ilić, Vesna, "Exploring the Link between Hydrodynamic Size and Immunoglobulins of Circulating Immune Complexes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients" in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25, no. 6 (2024):3138,
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25063138 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Đukić, Tamara
AU  - Drvenica, Ivana
AU  - Kovačić, Marijana
AU  - Minić, Rajna
AU  - Vučetić, Dušan
AU  - Majerič, Dragana
AU  - Šefik-Bukilica, Mirjana
AU  - Savić, Olivera
AU  - Bugarski, Branko
AU  - Ilić, Vesna
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6470
AB  - The size of circulating immune complexes (CICs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could be an emerging criterion in disease diagnosis. This study analyzed size and electrokinetic potential of CICs from RA patients, healthy young adults, and RA patients age-matched controls aiming to establish their unique CIC features. Pooled CIC of 30 RA patients, 30 young adults, and 30 RA group's age-matched controls (middle-aged and oldеr healthy adults), and in vitro IgG aggregates from pooled sera of 300 healthy volunteers were tested using dynamic light scattering (DLS). Size distribution of CIC in healthy young adults exhibited high polydispersity. RA CIC patients and their age-matched control showed distinctly narrower size distributions compared with young adults. In these groups, particles clustered around two well-defined peaks. Particles of peak 1 were 36.1 ± 6.8 nm in RA age-matched control, and 30.8 ± 4.2 nm in RA patients. Particles of peak 2 of the RA age-matched control's CIC was 251.7 ± 41.2 nm, while RA CIC contained larger particles (359.9 ± 50.5 nm). The lower zeta potential of RA CIC, compared to control, indicated a disease-related decrease in colloidal stability. DLS identified RA-specific, but also age-specific distribution of CIC size and opened possibility of becoming a method for CIC size analysis in IC-mediated diseases.
PB  - Academic Press Inc.
T2  - Analytical Biochemistry
T1  - Dynamic light scattering analysis of immune complexes in sera of rheumatoid arthritis patients
SP  - 115194
VL  - 674
DO  - 10.1016/j.ab.2023.115194
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Đukić, Tamara and Drvenica, Ivana and Kovačić, Marijana and Minić, Rajna and Vučetić, Dušan and Majerič, Dragana and Šefik-Bukilica, Mirjana and Savić, Olivera and Bugarski, Branko and Ilić, Vesna",
year = "2023",
abstract = "The size of circulating immune complexes (CICs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could be an emerging criterion in disease diagnosis. This study analyzed size and electrokinetic potential of CICs from RA patients, healthy young adults, and RA patients age-matched controls aiming to establish their unique CIC features. Pooled CIC of 30 RA patients, 30 young adults, and 30 RA group's age-matched controls (middle-aged and oldеr healthy adults), and in vitro IgG aggregates from pooled sera of 300 healthy volunteers were tested using dynamic light scattering (DLS). Size distribution of CIC in healthy young adults exhibited high polydispersity. RA CIC patients and their age-matched control showed distinctly narrower size distributions compared with young adults. In these groups, particles clustered around two well-defined peaks. Particles of peak 1 were 36.1 ± 6.8 nm in RA age-matched control, and 30.8 ± 4.2 nm in RA patients. Particles of peak 2 of the RA age-matched control's CIC was 251.7 ± 41.2 nm, while RA CIC contained larger particles (359.9 ± 50.5 nm). The lower zeta potential of RA CIC, compared to control, indicated a disease-related decrease in colloidal stability. DLS identified RA-specific, but also age-specific distribution of CIC size and opened possibility of becoming a method for CIC size analysis in IC-mediated diseases.",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
journal = "Analytical Biochemistry",
title = "Dynamic light scattering analysis of immune complexes in sera of rheumatoid arthritis patients",
pages = "115194",
volume = "674",
doi = "10.1016/j.ab.2023.115194"
}

Đukić, T., Drvenica, I., Kovačić, M., Minić, R., Vučetić, D., Majerič, D., Šefik-Bukilica, M., Savić, O., Bugarski, B.,& Ilić, V.. (2023). Dynamic light scattering analysis of immune complexes in sera of rheumatoid arthritis patients. in Analytical Biochemistry
Academic Press Inc.., 674, 115194.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2023.115194

Đukić T, Drvenica I, Kovačić M, Minić R, Vučetić D, Majerič D, Šefik-Bukilica M, Savić O, Bugarski B, Ilić V. Dynamic light scattering analysis of immune complexes in sera of rheumatoid arthritis patients. in Analytical Biochemistry. 2023;674:115194.
doi:10.1016/j.ab.2023.115194 .

Đukić, Tamara, Drvenica, Ivana, Kovačić, Marijana, Minić, Rajna, Vučetić, Dušan, Majerič, Dragana, Šefik-Bukilica, Mirjana, Savić, Olivera, Bugarski, Branko, Ilić, Vesna, "Dynamic light scattering analysis of immune complexes in sera of rheumatoid arthritis patients" in Analytical Biochemistry, 674 (2023):115194,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2023.115194 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Nikodijević, Slavomir
AU  - Blagojević, Veljko
AU  - Ćuruvija, Ivana
AU  - Kosanović, Dejana
AU  - Đukić, Tamara
AU  - Djordjević, Brižita
AU  - Ilić, Vesna
AU  - Minić, Rajna
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5235
AB  - Increased interest in microbiota calls for the thorough analysis of antibody reactivity to different microorganisms. As salivary IgA represents the first line of defence against microorganisms contacting mucosal surfaces, we explored the binding and specificity of salivary IgA by testing the binding of purified, FITC-labelled salivary IgA to different microorganisms in flow cytometry and conclude that this kind of analysis enables the differentiation of species/strains with high IgA binding capacity, which should be corroborated on a larger sample size. Further we compare, with in-house ELISA, the binding of polyclonal salivary IgA with the binding of polyclonal serum IgA from the same individuals to whole microbial cells and to purified microbial components. High correlations were obtained in total salivary IgA binding to Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Escherichia coli, very distant bacterial species, as well as to isolated bacterial components (r =.70–.97). The binding of total salivary IgA resembled the binding of both salivary IgA1 and IgA2, with IgA2 predominating. For serum polyclonal IgA repertoire, substantially higher specificity was obtained. Serum IgA binding to E. coli correlated best with serum IgA binding to lipopolysaccharide (r =.86), and serum IgA against L. rhamnosus correlated best with the anti-peptidoglycan IgA levels (r =.88). We have also detected that total serum IgA response is governed by either IgA1 or IgA2 response, depending on the nature of the antigen/s. We conclude that steady state salivary IgA repertoire, unlike serum IgA repertoire, consists of polyreactive antibodies with innate specificity, questioning its capacity to select resident microbiota.
PB  - John Wiley and Sons Inc
T2  - Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
T1  - Selectivity of polyclonal repertoire of anti-microbial IgA and its subclasses in saliva and serum in humans
DO  - 10.1111/sji.13223
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Nikodijević, Slavomir and Blagojević, Veljko and Ćuruvija, Ivana and Kosanović, Dejana and Đukić, Tamara and Djordjević, Brižita and Ilić, Vesna and Minić, Rajna",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Increased interest in microbiota calls for the thorough analysis of antibody reactivity to different microorganisms. As salivary IgA represents the first line of defence against microorganisms contacting mucosal surfaces, we explored the binding and specificity of salivary IgA by testing the binding of purified, FITC-labelled salivary IgA to different microorganisms in flow cytometry and conclude that this kind of analysis enables the differentiation of species/strains with high IgA binding capacity, which should be corroborated on a larger sample size. Further we compare, with in-house ELISA, the binding of polyclonal salivary IgA with the binding of polyclonal serum IgA from the same individuals to whole microbial cells and to purified microbial components. High correlations were obtained in total salivary IgA binding to Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Escherichia coli, very distant bacterial species, as well as to isolated bacterial components (r =.70–.97). The binding of total salivary IgA resembled the binding of both salivary IgA1 and IgA2, with IgA2 predominating. For serum polyclonal IgA repertoire, substantially higher specificity was obtained. Serum IgA binding to E. coli correlated best with serum IgA binding to lipopolysaccharide (r =.86), and serum IgA against L. rhamnosus correlated best with the anti-peptidoglycan IgA levels (r =.88). We have also detected that total serum IgA response is governed by either IgA1 or IgA2 response, depending on the nature of the antigen/s. We conclude that steady state salivary IgA repertoire, unlike serum IgA repertoire, consists of polyreactive antibodies with innate specificity, questioning its capacity to select resident microbiota.",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc",
journal = "Scandinavian Journal of Immunology",
title = "Selectivity of polyclonal repertoire of anti-microbial IgA and its subclasses in saliva and serum in humans",
doi = "10.1111/sji.13223"
}

Nikodijević, S., Blagojević, V., Ćuruvija, I., Kosanović, D., Đukić, T., Djordjević, B., Ilić, V.,& Minić, R.. (2022). Selectivity of polyclonal repertoire of anti-microbial IgA and its subclasses in saliva and serum in humans. in Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
John Wiley and Sons Inc..
https://doi.org/10.1111/sji.13223

Nikodijević S, Blagojević V, Ćuruvija I, Kosanović D, Đukić T, Djordjević B, Ilić V, Minić R. Selectivity of polyclonal repertoire of anti-microbial IgA and its subclasses in saliva and serum in humans. in Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 2022;.
doi:10.1111/sji.13223 .

Nikodijević, Slavomir, Blagojević, Veljko, Ćuruvija, Ivana, Kosanović, Dejana, Đukić, Tamara, Djordjević, Brižita, Ilić, Vesna, Minić, Rajna, "Selectivity of polyclonal repertoire of anti-microbial IgA and its subclasses in saliva and serum in humans" in Scandinavian Journal of Immunology (2022),
https://doi.org/10.1111/sji.13223 . .