Zhi-Ying Li1, Tian-Tian Ma1, Min Chen1, Ming-Hui Zhao1. 1. Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China; Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) comprises microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and eosinophilic GPA (EGPA). Myeloperoxidase (MPO) and proteinase 3 (PR3) are the main antigens for ANCA. AAV is a common multisystem autoimmune disease and most of the studies on AAV have been conducted in Western countries. Nowadays in China many efforts are made to investigate this disease. SUMMARY: This review highlights the progress in the prevalence, management and outcomes of AAV in Chinese patients. With respect to the prevalence of AAV, though there are no precise data, AAV is not rare in the Chinese population. In Chinese patients with AAV there is a striking preponderance of MPA, and MPO-ANCA is much more common than PR3-ANCA. Even in patients with GPA there is a predominance of MPO-ANCA over PR3-ANCA. Propylthiouracil-induced AAV and ANCA-negative pauci-immune glomerulonephritis are stated in this review as well. With respect to the management of AAV, glucocorticoids in combination with cyclophosphamide remain the mainstay of induction therapy. Besides, we describe predictors of different outcomes in Chinese patients, including mortality, relapse, treatment resistance and end-stage renal disease. KEY MESSAGES: AAV is not rare in the Chinese population. The disease spectrum and subtypes of ANCA are different between patients with AAV in China and Western countries. The treatment strategy for AAV in China is in consistency with that in Western countries. Predictors of different clinical outcomes are provided. FACTS FROM EAST AND WEST: Treatment options for AAV are shared between the East and West, with corticosteroid combined with cyclophosphamide being the standard regimen for inductive therapy and switching to azathioprine after remission. The major cause of death in treated patients is infection related to immunosuppressive therapy within the first year after diagnosis, and this rate might be higher in China than in Western countries. Western studies demonstrated the efficacy and safety of rituximab for induction of remission in cases with relatively mild disease and maintenance therapy, but this agent is rarely used in China.
BACKGROUND: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) comprises microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and eosinophilic GPA (EGPA). Myeloperoxidase (MPO) and proteinase 3 (PR3) are the main antigens for ANCA. AAV is a common multisystem autoimmune disease and most of the studies on AAV have been conducted in Western countries. Nowadays in China many efforts are made to investigate this disease. SUMMARY: This review highlights the progress in the prevalence, management and outcomes of AAV in Chinese patients. With respect to the prevalence of AAV, though there are no precise data, AAV is not rare in the Chinese population. In Chinese patients with AAV there is a striking preponderance of MPA, and MPO-ANCA is much more common than PR3-ANCA. Even in patients with GPA there is a predominance of MPO-ANCA over PR3-ANCA. Propylthiouracil-induced AAV and ANCA-negative pauci-immune glomerulonephritis are stated in this review as well. With respect to the management of AAV, glucocorticoids in combination with cyclophosphamide remain the mainstay of induction therapy. Besides, we describe predictors of different outcomes in Chinese patients, including mortality, relapse, treatment resistance and end-stage renal disease. KEY MESSAGES: AAV is not rare in the Chinese population. The disease spectrum and subtypes of ANCA are different between patients with AAV in China and Western countries. The treatment strategy for AAV in China is in consistency with that in Western countries. Predictors of different clinical outcomes are provided. FACTS FROM EAST AND WEST: Treatment options for AAV are shared between the East and West, with corticosteroid combined with cyclophosphamide being the standard regimen for inductive therapy and switching to azathioprine after remission. The major cause of death in treated patients is infection related to immunosuppressive therapy within the first year after diagnosis, and this rate might be higher in China than in Western countries. Western studies demonstrated the efficacy and safety of rituximab for induction of remission in cases with relatively mild disease and maintenance therapy, but this agent is rarely used in China.
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Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis; Chinese patients; Management; Outcome; Prevalence
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