To investigate the clinical significance of leukocyte-to-lymphocyte ratios, particularly the eosinophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (ELR) and basophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (BLR), in IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). We enrolled 541 treatment-na & iuml;ve IgG4-RD patients and compared their ELR, BLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and primary Sj & ouml;gren's syndrome (pSS) patients. K-means cluster analysis was performed to categorize enrolled IgG4-RD patients based on inflammatory markers (ELR, BLR, NLR, Complement 3, Complement 4, erythrocyte sedimentation rate), and clinical data of different clusters were analyzed using statistical methods including Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression. ELR and BLR levels were significantly elevated in IgG4-RD patients (ELR: 0.11 [0.05-0.22]; BLR: 0.02 [0.01-0.03]) compared to SLE, RA, and pSS patients (all P < 0.001). ELR was strongly associated with higher disease activity, increased serum IgG4, the number of affected organs, and proliferative phenotype proportions in IgG4-RD patients. We identified a high-risk subgroup of IgG4-RD patients with high ELR/BLR and low complement 3/4 (C3/C4) through clustering analysis. This subgroup exhibited higher disease activity and relapse risk. And IgG4-RD patients with high ELR (>= 0.1103) had higher relapse rates during follow-up (HR = 2.12, 95% CI 1.37-3.26, P = 0.0005). ELR was identified as a risk factor for relapse in IgG4-RD patients. Our study indicated that the significantly elevated ELR reflects Th2 immune dysregulation and disease severity in IgG4-RD and serves as an independent predictor of relapse, offering a potential biomarker for personalized management.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [82271848, 823B2037, 82471829]; CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences [CIFMS 2021-1-I2M-003, 2022-I2M-CT-B-005)]; National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding [2022-PUMCH-C-006, 2022-PUMCH-A-041, 2022-PUMCH-B-013]; Beijing Natural Science Foundation [7232113]; National Key Research and Development Program of China [2022YFC2703104]
第一作者机构:[1]Chinese Acad Med Sci & Peking Union Med Coll, Peking Union Med Coll Hosp, Dept Rheumatol & Clin Immunol, Beijing, Peoples R China[2]Minist Sci & Technol, Natl Clin Res Ctr Dermatol & Immunol Dis NCRC DID, Beijing, Peoples R China[3]Peking Union Med Coll Hosp PUMCH, State Key Lab Complex Severe & Rare Dis, Beijing, Peoples R China[4]Minist Educ, Key Lab Rheumatol & Clin Immunol, Beijing, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[1]Chinese Acad Med Sci & Peking Union Med Coll, Peking Union Med Coll Hosp, Dept Rheumatol & Clin Immunol, Beijing, Peoples R China[2]Minist Sci & Technol, Natl Clin Res Ctr Dermatol & Immunol Dis NCRC DID, Beijing, Peoples R China[3]Peking Union Med Coll Hosp PUMCH, State Key Lab Complex Severe & Rare Dis, Beijing, Peoples R China[4]Minist Educ, Key Lab Rheumatol & Clin Immunol, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Zhang Nianyi,Peng Yu,Li Rongli,et al.Elevated eosinophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (ELR) as a predictor of relapse for IgG4-related disease: a retrospective study across a decade[J].CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE.2025,25(1):doi:10.1007/s10238-025-01741-9.
APA:
Zhang, Nianyi,Peng, Yu,Li, Rongli,Nie, Yuxue,Li, Jingna...&Zhang, Wen.(2025).Elevated eosinophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (ELR) as a predictor of relapse for IgG4-related disease: a retrospective study across a decade.CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE,25,(1)
MLA:
Zhang, Nianyi,et al."Elevated eosinophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (ELR) as a predictor of relapse for IgG4-related disease: a retrospective study across a decade".CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE 25..1(2025)