Donor Antibodies Given Intravenously May Treat ANCA Vasculitis, Early Study Reports
Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy – which essentially consists on pooled antibodies from a thousand or more blood donors – could be a promising way of treating MPO-positive ANCA-associated vasculitis patients, an early study suggests. In a rat model of the disease, this therapy lowered the number of anti-MPO antibodies, reduced neutrophil traps –…