Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Autoimmune Disease

El-Shanawany, Tariq and Jolles, Stephen 2007. Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Autoimmune Disease. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1110 (1) , pp. 507-515. 10.1196/annals.1423.054

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Abstract

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has been found to have a multitude of uses. However, IVIg is a pooled blood product and as a result a limited resource. At replacement doses (200–400 mg/kg/month) it is of critical utility in the treatment of primary and secondary antibody deficiencies. High-dose immunoglobulin (hdIVIg) given at doses of up to 2 g/kg/day has immunomodulatory action mediated via a number of different effects. First used in the 1980s for the treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, hdIVIg has found uses in a wide range of autoimmune conditions, though for many conditions the evidence base lacks formal randomized controlled trials (RCTs). This article will detail the issues regarding the manufacture and clinical aspects of administration of hdIVIg and its uses, especially with regards to the treatment of autoimmune disease.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	intravenous immunoglobulin; immunomodulation; autoimmune disease
Last Modified:	02 Jun 2019 22:40
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/6891

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