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Anti-centromere antibodies are found in approximately 60% of patients with limited systemic scleroderma and in 15% of those with the diffuse form of scleroderma. The specificity of this test is >98%. Thus, a positive anti-centromere antibody finding is strongly suggestive of limited systemic scleroderma.
An ANA test is considered positive if fluorescence is seen at a titre of 1:40/1:80. Higher titres are more clinically significant as low positives (≤1:160) are found in up to 20% of healthy individuals, especially the elderly.
Main antinuclear antibody patterns on immunofluorescence. [4] CREST syndrome typically displays the centromere pattern. CREST is not easily diagnosed as it closely mimics symptoms of other connective tissue and autoimmune diseases. Diagnoses are usually given when a patient presents two or more of the five major clinical symptoms. [5]
1059 12616 Ensembl ENSG00000125817 ENSMUSG00000068267 UniProt P07199 P27790 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001810 NM_007682 RefSeq (protein) NP_001801 NP_031708 Location (UCSC) Chr 20: 3.78 – 3.79 Mb Chr 2: 131.02 – 131.02 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Centromere protein B also known as major centromere autoantigen B is an autoantigen protein of the cell nucleus. In humans ...
Antibodies are produced by B cells in two ways: (i) randomly, and (ii) in response to a foreign protein or substance within the body. Initially, one B cell produces one specific kind of antibody. In either case, the B cell is allowed to proliferate or is killed off through a process called clonal deletion. Normally, the immune system is able to ...
Flow cytometry for the detection of ANA uses multiplexed polystyrene beads coated with multiple autoantigens, such as SSA, SSB, Sm, RNP, Scl-70, Jo-1, dsDNA, centromere B and histone. Serum is incubated with the beads and in the presence of anti-dsDNA antibodies, or any other ANA, the antibodies will bind and fluorescent labelled secondary ...
Since this activity occurs in the nucleus of the cell ATA is a form of antinuclear antibody. Scleroderma results from the overproduction of collagen in affected tissues, one study claims that there is an increased density of Topoisomerase I sites in the collagen genes, and that the antibodies may be altering transcription at these loci. [7]
Centromere; Histone; RNA polymerase III; 73% of celiac disease subjects tested positive for anti-histone and was the most prevalent, which is typically associated with drug-induced lupus erythematosus. This implicates a high probability of an autoimmune disorder in patients with wheat-related disorders. [12]