Autoantibodies

Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 1988 Apr;14(1):43-56.

Abstract

The diagnosis of SLE is associated with an enlarging assortment of autoantibodies. The presence or absence of particular antibodies influences the confidence with which this diagnosis is made. It is the presence of autoantibodies and the deposit of immunoglobulin that has led to the general conclusion that lupus is an autoimmune disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / analysis
  • Autoantibodies* / analysis
  • Autoantibodies* / immunology
  • Autoantibodies* / physiology
  • Autoantigens / immunology
  • Blood Cells / immunology
  • Cardiolipins / immunology
  • DNA / immunology
  • Humans
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / etiology
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology*
  • Medical Laboratory Science / trends
  • Models, Theoretical
  • RNA, Small Cytoplasmic*
  • Ribonucleoproteins / immunology
  • Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear
  • SS-B Antigen
  • snRNP Core Proteins

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antinuclear
  • Autoantibodies
  • Autoantigens
  • Cardiolipins
  • RNA, Small Cytoplasmic
  • RO60 protein, human
  • Ribonucleoproteins
  • Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear
  • SS-A antigen
  • snRNP Core Proteins
  • DNA