| Literature DB >> 15966133 |
Anna Ghirardello1, Sandra Zampieri, Luca Iaccarino, Elena Tarricone, Raffaele Bendo, Pier Franca Gambari, Andrea Doria.
Abstract
Autoantibodies targeting the Mi-2 nuclear antigen represent one of the serologic hallmarks of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, with a diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of approximately 4-18% and 98-100%, respectively. Mi-2 antigen is a component of the nuclesome remodeling-deacetylase (NuRD) complex involved in transcription regulation.Anti-Mi-2 antibodies are strongly associated with dermatomyositis (frequency up to 31%) and have a very high positive predictive value for such disease subset. A strong correlation with HLA-DR7 has been demonstrated. At the moment, optimal serologic testing is achieved by ELISA screening on recombinant Mi-2 antigen and confirmation of positive results on immunoblot.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15966133 DOI: 10.1080/08916930400022681
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Autoimmunity ISSN: 0891-6934 Impact factor: 2.815