Publication: Racial differences in antinuclear antibody patterns and clinical manifestations of scleroderma
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1989-01-01
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15290131
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00043591
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Mahidol University
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Arthritis & Rheumatism. Vol.32, No.1 (1989), 54-60
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L. Jane McNeilage, Uriwan Youngchaiyud, Senga Whittingham Racial differences in antinuclear antibody patterns and clinical manifestations of scleroderma. Arthritis & Rheumatism. Vol.32, No.1 (1989), 54-60. doi:10.1002/anr.1780320109 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/15777
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Racial differences in antinuclear antibody patterns and clinical manifestations of scleroderma
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The profile of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in 49 Thais with scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) was compared with that in 68 white Australians with scleroderma. Forty‐eight (98%) of the Thais and all (100%) of the white Australians were positive for ANA, with the majority (100% and 97%, respectively) showing a diffuse speckled pattern of nuclear fluorescence. The distribution of the patterns was different in the 2 races; 35 (71%) of the Thais and 17 (25%) of the Australians showed staining of the nucleolus, and 1 (2%) of the Thais and 35 (51%) of the Australians showed staining of the centromeres. The frequency of precipitating antibodies to extractable nuclear antigens was also strikingly different: 86% in Thais and 26% in Australians (P < 0.001). Precipitating antibodies to Scl‐70 (topoisomerase I), the predominant extractable nuclear antigen in patients with scleroderma, were detected in 37 (76%) of the Thais and 18 (26%) of the Australians, and these were shown by Western blotting to react with the Scl‐70 (topoisomerase I)–associated polypeptides. Differences in the frequencies of the ANA specificities in the 2 races were consistent with differences in the clinical manifestations of scleroderma; all of the Thai patients, in contrast to 15% of the Australian patients, had diffuse scleroderma with widespread skin involvement. This suggests that environmental or genetic factors may influence the expression of scleroderma. Copyright © 1989 American College of Rheumatology