Review
Novel autoantibodies and clinical phenotypes in adult and juvenile myositis
Author affiliations
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, NHS Foundation Trust, Upper Borough Walls, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1RL, UK
Citation and License
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2011, 13:209 doi:10.1186/ar3275
Published: 18 March 2011Abstract
Autoantibodies targeting intracellular proteins involved in key processes are detected in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. These myositisspecific autoantibodies have been increasingly demonstrated to correlate with distinct clinical phenotypes within the myositis spectrum. This review highlights the clinical associations of the myositisspecific autoantibodies, with particular attention to the recently identified and characterized novel myositis autoantibodies: p155/140, p140 (MJ), CADM-140 (MDA5), SAE, and 200/100.
