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Clinical Relevance
First level information About Clinical Relevance & List of Abbreviations |
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▶ The AC-28 pattern has low positive predictive value for any disease. ▶ Found infrequently in a routine diagnostic setting [1]. ▶ Antigens recognized include DCA, MCA1, and MCA5; specific immunoassays for these autoantibodies are currently not commercially available [1-3]. |
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▶ Autoantibodies to DCA have been described in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus [2]. ▶ Autoantibodies to MCA1 have been described in patients with cancer [3]. ▶ Autoantibodies to MCA5 have been described in patients with discoid lupus erythematosus, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Sjögren disease, and polymyalgia rheumatica [1]. |
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1. Gitlits VM, Macaulay SL, Toh BH, Sentry JW. Novel human autoantibodies to phosphoepitopes on mitotic chromosomal autoantigens (MCAs). J Investig Med. 2000;48:172-82. 2. Blaschek M, Muller S, Youinou P. Anti-"dividing cell antigen" autoantibody: a novel antinuclear antibody pattern related to histones in systemic lupus erythematosus. J Clin Immunol. 1993;13:329-38. 3. Rayzman VM, Sentry JW. MCA1 detection of histone H3 serine 10 phosphorylation, a novel biomarker for determination of mitotic indices. Hum Antibodies. 2006;15:71-80. |
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