title: Clinical studies of antibodies binding polyriboadenylic acid in systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Antibodies of polyriboadenylic acid (poly rA) are demonstrated by filter radioimmunoassay in 75% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), in 54% of patients with discoid lupus erythematosus, and in only 0-7% of normal controls and patients with rheumatoid arthritis or Sjögren's syndrome. These antibodies are distinct from antibodies to single- and double-stranded DNA and double-stranded RNA. Poly rA binding is associated with IgM and IgG serum fractions. Because poly rA may have a role in the transcription of mRNA in mammalian cells and viruses, antibodies to poly rA may be important clues to virologic and immunogenetic mechanisms in the pathogenesis of SLE.
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies; D004247:DNA / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000378:metabolism; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000378:metabolism; D008179:Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011061:Poly A / Q000378:metabolism*; D012313:RNA / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D011061:Poly A; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA