title: Anti-Jo-1 antibody in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis.
abstract: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) has been recognized as a manifestation of polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM). Patients with PM/DM with anti-Jo-1 antibody had a higher incidence of ILD. Thirty-five patients with PM/DM were studied the antibodies. Six (16.1%) were found to have them. ILD occurred in all 6 anti-Jo-1 positive patients, as opposed to 10 (34.5%) of 29 anti-Jo-1 negative patients. Only 2 cases of undifferentiated connective tissue disease among 1320 patients with various kinds of collagen vascular diseases other than PM/DM were positive for anti-Jo-1 antibody. These two patients also had lung involvement. Among six PM/DM patients with anti-Jo-1 antibody, dyspnea preceded proximal muscle weakness in three patients. In one case, the anti-Jo-1 antibody had been detected one month prior to the onset of myositis. Anti-Jo-1 antibody is a useful marker for PM/DM with ILD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Leu
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis*; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; C046750:Jo-1 antibody