title: Antibodies to mycobacterial 65 kDa heat shock protein in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).
abstract: It has been reported that immunity to the 65 kDa heat shock protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT-hsp65) not only accompanies rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but may also be characteristic of chronic inflammation. We now report serum antibodies to MT-hsp65 in 47% of systemic sclerosis (SSc), 38% of primary Raynaud's phenomenon (PRP) and 5% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Antibody levels were higher in patients with active or progressive SSc and correlated with the degree of skin fibrosis. Thus, immunity to MT-hsp65 appears in SSc and is not limited to RA. However, it does show some degree of specificity beyond chronic inflammation: PRP patients have a higher reactivity than do SLE patients.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Medica dell'Università di Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Danieli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Candela
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ricciatti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reginelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Danieli
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gabrielli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D018833:Chaperonins; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000276:immunology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; C074119:heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium; D018833:Chaperonins