title: [Study on anti-histone fraction antibodies in patients with rheumatic diseases].
abstract: By using Western blot method, we studied the antihistone fraction antibodies in sera of patients with rheumatic diseases. After analysed with SDS-PAGE, the histone could be separated into H1, H3, H2B, H2A and H4 fractions. The positive rate of anti-histone fraction antibodies was highest (82.1%) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, especially in active stage. In 28 SLE patients, the positive rates of anti-H2B, -H1, -H3, -H2A and -H4 were 78.6%, 60.7%, 50.0%, 35.7% and 7.1% respectively. The results revealed that the determination of anti-histone fraction antibodies was beneficial to the diagnosis of SLE.
authors: Department of Medicine, Peking, Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Jiang
authors: K
authors: K
authors: He
authors: C L
authors: CL
authors: Yan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D006657:Histones / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D006657:Histones