title: Clinical significance of IgG anti-Sm antibodies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Free Sm was purified by gel filtration and anti-Sm affinity chromatography. Using this purified antigen, an ELISA for anti-Sm was performed. Three hundred and fifty patients with various rheumatic diseases were studied with respect to immunoglobulin classes of anti-Sm by ELISA. A high frequency of IgG anti-Sm was specifically detected in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but IgA and IgM anti-Sm showed a low frequency and also was detected in other diseases. In patients with SLE, anti-Sm significantly correlated with lung fibrosis and pericarditis. In our longitudinal study, there were increases in titer of IgG anti-Sm preceding central nervous system exacerbation and serositis. IgG anti-Sm was found to be not only a diagnostic marker but also a reliable measure of disease activity in SLE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirose
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D055517:snRNP Core Proteins
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D001324:Autoantigens; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D055517:snRNP Core Proteins