title: [Specific antibodies of soluble nuclear antigens in autoimmune vasculitis].
abstract: In order to assess the clinical value of antinuclear antibody (ANA) assays in classifying vasculitis, 136 sera from 28 patients with cutaneous vasculitis alone, and 80 patients with vasculitis associated with a connective tissue disease or an unclassified arthritis were tested. ANAs were assayed by indirect immunofluorescence, anti-ENA and anti-histone antibodies were tested by immunodiffusion. ANAs are seldom in patients with cutaneous vasculitis alone (1 positive serum/28 = 3.5%). ANAs are more generally observed in vasculitis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (15 positive sera/16 vasculitis associated with SLE = 94%), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (8 positive/30 RA with vasculitis = 27%), or a Sjögren syndrome (SS) (9 positive/19 vasculitis with SS = 47%). ANAs in SS are correlated with vasculitis or Raynaud's phenomenon. ANAs are not detected in vasculitis associated with other connective tissue diseases or unclassified arthritis. Anti-ENA antibodies are only found in vasculitis associated with SLE (11 positive sera/13 = 85%) or SS (3 positive sera/19 = 16%). Contrasting with the findings of other groups, our results show no anti-ENA antibodies in RA with vasculitis. Anti-RNP in SLE are correlated with cutaneous vasculitis (p less than 0.005). An antibody different from anti-Ro (SS-A) antibodies but precipitating with a trypsinized human spleen extract was observed in 2/11 sera from RA with vasculitis and not in other sera. Its significance is not established yet; this antibody would have a clinical interest only if further studies showed a high prevalence in rheumatoid vasculitis.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Weill
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Job-Deslandre
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Menkès
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amor
mesh_terms: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000276:immunology; D003378:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000276:immunology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear
vernacular_title: Etude des anticorps spécifiques des antigènes nucléaires solubles au cours des vascularites auto-immunes.