title: Antiribosomal P protein antibodies in different populations of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: We report a significantly increased prevalence of antiribosomal P protein antibodies in Malaysian Chinese patients (38%) with SLE compared to white Caucasian (13%) and Afro-Caribbean (20%) patients. The increased prevalence was not due to a generalized increase in autoantibody production because anti-dsDNA and anti-SSA antibodies were present in comparable frequencies in the three ethnic groups while anti-Sm and anti-SSB antibodies were rarely found in the Malaysian Chinese patients.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Research Centre, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Teh
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manivasagar
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hay
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Isenberg
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amos
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000032:analysis*; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis*; D044466:Asian People; D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; C064601:L12E protein, Trypanosoma cruzi; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins