title: The association between anti-ribosomal P antibodies and active nephritis in systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Autoantibodies to anti-ribosomal P protein have been recognized in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in widely variable proportions of unselected patients. Presence of anti-ribosomal P antibodies was retrospectively studied in 69 patients with SLE during disease exacerbations and remissions or during continuously active disease. Anti-ribosomal P antibodies were positive in 21/69 patients during active disease, with an overall prevalence of 30.4%. Prevalence in patients with active nephritis was 75.0% (15/20), P value by Fisher's exact test of 8.39 x 10(-7). In 12/13 patients (92.3%), anti-P disappeared during periods of disease remission, P = 0.0002. In 17/21 patients (81.0%) with anti-ribosomal P antibodies, anti-dsDNA antibodies were also positive. In 47 patients without anti-P, 23/47 (48.9%) were also positive for anti-dsDNA. In 9/12 patients (75.0%) titers of anti-dsDNA antibodies correlated with anti-P during disease exacerbations and remissions, P = 0.004. The higher prevalence of anti-P in patients with lupus nephritis with disappearance during disease remissions supports the hypothesis of an immunopathogenetic role of these antibodies in lupus nephritis. There was also a strong association between anti-dsDNA and anti-P antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Department of Medicine, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73104, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chindalore
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Neas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reichlin
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D004247:DNA / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009393:Nephritis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; C064601:L12E protein, Trypanosoma cruzi; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D004247:DNA