Article
Association of immunoglobulin Km and Gm allotypes with specific antinuclear antibodies and disease susceptibility among connective tissue disease patients.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Apr 1991
Hoffman R W, Sharp G C, Irvin W S, Anderson S K, Hewett J E, Pandey J P
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of the immunoglobulin Km(1) and Gm phenotypes was examined in patients with connective tissue diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, mixed connective tissue disease, and scleroderma, whose sera were characterized for antibodies against nuclear antigens and polypeptides of U small nuclear ribonucleoproteins. We found a strong association between Km(1) phenotype and susceptibility to...
Topics
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Connective Tissue Diseases
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Allotypes
- Immunoglobulin Gm Allotypes
- Immunoglobulins
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Male