Autoantibodies to small nuclear and cytoplasmic ribonucleoproteins in japanese patients with inflammatory muscle disease
Hirakata M, Mimori T, Akizuki M, Craft J, Hardin J, Homma M. Autoantibodies to small nuclear and cytoplasmic ribonucleoproteins in japanese patients with inflammatory muscle disease. Arthritis & Rheumatism 1992, 35: 449-456. PMID: 1567494, DOI: 10.1002/art.1780350415.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory muscle diseaseJapanese patientsChronic interstitial lung diseaseMuscle diseaseAnti-PM/SclDifferent etiologic mechanismsTRNA synthetase antibodiesDistinct clinical subsetInterstitial lung diseasePM/DMControl patientsImmunogenetic backgroundOverlap syndromeClinical subsetsRheumatic diseasesSevere myositisAutoimmune responseRNP antibodiesAutoantibody specificitiesLung diseaseClinical correlationClinical significanceClinical comparisonSynthetase antibodiesEtiologic mechanisms