Clinical importance of antibodies against double-stranded ribonucleic acid in systemic lupus erythematosus and similar diseases of connective tissue. 1979

L Cebecauer, and J Rovenský, and A M Poverenny, and V K Podgorodnichenko, and J Doskocil, and D Zitnan

Prolonged repeated analyses of sera from 98 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 76 patients with similar diffuse diseases of connective tissue by a radioisotope membrane binding method for the assessment of antibodies against double-stranded ribonucleic acid (anti-ds-RNA) revealed that these antibodies are most frequently encountered in patients with the evolutive form of SLE (53%), but also in approximately one fifth of patients with non- evolutive SLE and in patients with similar diffuse diseases of connective tissue. Anti-ds-RNA are not linked with stages of clinical activity; their occurrence is on the whole independent on the occurence of antibodies against ds-DNA and nuclear ribonucleoprotein. There is a very close association with the incidence of antibodies against denatured DNA and a substantially small association with antibodies against acid nuclear antigen (Sm). The occurrence of anti-ds-RNA is a favourable prognostic sign, as in the majority of patients who had such antibodies at any time in their serum, later the disease can be suppressed by treatment, while patients who never had anti-ds-RNA in serum remain for a long time in the active stage of the disease.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008180 Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic A chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes. It is of unknown etiology, but is thought to represent a failure of the regulatory mechanisms of the autoimmune system. The disease is marked by a wide range of system dysfunctions, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the formation of LE cells in the blood or bone marrow. Libman-Sacks Disease,Lupus Erythematosus Disseminatus,Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,Disease, Libman-Sacks,Libman Sacks Disease
D003240 Connective Tissue Diseases A heterogeneous group of disorders, some hereditary, others acquired, characterized by abnormal structure or function of one or more of the elements of connective tissue, i.e., collagen, elastin, or the mucopolysaccharides. Connective Tissue Disease,Disease, Connective Tissue,Diseases, Connective Tissue
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001323 Autoantibodies Antibodies that react with self-antigens (AUTOANTIGENS) of the organism that produced them. Autoantibody
D012330 RNA, Double-Stranded RNA consisting of two strands as opposed to the more prevalent single-stranded RNA. Most of the double-stranded segments are formed from transcription of DNA by intramolecular base-pairing of inverted complementary sequences separated by a single-stranded loop. Some double-stranded segments of RNA are normal in all organisms. Double-Stranded RNA,Double Stranded RNA,RNA, Double Stranded

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