Understanding and interpreting antinuclear antibody tests in systemic rheumatic diseases

X Bossuyt, E De Langhe, MO Borghi… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are valuable laboratory markers to screen for and support the
diagnosis of various rheumatic diseases (known as ANA-associated rheumatic diseases) …

[HTML][HTML] Autoantibodies in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: clinical associations and laboratory evaluation by mono-and multispecific immunoassays

J Damoiseaux, JB Vulsteke, CW Tseng… - Autoimmunity …, 2019 - Elsevier
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of diseases characterized by immune-
mediated muscular lesions that may be associated with extra-muscular manifestations …

Anti-TIF1-γ autoantibodies: warning lights of a tumour autoantigen

J De Vooght, JB Vulsteke, P De Haes, X Bossuyt… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Anti-transcription intermediary factor 1 (TIF1)-γ autoantibodies are robustly linked with
cancer-associated DM in adults. This review aims to give an overview of the physiological …

Comparison of three immunoassays for the detection of myositis specific antibodies

M Mahler, Z Betteridge, C Bentow, M Richards… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: Standardization of myositis specific antibody (MSA) detection is of high
importance because these antibodies are relevant for diagnosis and stratification of patients …

[HTML][HTML] Dermatomyositis autoantibodies: how can we maximize utility?

LM Hodgkinson, TT Wu… - Annals of translational …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The past 15 years has seen significant advances in the characterization of myositis-specific
autoantibodies (MSAs) and their associated phenotypes in patients with dermatomyositis …

Anti-OJ autoantibodies: rare or underdetected?

JB Vulsteke, M Satoh, K Malyavantham, X Bossuyt… - Autoimmunity …, 2019 - Elsevier
Anti-OJ autoantibodies are rare myositis-specific autoantibodies that have been described to
target isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase. Routinely used multiplex assays perform poorly in …

New insights in myositis-specific autoantibodies

A Ghirardello, A Doria - Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Distinct autoantibody-associated clinical phenotypes can be predicted by extended MSA
testing in serum. Standardization and validation of MSA laboratory detection methods is …

256th ENMC international workshop: Myositis specific and associated autoantibodies (MSA-ab): Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 8-10 October 2021

J Damoiseaux, AL Mammen, Y Piette… - Neuromuscular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The organizers of this 256th European NeuroMuscular Center (ENMC) workshop welcomed
20 participants from 10 countries (Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany …

Advanced autoantibody testing in systemic sclerosis

K Almaabdi, Z Ahmad, SR Johnson - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Systemic sclerosis is a systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease characterized by immune
abnormalities, leading to vasculopathy and fibrosis. Autoantibody testing has become an …

[HTML][HTML] Frequencies and clinical associations of myositis-related antibodies in The Netherlands: A one-year survey of all Dutch patients

ACM Platteel, BA Wevers, J Lim, JA Bakker… - Journal of Translational …, 2019 - Elsevier
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogeneous group of connective tissue
diseases, collectively known as myositis. Diagnosis of IIM is challenging while timely …