The clinical and immunogenetic features of patients with autoantibodies to the nucleolar antigen PM-Scl

Medicine (Baltimore). 1992 Nov;71(6):327-36. doi: 10.1097/00005792-199211000-00001.

Abstract

The clinical and laboratory features of 32 patients with anti-PM-Scl were studied. Patients with this rare autoantibody suffered from a homogenous overlap connective tissue disease defined by Raynaud phenomenon (32/32), features of scleroderma (31/32), arthritis (31/32, erosive in 9/32), myositis (28/32), lung restriction (25/32), calcinosis (15/32), and sicca (11/32). Significant renal and neurologic involvement was uncommon. All patients examined (22/22) had HLA-DR3, and 50% of these patients were homozygous. Our patients responded favorably to moderate immunosuppression and, with therapy, the disease generally has a good prognosis; over 50% of our series (17/32) remained well on minimal or no immunosuppression after a median follow-up of 8 years.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Arthritis / immunology
  • Autoantibodies / immunology*
  • Autoantigens / immunology*
  • Child
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / genetics
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / immunology*
  • Dermatomyositis / immunology
  • Exoribonucleases
  • Exosome Multienzyme Ribonuclease Complex
  • Female
  • HLA-DR3 Antigen / genetics
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / immunology
  • Lung Diseases / immunology
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymyositis / immunology
  • Raynaud Disease / immunology
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / immunology

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Autoantigens
  • HLA-DR3 Antigen
  • Exoribonucleases
  • Exosome Multienzyme Ribonuclease Complex
  • EXOSC10 protein, human