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Anti-Smith Antibody Is Associated With Disease Activity in Patients With New-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Authors
 Sung Soo Ahn  ;  Seung Min Jung  ;  Juyoung Yoo  ;  Sang-Won Lee  ;  Jason Jungsik Song  ;  Yong-Beom Park 
Citation
 RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, Vol.39(11) : 1937-1944, 2019-11 
Journal Title
RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN
 0172-8172 
Issue Date
2019-11
MeSH
Adolescent ; Adult ; Antibodies, Antinuclear / blood* ; Case-Control Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / blood ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis* ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology ; Male ; Severity of Illness Index ; Young Adult
Keywords
Anti-Smith antibody ; Disease activity ; Systemic lupus erythematosus ; Systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index
Abstract
Although anti-Smith (Sm) antibody is a highly specific antibody for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the significance of anti-Sm antibody in patients with SLE is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the association between anti-Sm antibodies and disease activity in patients with new-onset SLE. We included patients who were tested for anti-Sm antibodies at SLE diagnosis and within 12 months after diagnosis. SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI) was obtained at the time of the anti-Sm antibody test. The baseline disease activity was compared between patients with and without anti-Sm antibodies. The longitudinal association between disease activity and anti-Sm antibodies was also evaluated in total patients and in those with anti-Sm antibodies. Among 92 patients who were tested for anti-Sm antibodies at SLE diagnosis, 67 and another 67 patients were followed up for the presence of anti-Sm antibodies at 6 and 12 months, respectively. Although the baseline SLEDAI was comparable in patients with and without anti-Sm antibodies, the serum level of anti-Sm antibody was significantly correlated with SLEDAI (P = 0.003). At 12 months, anti-Sm antibody positivity was associated with higher SLEDAI and anti-dsDNA titer (P = 0.002, both). In addition, the changes in anti-Sm antibody titer over 12 months were correlated with the alterations in SLEDAI (P = 0.029).Anti-Sm antibody was associated with the baseline disease activity and the alteration of disease activity in patients with new-onset SLE. Monitoring of anti-Sm antibody titer may help assess the disease activity in SLE.
Full Text
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00296-019-04445-y
DOI
10.1007/s00296-019-04445-y
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Park, Yong Beom(박용범)
Song, Jason Jungsik(송정식) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0662-7704
Ahn, Sung Soo(안성수) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9002-9880
Yoo, Juyoung(유주영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8882-1695
Lee, Sang-Won(이상원) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8038-3341
Jung, SeungMin(정승민) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-2181
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/175891
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