TY - JOUR
T1 - Anti-Ro(SS-A) autoantibodies in central nervous system disease associated with Sjögren's syndrome (CNS-SS)
T2 - Clinical, neuroimaging, and angiographic correlates
AU - Alexander, E. L.
AU - Ranzenbach, M. R.
AU - Kumar, A. J.
AU - Kozachuk, W. E.
AU - Rosenbaum, A. E.
AU - Patronas, N.
AU - Harley, J. B.
AU - Reichlin, M.
PY - 1994/5
Y1 - 1994/5
N2 - Objective: To examine in Sjögren's syndrome (SS) the interrelationship between the presence of the anti-Ro(SS-A) antibody response and (1) concomitant presence and type (ie, focal or nonfocal) of CNS disease (CNS-SS), (2) cross-sectional brain MRI or CT, and (3) abnormal cerebral angiography. Methods: Neurologic, neuroimaging, and angiographic features of CNS-SS patients were correlated with the presence of precipitating anti-Ro(SS-A) autoantibodies detected by gel double-immunodiffusion or quantitative ELISA, which detects antibodies directed against the 60-kd peptide. Statistical analyses were performed using Fisher's exact test (two-tailed) with Haldane's adjustment and odds ratio with Cornfield 95% confidence intervals. Results: Precipitating antibodies against the Ro(SS-A) antigen, determined by gel double-immunodiffusion, were present in an increased frequency in CNS-SS patients with (1) documented clinical CNS disease, (2) focal clinical CNS manifestations and serious complications, (3) large regions of increased signal intensity, consistent with ischemia/infarcts on brain MRI scans or regions of decreased attenuation consistent with infarcts on CT, and (4) abnormal cerebral angiograms consistent with small-vessel angiitis. Finally, the anti-Ro(SS-A) antibody response in CNS was directed against the 60-kd peptide specificity, determined by ELISA. Conclusions: Clinical, neuroimaging (cerebral CT), and angiographic observation suggest that a subset of anti-Ro(SS-A) antibody-positive, in contrast with -negative, CNS-SS patients have more serious and extensive CNS disease, some with frank cerebral angiopathy. Anti-Ro(SS-A) antibodies are postulated to play a role in mediating or potentiating vascular injury in CNS-SS.
AB - Objective: To examine in Sjögren's syndrome (SS) the interrelationship between the presence of the anti-Ro(SS-A) antibody response and (1) concomitant presence and type (ie, focal or nonfocal) of CNS disease (CNS-SS), (2) cross-sectional brain MRI or CT, and (3) abnormal cerebral angiography. Methods: Neurologic, neuroimaging, and angiographic features of CNS-SS patients were correlated with the presence of precipitating anti-Ro(SS-A) autoantibodies detected by gel double-immunodiffusion or quantitative ELISA, which detects antibodies directed against the 60-kd peptide. Statistical analyses were performed using Fisher's exact test (two-tailed) with Haldane's adjustment and odds ratio with Cornfield 95% confidence intervals. Results: Precipitating antibodies against the Ro(SS-A) antigen, determined by gel double-immunodiffusion, were present in an increased frequency in CNS-SS patients with (1) documented clinical CNS disease, (2) focal clinical CNS manifestations and serious complications, (3) large regions of increased signal intensity, consistent with ischemia/infarcts on brain MRI scans or regions of decreased attenuation consistent with infarcts on CT, and (4) abnormal cerebral angiograms consistent with small-vessel angiitis. Finally, the anti-Ro(SS-A) antibody response in CNS was directed against the 60-kd peptide specificity, determined by ELISA. Conclusions: Clinical, neuroimaging (cerebral CT), and angiographic observation suggest that a subset of anti-Ro(SS-A) antibody-positive, in contrast with -negative, CNS-SS patients have more serious and extensive CNS disease, some with frank cerebral angiopathy. Anti-Ro(SS-A) antibodies are postulated to play a role in mediating or potentiating vascular injury in CNS-SS.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8190294
AN - SCOPUS:0028364779
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 44
SP - 899
EP - 908
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 5
ER -