If your doctor thinks you might have lupus, they may ask you to take blood tests to check for antibodies in your blood. The most common antibody test is called the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test.

IN the last decade systemic lupus erythematosus has been reported in 2 or more members of over 20 families. 1,2 Systematic studies of families of patients have demonstrated an increased incidence of ...

INTEREST in the pathophysiology of the systemic rheumatic diseases has been revitalized by the discovery of the serum factors that produce the L.E. cell in disseminated lupus erythematosus and the ...

Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) represent a diverse group of conditions in which the immune system mistakenly targets the body’s own tissues, often affecting the musculoskeletal system and ...

† Anti-IgG as secondary antibody. ‡ Anti-IgG1, IgG2 and IgG3 as secondary antibody. IB: Immunoblotting; IIF: Immunofluorescence; LBR: Lamin B receptor; NE: Nuclear envelope; NPC: Nuclear pore complex.

Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are detected in the serum of patients with most systemic autoimmune diseases. The traditional tool used to detect ANAs is indirect immunofluorescence. A new, automated ...