RESEARCH ARTICLE
Nuclear Pore Protein p62 Autoantibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Doris M Kraemer*, 1, Hans-Peter Tony2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2010Volume: 4
First Page: 24
Last Page: 27
Publisher ID: TORJ-4-24
DOI: 10.2174/1874312901004010024
Article History:
Received Date: 8/3/2010Revision Received Date: 12/3/2010
Acceptance Date: 19/4/2010
Electronic publication date: 13/5/2010
Collection year: 2010

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Abstract
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease which is classically characterised by a variety of autoantibodies to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid (RNA), other nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens. Recently several novel autoantibodies against a variety of specific nuclear pore proteins have been described, including the nucleoporin p62. In this paper we evaluate anti-nucleoporin p62 antibodies by western blot analysis in 25 systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Six patients showed antibodies directed against nucleoporin p62. Our data indicate that p62 antibodies could be a useful additional marker in SLE.