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Comparison of the anti-Ro/SSA autoantibody profile between patients with primary and secondary Sjögren's syndrome.

Autoimmunity 2000 September
OBJECTIVE: To measure serum levels of anti-Ro52-kD/SSA, anti-Ro60-kD/SSA and anti-La/SSB autoantibodies in patients with primary and secondary Sjögren's syndrome. To examine if there is any connection between the disease and the subtype-spectrum of these antibodies.

METHODS: We measured serum levels of anti-Ro52-kD/SSA, anti-Ro60-kD/SSA and anti-La/SSB autoantibodies by ELISA, in the sera of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome with or without extraglandular manifestations and with or without anti-La/SSB positivity and of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus/Sjögren's syndrome overlapping disease with or without anti-La/SSB positivity.

RESULTS: Differences of the distribution of the anti-Ro52-kD/SSA and the anti-Ro60-kD/SSA were found between the primary and secondary Sjögren's syndrome patients' groups; when Sjögren's syndrome is accompanied by systemic lupus erythematosus, the occurrence of anti-Ro60-kD/SSA autoantibodies is significantly higher than in primary Sjögren'syndrome.

CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that there is a possible connection between the distribution of the subtypes of the anti-Ro/SSA autoantibodies and the disease type in primary/secondary Sjögren's syndrome.

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