EXTRACTABLE NUCLEAR ANTIGENS (ENA) PROFILE, ANA BLOT

CLINICAL INFORMATION 
 
SSA, SSB, SM, and RNP are extractable nuclear antigens (ENA) that occur in patients with several different connective tissue diseases. Scl 70 (topoisomerase 1) is a 100-kD nuclear and nucleolar enzyme. Scl 70 antibodies are considered to be specific for scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) and are found in up to 60% of patients with this connective tissue disease. Scl 70 antibodies are more common in patients with extensive cutaneous involvement and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, and are considered a poor prognostic sign.(1) JO1 is a member of the amino acyl-tRNA synthetase family of enzymes found in all nucleated cells and a marker for the disease polymyositis.
 
 
INTERPRETATION 
 
A positive result is consistent with a connective tissue disease. 
 
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