Serology Day 3 - Autoimmune, immunoassays Flashcards
ANA test
Screening test for anti-nuclear antibodies
Homogenous ANA pattern usually indicative of:
SLE (systemic lupus erythamatosus)
Centromere (discrete speckled) ANA pattern usually indicative of:
Scleroderma (CREST)
Speckled ANA pattern usually indicative of:
Sjogren syndrom
Nucleolar ANA pattern usually indicative of:
Scleroderma
SLE clinical presentation
Multi-organ involvement (skin, joints, kidney, lungs, CNS), Raynaud’s, butterfly rash, anemia, decreased platelets, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Drug-induced SLE
Has antibodies to histones but not to ds-DNA, shows positive on ANA but negative on Crithidia lucilae
Crithidia lucilae
Single cell protozoan, has mitochondrial mass of ds-DNA, SLE antibodies react
SLE antibodies
Anti-dsDNA and anti-Smith
Sjogren’s Syndrom clinical presentation
Affects lacrimal and salivary glands (dry eyes and mouth, pain and swelling in glands)
Sjogren’s Syndrome antibodies
Anti-La, rheumatoid factor (need biobsy of salivary glands for definitive diagnosis)
Scleroderma 2 forms
Progressive diffuse, systemic CREST
CREST meaning
Calcinosis (bone formation) Raynaud Esophogeal involvment Sclerodactyly (hard fingers) Telangiectasia (spider veins)
Scleroderma clinical presentation
Cyanosis, puffy face, hard skin, GI symptoms, lung and heart arrythmias
Scleroderma antibodies
Anti-centromere
Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus antibodies
Anti-beta cells, can’t produce insulin