Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Duftner, C; Dejaco, C; Klauser, A; Falkenbach, A; Lakomek, HJ; Schirmer, M.
High positive predictive value of specific antibodies cross-reacting with a 28-kDa Drosophila antigen for diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis.
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2006; 45(1): 38-42.
Doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei109
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- Dejaco Christian
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- Diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can be difficult, and a specific laboratory test has not yet been introduced as a routine diagnostic tool. Our aim was to evaluate the diagnostic value of antibodies specifically binding to a recombinant 28-kDa antigen for the diagnosis of AS. Blinded sera were tested for antibodies binding to the procaryotically expressed 28-kDa protein using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). This purified 28-kDa protein is produced by a specific clone from an embryonic Drosophila hydei Xgtl I c-DNA library and is bound by human antibodies cross-reacting with both a 36-kDa protein of chromosomes from Drosophila melanogaster and a 69-Da HeLa S3 protein potentially involved in signal transduction pathways. Serum concentrations of antibodies cross-reacting with this specific antigen were increased in 371 patients with AS compared with 37 healthy controls (39.5 vs 22.6 U/ml; P = 0.004). The positive predictive values of this ELISA test for AS were between 95.1% (95% confidence interval 90.6-97.9%) for a cut-off level of 50 U/ml and 97.4% (92.7-99.5%) for a cut-off level of 75 U/ml, and the sensitivities were between 42.1% (37.0-47.3%) for a cut-off level of 50 U/ml and 30.7% (26.1-35.7%) for a cut-off level of 75 U/ml. Serum ELISA tests for antibodies cross-reacting with the 28-kDa antigen show a high positive predictive value for AS of more than 95%.
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- Antibodies - blood
- Antigens - blood
- Blotting, Western -
- Case-Control Studies -
- Drosophila Proteins - immunology
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - methods Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - standards
- Female -
- HLA-B27 Antigen -
- Humans -
- Male -
- Middle Aged -
- Predictive Value of Tests -
- Sensitivity and Specificity -
- Spondylitis, Ankylosing - diagnosis
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- ankylosing spondylitis
- diagnostic test
- immunoassay
- antibodies