Autoantibody | Clinical associations |
Myositis-specific autoantibodies | |
Anti-tRNA synthetases (Jo-1, PL-7, PL-12, EJ, OJ, KS, Ha, Zo) | PM, DM, anti-synthetase syndrome |
Anti-Mi-2 | “Classic DM”; lung-sparing |
Anti-CADM-140 (also known as anti-MDA5) | Clinically amyopathic DM ILD; poor prognosis |
Myositis-associated antibodies | |
Anti-Ro/SSA | PM/Sjögren's syndrome overlap; severe ILD |
Anti-PM/Scl | PM/scleroderma overlap; severe ILD |
Anti-Ku | PM/scleroderma overlap; severe ILD |
Anti-U1RNP | PM/SLE overlap; ILD |
MDA5: melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5; PM: polymyositis; DM: dermatomyositis; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus. Reproduced and modified from [6] with permission.