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Table 3 Rare autoantibodies in myositis and reported clinical associations.

From: Personalized medicine in rheumatology: the paradigm of serum autoantibodies

Autoantibody

Prevalence (%)

Clinical associations

References

Anti-ARS

1–30

Anti-synthetase syndrome

[69, 95]

Anti-Mi2

10

DM with typical skin lesions, mild disease

[69, 70, 95]

Anti-TIF1γ

10–15

Severe DM, malignancies

[70, 95]

Anti-NPX2

1–5

Severe DM, severe skin disease, malignancies

[69, 70, 95]

Anti-MDA5

15–20

CADM, ILD, severe skin manifestations, poor prognosis

[69, 95, 96]

Anti-SAE

1

Amyopathic DM

[95]

Anti-SRP

5

Necrotizing myopathy

[70]

Anti-HMGCR

6

Necrotizing myopathy, proximal muscle weakness, elevated CK levels, prior statin use

[70, 95, 97]

  1. Anti-ARS anti-aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (Jo1, PL-7, PL-12, EJ, OJ, KS), DM dermatomyositis, CADM clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis, ILD interstitial lung disease, CK creatine kinase