Myositis and interstitial lung disease associated with autoantibody to a transfer RNA-related protein Wa

J Rheumatol. 2000 Nov;27(11):2707-10.

Abstract

We describe 2 patients with myositis and interstitial lung disease with the autoantibody to Wa antigen, a 48-kDa transfer RNA-related protein. In contrast to the previous description of anti-Wa antibody, our patients lacked systemic sclerosis-related features, but had clinical features consistent with those associated with antibodies to aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases. The difference in clinical presentation between our patients and patients with systemic sclerosis may be explained by recognition of different epitopes on the Wa antigen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autoantibodies / analysis*
  • Autoantigens / immunology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoblotting
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / immunology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myositis / immunology*
  • Precipitin Tests
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / immunology

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Autoantigens
  • Wa antigen