Anti-Sa Antibody (Anti-Sa)

Anti-Sa antibodies are detected in the serum of 20–47% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. These antibodies have a high degree of specificity for the disease, and appear to identify a subset of early rheumatoid arthritis patients destined to have aggressive and destructive disease. It has recently been confirmed that anti-Sa antibodies are directed to citrullinated vimentin, thus placing them in the anti-citrulline family of autoantibodies. The Sa antigen has previously been shown to be present in synovium. anti-Sa antibodies may play a pathogenetic role in the initiation and/or persistence of rheumatoid synovitis.Antibodies directed to the Sa antigen are highly specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and can be detected in approximately 40% of RA sera. The antigen, a doublet of protein bands of about 50 kDa, is present in placenta and in RA synovial tissue. Although it has been stated that the Sa antigen is citrullinated vimentin.

Organism species: Homo sapiens (Human)

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Assay Kits n/a CLIA Kit for Anti-Sa Antibody (Anti-Sa) CLIA Kit Customized Service Offer
n/a ELISA Kit for Anti-Sa Antibody (Anti-Sa) ELISA Kit Customized Service Offer