Clinical features of anti-TIF1-α antibody-positive dermatomyositis patients are closely associated with coexistent dermatomyositis-specific autoantibodies and anti-TIF1-γ or anti-Mi-2 autoantibodies

摘要

Objective. Myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs), which characterize certain forms of inflammatory myopathy, are useful in the diagnosis and prediction of prognosis in DM/PM. Anti-transcriptional intermediary factor 1-α (TIF1-α) antibodies were recently reported to be associated with cancer-associated DM in conjunction with anti-TIF1-γ antibodies. This study aimed to identify a subset of DM patients who have anti-TIF1-α antibodies by using biotinylated recombinant proteins and to clarify the clinical and other serological features of DM patients with these antibodies.