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2020 Mar 05


Clin Exp Rheumatol

Identification of a novel autoantibody against heat shock factor 1 in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy.

Authors

Zhang Y-M, Liang L, Yang H-B, Shu X-M, Lu X, Wang G-C, Peng Q-L
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020 Mar 05.
PMID: 32141435.

Abstract

Myositis autoantibodies show great utility in the diagnosis and clinico-serological phenotyping of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). We identified a novel autoantibody against heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) and further evaluated its disease specificity and clinical significance in IIM patients.