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Autoantibodies to Mi-2 alpha and Mi-2 beta in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
Michaelin Richards1, Ignacio García-De La Torre2, Yelitza C González-Bello3
1Research and Development, Inova Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, USA.
Objectives:
The objective of this study was to compare the results obtained from different assays for the detection of anti-Mi-2 antibodies, which are important markers in the diagnosis of DM.
Methods:
The study included 82 patients (68 females/14 males), most of whom had DM (n = 57), followed by PM (n = 16) and juvenile DM (n = 9). All samples were tested using a novel particle-based multi-analyte technology (PMAT) (Inova Diagnostics, research use only) in parallel with a line immunoassay (LIA: Euroimmun). To assess clinical specificity for the PMAT assay, a total of 775 disease and healthy controls were tested.
Results:
29 samples were positive by at least one test for anti-Mi-2 antibodies. Of those, 24 were Mi-2β LIA+, five were Mi-2α LIA+ and 23 Mi-2 PMAT+. The comparison shows varying agreement between the different methods (kappa 0.27-0.77). When LIA results were used as reference for receiver operating characteristics analysis, high area under the curve values were found for both PMAT vs LIA Mi-2α and LIA Mi-2β. When analysing the results in the context of the myositis phenotype, PMAT associated closest with the DM phenotype. In the control group, 3/775 controls (all low levels) were anti-Mi-2+ resulting in a sensitivity and specificity of 28.1% and 99.6%, respectively.
Conclusion:
Overall, good agreement was found between LIA and PMAT for anti-Mi-2 antibodies, which is important for the standardization of autoantibodies. Anti-Mi-2β antibodies measured by PMAT tend be more highly associated with the clinical phenotype of DM.
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