Table 2

Autoantibodies and drug-induced lupus under infliximab



New ANA
New anti-dsDNA
New ACLA









Diagnosis
Number
Positive
Positivea
IgM
IgG
IgM
IgG
DIL
Reference

RA
156
37 (24%)
22 (14%)
22
1
ND
ND
1
[20]
RA
62
19 (31%)
7 (11%)
7
0
ND
ND
0
[22]
RA
24
4 (17%)
13 (54%)
9–11
3–4
5
0
0
[24]
RA
59
24 (41%)
21 (36%)
19
2
ND
ND
0
[26]
RA
53
29 (55%)
5 (9%)
22b
34b
0
0
2
[27]
RA
59
24 (41%)
29 (49%)
28
1
0
0
0
[28]
RA
57
28 (49%)

ND
3
ND
ND
1
[31]
All RA
413
165 (40%)
77 (19%)




4 (1.0%)











AS
15
9 (60%)
4 (27%)
4
0–1
1
3
0
[24]
SpA
21
12 (57%)
4 (19%)
ND
ND
ND
ND
0
[21]
SpA
35
25 (71%)
6 (17%)
6
0
ND
ND
0
[22]
SpA
33
8 (24%)
11 (33%)
11
0
ND
ND
0
[29]
All SpA
94
54 (57%)
25 (27%)




0 (0%)











CD
35
6 (17%)
3 (9%)
ND
ND
ND
ND
0
[23]
CD
125
71 (57%)
14 (11%)
ND
ND
ND
ND
2
[25]
CD
500
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
3
[35]
CD
63
21 (33%)
9 (14%)
ND
9
2
0
1
[30]
All CD
723






6 (0.8%)

All together
1,230






10 (0.8%)


aRadioimmunoassay or most conservative value reported; bvalues difficult to reconcile with the number of patients with anti-dsDNA antibodies as measured by radioimmunoassay. ACLA, anti-cardiolipin antibodies; ANA, anti-nuclear antibodies; anti-dsDNA, antibodies to double-stranded DNA; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; CD, Crohn disease; DIL, drug-induced lupus; Ig, immunoglobulin; ND, not determined/reported; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SpA, spondylarthropathies.

Aringer and Smolen Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008 10:202   doi:10.1186/ar2341