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SM ANTIGEN [1 record]

Record 1 2001-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

[After a patient, Smith] an uncharacterized nuclear antigen that is a nonhistone acidic protein not complexed with DNA or RNA; anti-Sm antibodies make up a part of the antinuclear antibodies in about one-third of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, but do not occur in other connective tissue diseases, except mixed connective tissue disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

Anticorps anti-Sm. Découvert pour la première fois chez un malade dénommé Smith, cet anticorps est très spécifique du LED (20 à 30% des malades). L'antigène Sm est composé de polypeptides présents dans les "small nuclear ribonucleoproteins" (snRNP) contenant des petits ARN riches en uridine (U snRNP) qui participent à l'épissage de l' ARN messager.

Spanish

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