What's the difference between seropositive and seronegative rheumatoid arthritis?
RA seronegativity is described as the absence of both RF and ACPA, while seropositivity is recognized by the presence of at least one of the two antibodies.
Results: 294 patients were included, of which 90% were seropositive and 10% seronegative.
Therefore, RA in this study is seropositive most often.What does ACPA positive mean?
Because of its association with joint destruction, anti–citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)–positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered to be more severe than ACPA‐negative RA.
Clinically relevant joint destruction is now infrequent thanks to adequate disease suppression.Is ACPA specific to rheumatoid arthritis?
The majority of RA patients generate ACPA.
Thus, early in the natural history of RA initial break in tolerance to citrullinated antigens is followed by expansion of anti-citrullinated humoral response that is strongly linked with the development of inflammation and ultimately arthritis.- However in some patients, particularly patients with AIH‐1, citrulline‐independent reactivity in the anti‐CCP2 test can occur.
A positive CCP test in a non‐rheumatic disease (eg liver disease) should therefore be interpreted with care, and preferably followed by a control ELISA with a non‐citrullinated antigen.
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