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. 1987 Dec;46(12):929–933. doi: 10.1136/ard.46.12.929

Use of cultured epithelial cells, including keratinocytes, for the detection of antinuclear antibodies.

I Leigh 1, F Wojnarowska 1, S Burge 1, B Bhogal 1, T Zhu 1
PMCID: PMC1003425  PMID: 2447843

Abstract

The use of cultured human epithelial cells as a substrate for the detection of antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) improves the sensitivity of detection above the standard substrates used. Standard antisera have been screened against a series of epithelial cell lines, including keratinocytes. Selected cells have then been used to detect ANAs in 78 patients with discoid lupus erythematosus.

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