VIENNA — Anti-Ro/SSA antibodies may help predict which patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are at a greater risk for interstitial lung disease (ILD) and may serve as a biomarker to guide ...

Table 2 Pathogenic Autoantibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. The presence of anti-Ro antibodies, anti-La antibodies, or both in pregnancy confers a 1 to 2% risk of fetal heart block.

Anti-Ro antibodies are autoantibodies that react with two proteins, Ro52 and Ro60, inside cells. The antibodies are associated with many autoimmune diseases, including lupus, Sjögren's ...

Ninety-eight percent of reported babies have anti-Ro antibodies. About one-third will also have anti-La antibodies. These are IgG antibodies and pass the placenta to the fetus (Brucato ...

In the trial, called Surveillance To Prevent AV Block Likely to Occur Quickly (STOP BLOQ), the incidence of AVB increased with higher levels of anti-Ro/SSA antibodies, reaching 7.7% for those in ...

Some individuals with anti-Ro/SSA antibodies (anti–Sjögren's-syndrome–related antigen A autoantibodies, also called anti-Ro antibodies) have autoimmune diseases such as lupus or Sjögren's ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Pregnant patients with very low anti-Ro antibody titers of less than 1,000 units per mL have ...

Maternal anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB antibodies are associated with congenital heart block (CHB), a rare condition marked by damage to fetal cardiac conduction tissues and subsequent inflammation ...