Histone antibodies as a biomarker of uveitis in JIA
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Introduction Uveitis is the most common extraarticular manifestation of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The nature of JIAassociated uveitis is often insidious and asymptomatic, and baseline predictors can aid early diagnosis of eye disease for prompt and adequate treatment. Antihistone antibodies (AHA) are among subtypes of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) identified in children with JIA. An association between early-onset JIA, oligoarthritis and uveitis is shown in some studies, and we have previously shown that AHA is a significant predictor of chronic uveitis in a Norwegian JIA cohort. New interest for histones has emerged because epigenetic alterations of these DNA-binding molecules may be involved in the pathological processes of autoimmunity.
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