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2018, Number 4

Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas 2018; 17 (4)

Diagnostic effectiveness of anti-citrullinated peptides antibodies of second and third generations for rheumatoid arthritis

Martínez TG, Torres RB, Alexis GJ, Prada HDM, Sánchez RV
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Language: Spanish
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Key words:

rheumatoid arthritis, cyclic citrullinated peptide, antibodies, anti-CCP2, anti- CCP3, diagnosis.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of antibodies against citrullinated peptides, which are one of the indicators for the diagnosis of a disease. The usefulness of different methods for the determination of these antibodies in the diagnosis of Cuban patients with rheumatoid arthritis is necessary to be established.
Objective: To establish the diagnostic effectiveness of the second (anti-CCP2) and third (anti-CCP3) generation assays for the determination these antibodies against citrullinated peptides in Cuban patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Material and method: 101 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 58 patients with other rheumatic and inflammatory diseases, and 43 healthy persons participated in the study. The diagnostic efficiency of rheumatoid factor (RF), anti-CCP2 and anti-CCP3 antibodies were determined using ELISA test, by calculating sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values.
Results: The anti-CCP2 assay showed a better balance of sensitivity (48.5 %) and specificity (98.0 %). The lower sensibility was observed for RF (40.3%) when the specificity was set at 98 %. Specificity increased to 100% when anti-CCP2 and RF assays were used. All autoantibodies showed association with C-reactive protein and correlation with erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Only anti-CCP2 antibodies showed no correlation with the DAS28 clinical indicator.
Conclusions: Anti-CCP2 antibodies are the ones of greater effectiveness in the diagnosis of Cuban patients with rheumatoid arthritis. RF identification allows to identify seronegative anti- CCP2 patients; therefore, the combination of both immunoassays leads to an improvement in the diagnostic effectiveness.





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