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AC-11 - Smooth nuclear envelope
Previous Nomenclature nuclear rim, nuclear membrane, membranous
Description

Homogeneous staining of the nucleus with greater intensity at its outer rim and no staining at the metaphase and anaphase chromatin plates. There is a peculiar accentuation of the fluorescence at the points where adjacent cells touch each other. e.g. anti-lamin B.

Antigen Association

lamins A,B,C, or lamin-associated proteins

Clinical Relevance
First level information
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The AC-11 pattern is infrequently found in routine autoantibody testing and has been described in autoimmune-cytopenias, autoimmune liver diseases, linear scleroderma, APS, and SARD; current information on clinical associations is based mainly on case reports and small cohorts (58–60)

Antigens recognized include lamins (A, B, C) and LAP-2; specific immunoassays for these autoantibodies are currently not commercially available (58–60)

The AC-11 pattern is infrequently found in routine autoantibody testing and has been described in autoimmune-cytopenias, autoimmune liver diseases, linear scleroderma, APS, and SARD; current information on clinical associations is based mainly on case reports and small cohorts (58–60)

Antigens recognized include lamins (A, B, C) and LAP-2; specific immunoassays for these autoantibodies are currently not commercially available (58–60)

First level information references
58.
Coppo P, Clauvel JP, Bengoufa D, et al. Autoimmune cytopenias associated with autoantibodies to nuclear envelope polypeptides. Am J Hematol 2004;77:241–9.
59.
Konstantinov K, Foisner R, Byrd D, et al. Integral membrane proteins associated with the nuclear lamina are novel autoimmune antigens of the nuclear envelope. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 1995;74:89–99.
60.
Reeves WH, Chaudhary N, Salerno A, et al. Lamin B autoantibodies in sera of certain patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Exp Med 1987;165:750–62.
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