Table 1

Prevalence of cytoplasmic, nucleoplasmic and NE antibodies by immunofluorescence using various substrates and fixation schemes in 33 PBC patients' sera.

Cell type/fixation

autoantigen localization


Cytoplasmic

nucleoplasmic

NE


No.

%

No.

%

No.

%


HeLa/4%FA

19

57.5

10

30.3

11

33.3

HeLa/1%FA

9

27.2

12

36.4

13

39.4

Hep2/4%FA

25

75.7

13

39.4

11

33.3

Hep2/1%FA

10

30.3

15

45.4

15

45.4

Hep2 Inova

18

54.5

13

39.4

5

15.1

Hep2 bmd

19

57.5

12

36.4

4

12.1

Hep2 Zeus

17

51.5

18

54.5

7

21.2


Tsiakalou et al. BMC Immunology 2006 7:20   doi:10.1186/1471-2172-7-20

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