Objective To determine the prevalence of IgG antiendothelial cell antibodies (AECA) in
patients with scleroderma (systemic sclerosis, SSc) and to correlate it with clinical spectrum …

Not only are some anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) directed to thus far unidentified
cell membrane structures, but some ot them recognize" planted" antigens and possibly …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease associated with a
wide range of extra-articular manifestations. Recent studies emphasise a key inflammatory …

A study to determine the presence of immune deposits in the cutaneous vessels of normal‐
appearing skin was made in 39 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Immune deposits in skin …

Affinity purified immunoglobulin G (IgG) fractions from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
patients positive for anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) bind human umbilical vein …

Our objectives were to obtain monoclonal anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) from
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, to characterize their antigen specificity, and …

Endothelial-asSociated IgG were determined in 20 patients with systemic lupus
erythematosis (SLE)-8 of whom had a lupus anticoagulant (LA) and 6 a history of …

IgG and IgM rheumatoid factors (IgG-RF and IgM-RF), complement and three assays for
immune complexes were measured in 22 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) complicated …

Systemic lupus erythematosus is characterized by the production of a broad spectrum of
autoantibodies. Autoantibodies directed against endothelial cells (AECA) have been …

The present study demonstrates that natural IgG with anti-endothelial cell activity is present
in the serum of healthy individuals and in pooled normal human Ig. By using a novel method …