Test Resuts

Hello,

I'm hoping someone can tell me what my blood test results mean.I'm not sure if I should have posted it here so I'm hoping if you have time you could read it in the Lupus board instead off me rewriting here.Its under blood test by marys.Thank you so much

Mary

Anti-Chromatin Antibodies (Anti-Nucleosome Abs) are felt to occur in
SLE before the appearance of Anti-Double Strand DNA Antibodies.
Chromatin appears to be a major immunogen in SLE. Modification of
chromatin during apoptosis may alter the antigen’s structure, allowing
these molecules to bypass impaired tolerance mechanisms in SLE
Impaired removal of apoptotic cells may also play a role in SLE and allow
the accumulation of auto-antigen (chromatin) which then may enable
induction of Anti-Chromatin/Nucleosome Abs.


http://www.rdlinc.com/pdf/Anti-chromatin%20Ab%20handout%202003.pdf