SS-B (La) IgG Antibody Test in Mumbai

SS-B/La is an extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) composed of a 48-kD protein combined with RNA species. SS-B/La antibodies are found primarily in patients with Sjogren syndrome or lupus erythematosus (LE), where they occur with frequencies of approximately 60% and 15%, respectively.(1,2) SS-B/La antibodies occur only infrequently in the absence of SS-A/Ro antibodies. SS-B/La is 1 of 4 autoantigens commonly referred to as extractable nuclear antigens (ENAs). The other ENAs are SS-A/Ro, RNP, and Sm. Each ENA is composed of 1 or more proteins associated with cytoplasmic or small nuclear RNA species (snRNP) ranging in size from 80 to 350 nucleotides. Antibodies to ENAs are common in patients with connective tissue diseases (systemic rheumatic diseases) including LE, mixed connective tissue disease, Sjogren syndrome, scleroderma (systemic sclerosis), and polymyositis/dermatomyositis.