Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM), described almost 50 years ago, is defined on the basis of still not validated criteria and characterized by skin findings almost without muscle weakness. Autoantibodies directed against the cytosolic pathogen sensor MDA5 (CADM 140) can mark this subtype of dermatomyositis which has been reported to associate, in particular ethnic groups, with severe progressive interstitial lung disease, poor prognosis and an hyperferritinemic status resembling hemophagocytic-like syndromes. MDA5 may be relevant in that Interferon-signature claimed to characterize inflammatory myopathies and dermatomyosits itself, but its role is not clear. However, the titre of anti-MDA5 autoantibodies seems to correlate with the outcome. In Caucasian populations the association between anti-MDA5 positive CADM and rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease seems to be weaker, but the limited numbers of patients described so far could explain the lack of statistical significance. As a fact, European patients with circulating anti-MDA5 autoantibodies may be clinically inhomogeneous and exhibit different rates of severity. The two patients affected by anti-MDA5 positive dermatomyositis described hereafter provide a clear example of the extreme variability of the disease in terms of laboratory findings and clinical features.

MDA5-positive dermatomyositis: an uncommon entity in Europe with variable clinical presentations / Parronchi, Paola; Radice, Anna; Palterer, Boaz; Liotta, Francesco; Scaletti, Cristina. - In: CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR ALLERGY. - ISSN 1476-7961. - ELETTRONICO. - 13:(2015), pp. 22-28. [10.1186/s12948-015-0031-y]

MDA5-positive dermatomyositis: an uncommon entity in Europe with variable clinical presentations

Parronchi, Paola;Radice, Anna;Palterer, Boaz;Liotta, Francesco;Scaletti, Cristina
2015

Abstract

Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM), described almost 50 years ago, is defined on the basis of still not validated criteria and characterized by skin findings almost without muscle weakness. Autoantibodies directed against the cytosolic pathogen sensor MDA5 (CADM 140) can mark this subtype of dermatomyositis which has been reported to associate, in particular ethnic groups, with severe progressive interstitial lung disease, poor prognosis and an hyperferritinemic status resembling hemophagocytic-like syndromes. MDA5 may be relevant in that Interferon-signature claimed to characterize inflammatory myopathies and dermatomyosits itself, but its role is not clear. However, the titre of anti-MDA5 autoantibodies seems to correlate with the outcome. In Caucasian populations the association between anti-MDA5 positive CADM and rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease seems to be weaker, but the limited numbers of patients described so far could explain the lack of statistical significance. As a fact, European patients with circulating anti-MDA5 autoantibodies may be clinically inhomogeneous and exhibit different rates of severity. The two patients affected by anti-MDA5 positive dermatomyositis described hereafter provide a clear example of the extreme variability of the disease in terms of laboratory findings and clinical features.
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Parronchi, Paola; Radice, Anna; Palterer, Boaz; Liotta, Francesco; Scaletti, Cristina
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