Anti-DFS70 antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis: revisiting their clinical implications.
Antibodies against the Dense Fine Speckled 70 kDa protein (anti-DFS70), associated with the anti-cell 2 (AC-2) pattern on immunofluorescence HEp-2 cells, represent a frequent finding in antinuclear antibody (ANA) testing, particularly among healthy individuals, and have been proposed as an exclusion marker for systemic...