IgG antibodies against the high mobility group (HMG) nonhistone chromosomal proteins HMG-1 and/or HMG-2 were detected in the sera of 49 (39%) of 126 antinuclear antibody (ANA)-positive patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), by immunoblotting. Clinical diagnosis classified these patients in 2 major groups, 105 with pauciarticular-onset JRA and 21 with polyarticular-onset JRA. Anti-HMG-1 and/or anti-HMG-2 antibodies were found in 8 (25%) of 32 pauciarticular-onset JRA patients with uveitis and in 34 (47%) of 73 patients without uveitis, whereas anti-HMG-1 and/or anti-HMG-2 antibodies were found in 4 (24%) of 17 children with polyarticular-onset JRA without uveitis. Among 53 sera from ANA-negative JRA patients, 3 (6%) were positive for anti-HMG-1 and/or anti-HMG-2 antibodies, whereas no reactivity to HMG-1 or HMG-2 proteins was observed in 48 sera from age-matched children with nonrheumatic diseases.
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