| Sains Malaysiana 52(3)(2023): 887-898
          
         http://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2023-5203-16
           
            
           
             
           Aplikasi Pengujian Antibodi Anti-Nuklear dalam Menentukan Penyakit Autoimun
            Reumatik Sistemik dan Penyakit Berkaitan
              
           (Application of Anti-Nuclear Antibody Test in Diagnosis of Systemic
            Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and Related Diseases)
            
           
             
           ASRUL ABDUL WAHAB*
            
           
             
           Jabatan
            Mikrobiologi dan Imunologi Perubatan, Fakulti Perubatan, Universiti Kebangsaan
            Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan,
            Malaysia
            
           
             
           Diserahkan: 27 Ogos
            2022/Diterima: 11 Januari 2023
  
 
             
           Abstrak
            
           Antibodi anti-nuklear (ANA) merupakan salah satu
            contoh autoantibodi yang boleh terbentuk sebelum berlakunya penyakit autoimun
            terutamanya penyakit autoimun reumatik sistemik. Disebabkan itu, ANA telah
            menjadi satu ujian penting yang dipohon oleh pakar klinikal apabila seseorang
            pesakit tersebut disyaki mempunyai penyakit autoimun. Terdapat pelbagai kaedah
            makmal yang boleh digunakan untuk mengesan kehadiran ANA dalam darah seseorang
            pesakit tetapi kaedah imunofluoresen telah dianggap sebagai kaedah makmal yang
            piawai untuk tujuan penyaringan ANA. Kehadiran ANA ini tidaklah khusus kepada
            penyakit autoimun kerana tahap kesensitifan dan kekhususannya adalah
            berbeza-beza bergantung kepada jenis penyakit autoimun. Penggunaan kaedah
            makmal yang berbeza juga telah menunjukkan kadar kesensitifan dan kekhususan
            yang berbeza-beza dalam mengesan ANA. Pentafsiran keputusan ANA untuk sesuatu
            penyakit autoimun juga terbatas dengan kehadiran ANA yang boleh dikesan dalam
            kalangan pesakit yang tidak mempunyai penyakit autoimun malah boleh juga
            dikesan dalam kalangan mereka yang sihat. Maklumat klinikal pesakit menjadi
            satu unsur yang penting untuk membolehkan pentafsiran ANA yang berkesan dan
            juga boleh memberikan panduan kepada ujian selanjutnya jika diperlukan. Dalam
            beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini, pengujian ANA menggunakan kaedah
            imunofluoresen telah mengalami beberapa pembaharuan termasuklah penubuhan
            Kesepakaran Corak ANA Antarabangsa (ICAP) dan pembacaan slaid ANA IF secara
            automasi. Pembaharuan yang berlaku ini adalah ke arah penyeragaman pelaporan
            pengujian ANA IF. Ulasan ini merangkumi pelbagai kaedah makmal yang boleh
            digunakan untuk mengesan ANA, kegunaan klinikal keputusan ANA positif dan
            perkembangan terkini dalam pengujian ANA.
            
           
             
           Kata
            kunci: Antibodi anti-nuklear; asai multiplek; imunoasai enzim; imunofluoresen
            
           
             
           Abstract
            
           Anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) is an example of
            autoantibodies that precedes the development of autoimmune diseases
            particularly systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Thus, ANA is one of the
            most common laboratory tests requested by the clinician when there is
            suspicious of underlying autoimmune disease in a patient. There are various
            laboratory methods that can be used to detect ANA in patient’s blood but for
            many years’ indirect immunofluorescence (IF) is considered as a gold standard
            for ANA screening. The presence of ANA does not necessarily indicate the
            individual has autoimmune disease because the sensitivity and specificity of ANA
            varies according to the underlying diseases. Various laboratory methods were
            shown to have different sensitivity and specificity in detecting ANA. The
            interpretation of ANA and clinical diagnosis are also complicated because ANA
            can be detected in non-autoimmune conditions and in healthy population. Thus,
            interpretation of ANA requires appropriate clinical information to be
            clinically useful and at the same time can suggest if further laboratory test
            is needed. In recent years, ANA test through indirect immunofluorescence method
            has seen many new developments that include the establishment of the
            International Consensus of ANA Pattern (ICAP) and automated ANA IF reader. The
            direction of these new developments is towards harmonization of ANA reporting.
            This review will provide an overview of different methods of ANA testing, the
            clinical utility of ANA positivity and recent advances in ANA testing.
  
           
             
           Keywords: Anti-nuclear antibody; enzyme immunoassay;
            immunofluorescence; multiplex assay
            
           
             
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