... Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Forchheimer 701N, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA3Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, ... identified α-actinin in mesangial cells as a plausible candidate in murine lupus.Furthermore, high titers of anti-α-actinin antibodies werepresent in the serum and kidney eluates of LN mice [8]. ... in serum anti-α-actinin antibodies in lupus patientswas associated with a 2.5-fold increase in the prevalence of LN [14]. Finally, levels of anti-α-actinin antibodies correlatedwith those of...