DLAT and polymyositis: Twenty percent (57/285) of sera from patients with connective tissue disease had a cytoplasmic reticular pattern at IIF, and in 77% (44/57, including 20 SSc, 12 PM/DM, and 12 UCTD) of these, we detected different titers of autoantibodies against the PDC subunits, specifically against PDC-E2.