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Concomitant autoantibodies in newly diagnosed diabetic children with transient celiac serology or proven celiac disease

  • Iva Hojsak EMAIL logo , Noam Zevit , Orith Waisbourd-Zinman , Yoram Rosenbach , Yael Mozer-Glassberg , Shlomit Shalitin , Moshe Phillip and Raanan Shamir
Published/Copyright: July 2, 2013
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
From the journal Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism Volume 26 Issue 11-12

Abstract

Background: We previously demonstrated that children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) may have transiently elevated tissue transglutaminase antibodies (TTG) on a gluten-containing diet. This study aimed to examine if the presence of autoantibodies in newly diagnosed T1DM differs between patients with celiac disease and those with transient celiac serology.

Methods: Forty children were identified who had been diagnosed with T1DM between 2003 and 2009 and who had elevated serum IgA-TTG antibody levels at diagnosis. Blood samples were collected for measurement of insulin (IA-2A) antibodies, islet cell antigen (ICA) antibodies, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibodies, thyroglobulin (TgAb) antibodies, and thyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibodies. Children diagnosed with celiac disease (CD; group 1, n=23) and children in whom TTG antibody levels spontaneously normalized over time (group 2, n=17) were compared.

Results: No significant differences in positivity rates between groups 1 and 2 were found for any of the autoantibodies tested. The respective findings were as follows: IA-2A 50% and 47.1% (p=0.855); ICA 77.3% and 76.5% (p=0.953); GAD 27.3% and 52.9% (p=0.102). Thyroid antibodies were found positive in a limited number of patients: TgAb 4.5% and 11.8%; TPO 4.5% and 11.8%. In addition, antibody titer levels did not differ significantly for all autoantibodies. Difference in occurrence of clinical or subclinical thyroid disease did not reach significance (4.3% vs. 29.4%; p=0.07). Age was positively correlated with the presence of thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase antibodies, and negatively correlated with the presence of insulin antibody.

Conclusion: Neither the number of concomitant autoantibodies nor their titers in newly diagnosed T1DM differed between patients with proven CD and those with transient TTG serology.

Keywords: autoantibodies; celiac disease; children; diabetes mellitus type 1; tissue transglutaminase
Corresponding author: Iva Hojsak, MD, PhD, Referral Center for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, Phone: +38514600130, Fax: +38514600160, E-mail:

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Received: 2013-1-23
Accepted: 2013-5-16
Published Online: 2013-07-02
Published in Print: 2013-11-01

©2013 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2013-0035
Keywords for this article
autoantibodies; celiac disease; children; diabetes mellitus type 1; tissue transglutaminase

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