Celiac disease is a chronic illness of the small bowel caused by gliadin intolerance in genetically predisposed subjects. The aim of this study was to investigate serum levels of IgA and IgG antigliadin antibodies, IgA antiendomysial antibodies, and IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies in 169 patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases, i.e. chronic thyroiditis and Graves´ disease. Antiendomysial antibodies were positive in 2 out of 169 persons (1.18 %), IgA antigliadin antibodies in 15.98 %, IgG antigliadin antibodies in 51.48 %, and IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase in 14.79 %. The prevalence of positivity was higher compared to the 1312 control blood donors described in our previous study (Vančíková et al. 2002) (p<0.05). Patients with chronic thyroiditis treated with a high replacement dosage of levothyroxin (125-200 μg daily) had higher serum levels of IgA antigliadin antibodies in comparison with patients treated with a lower dosage (50-100 μg daily) (medians: 13.00 vs. 19.69, p=0.033). We found a negative correlation of IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies and total calcium serum levels (r = -0.480, p=0.0236, n=22). We can conclude that in persons with autoimmune thyropathy there is a high prevalence of positive antigliadin, anti-tissue transglutaminase and antiendomysial antibodies. Latent celiac disease may lead to impaired resorption of therapeutically administered levothyroxine, calcium, or other substances., J. Jiskra, Z. Límanová, Z. Vaníčková, P. Kocna., and Obsahuje bibliografii
As an autoimmune disease, type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) can be associated with other autoimmune disorders. The aim of this study was to detect subclinically associated autoimmune thyroid disease, coeliac disease, and Addison’s disease. The presence of autoantibodies was evaluated with special regard to the control of diabetes and to the clinical status of the patient. Fifty-one type 1 diabetic patients (22 men, 29 women, mean age 37±11 years, mean duration of diabetes 16±13 years) were included into this study. Specific antibodies to islet antigens – glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65), protein thyrosine phosphatase IA-2α, and to thyroid autoantigens – thyroid microsomal peroxidase (TPO) and thyroglobulin (TG) and also thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) were measured by RIA. Autoantigens of the small intestine – tissue transglutaminase autoantibodies (ATTG), IgA and IgG antibodies to gliadin (AGA-IgA, AGA-IgG) were evaluated by ELISA. Endomysial autoantibodies (EMA) and adrenal cortex antibodies (ACA) were detected by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy. Eleven new cases of thyreopathy (22 % of patients) were detected by the assessment of thyroid autoantibodies and TSH. Two new cases of thyreotoxicosis were diagnosed during the study. Coeliac disease was diagnosed in at least two cases. Addison's disease was not diagnosed, although the ACA were positive in two patients. No influence of single or combined autoantibody positivity on the control of diabetes was found if normal organ function was preserved. In both patients with thyreotoxicosis the control of diabetes was worsened and improved after treatment. The screening of autoantibodies in type 1 diabetic patients could reveal
subclinical cases of AITD or coeliac disease. Subclinical forms of these disorders have no influence on diabetes control. However, impaired organ function may be associated with the worsened control of diabetes as we demonstrated on two newly diagnosed cases of thyreotoxicosis. We suggest the need for the follow-up of patients with positive
autoantibodies because further deterioration of the respective organs can be expected.
Cíl práce: Externí hodnocení kvality z dlouhodobého pohledu ukazují, že výsledky analýz stejného vzorku různými imunoanalytickými metodami často nejsou porovnatelné. Našim cílem bylo hledat příčiny těchto diferencí. Materiál a metody: Práce vychází z výsledků získaných sedmi rozdílnými imunoanalytickými metodami: DELFIA (PerkinElmer), Elecsys 2010 (Roche), Kryptor (B.R.A.H.M.S.), enzymové imunoanalýzy na imunosorbentu DRG a tří imunoradiometrických metod (DiaSorin, Immunotech and Schering-CIS). Výsledky: Hodnotili jsme následující parametry: profil přesnosti jednotlivých metod, linearitu po ředění, výtěžnost (modifikovanou) a porovnatelnost imunoanalytických metod. Výsledky analýz u některých vzorků s nízkými koncentracemi NSE korelovaly dobře, zatímco jiné nesouhlasily (diference byla až pětinásobná), zvláště v případě uměle připravovaných kontrolních materiálů. Proto se jeví současná příprava kontrolních materiálů, prováděná bez standardizace, jako sporná. V oblasti hraničních hodnot nepřesahují rozdíly v analytických výsledcích biologických vzorků dvojnásobek. Kolísání hodnot výsledků vyšších než 100 μg/l bylo mezi rozdílnými metodami do 40 %. Všechny hodnocené imunoanalytické metody jsou vhodné a velmi dobře porovnatelné (Korelační koeficienty do 0,994). Závěr: Naše výsledky potvrzují očekávané interference matric, které se projevují zvláště v oblasti normálních a hraničních koncentrací NSE. Dalším zdrojem diskrepancí může být rozdílná afinita protilátek vůči izoenzymům αγ- a γγ-enolázy., Objective: Long-term external quality assessments suggest that the individual results of different immunoassays are often not comparable. Our goal was to assess the possible sources of these differences. Methods: The paper is based on the results of analyses using seven different immunoassays: DELFIA (PerkinElmer), Elecsys 2010 (Roche), Kryptor (B.R.A.H.M.S.), the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay DRG and three methods based on immunoradiometric assays (DiaSorin, Immunotech and Schering-CIS). Results: The following parameters were evaluated: precision profile of individual methods, linearity on dilution, modified recovery and comparability of immunoassays. The analytical results for certain low concentration specimens correlate well while others do not (up to five – fold difference), especially in the case of controls prepared synthetically. Therefore, the current non-standardized preparation of controls seems to be questionable. In the cut-off range, the difference in the results of native samples does not exceed its double value. The variation in values higher than 100 μg/l obtained with different assays is under 40 %. All the evaluated immunoassays are efficient and highly comparable (The correlation coefficients are up to 0.994). Conclusion: Our results confirm the expected matrix interference occurring especially in the range of normal and cut-off NSE concentrations. Another source of discrepancies can be put down to different antibody affinity to αγ- and γγ-enolase isoenzymes., Petr Štern, V. Bartoš, J. Uhrová, and Lit. 19