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Inverse relationship between GAD65 antibody levels and severe retinopathy in younger type 1 diabetic patients
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- Agardh, Daniel (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Celiaki och diabetes,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Pediatrisk endokrinologi,Celiac Disease and Diabetes Unit,Lund University Research Groups,Paediatric Endocrinology
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- Agardh, Elisabet (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Malmö,Medicinska fakulteten,Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö,Faculty of Medicine
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- Landin-Olsson, Mona (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Medicin, Lund,Sektion II,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Medicine, Lund,Section II,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine
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Gaur, Lakshmi K (author)
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- Agardh, Carl-David (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Malmö,Medicinska fakulteten,Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö,Faculty of Medicine
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- Lernmark, Åke (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Celiaki och diabetes,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Celiac Disease and Diabetes Unit,Lund University Research Groups
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- 1998
- 1998
- English.
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In: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. - 1872-8227. ; 40:1, s. 9-14
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Abstract
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- Several risk factors for severe non-proliferative and proliferative retinopathy in type 1 diabetes mellitus have been proposed without explaining the rapid progression of retinopathy in some patients. Since GAD65 autoantibodies (GAD65Abs) are detected against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), which is mainly expressed in islets and nervous tissue in type 1 diabetic patients, the aim of the present investigation was to test the hypothesis whether GAD65Abs are associated with rapidly progressing severe retinopathy. Patients with severe non-proliferative or proliferative retinopathy (n = 27) were compared with another group, which in spite of long diabetes duration had no or only mild signs of retinopathy (n = 28). GAD65Abs were analysed in a radioimmunoassay using in vitro translated human GAD65, and the levels were expressed as an index in relation to positive and negative reference samples. Using a cut-off level representing the 99th percentile of normals, 6/27 (22%) with and 9/28 (32%) without severe retinopathy were considered GAD65Ab positive. Although there was no difference in the number of GAD65Ab positive patients, the GAD65Ab levels were lower in patients with (0.30; 0.11-0.64) than without (0.68; 0.34-1.12) severe retinopathy (P = 0.03). The patients were also subjected to HLA-DR and DQ typing by PCR and hybridization with oligospecific probes. DQ2/8 was more common in patients with (56%) than without (29%) severe retinopathy (P = 0.05), but DQ2/8 could not account for the lower GAD65Ab levels in patients with severe retinopathy. It is concluded that GAD65Ab levels are inversely correlated with severe retinopathy in young type 1 diabetic patients.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Endokrinologi och diabetes (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Endocrinology and Diabetes (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- GAD65Ab
- Genotype
- HLA-DR
- HLA-DQ
- Type 1 diabetes
- Proliferative retinopathy
Publication and Content Type
- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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