Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9236647 | Clinical Immunology | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) is an autoantigen in stiff man syndrome (SMS) and type 1 diabetes (T1DM). Different GAD autoantibody characteristics in these disorders have suggested distinct underlying mechanisms of autoimmunity. Here, it is shown that increased prevalence of autoantibodies to GAD65 amino terminal and GAD67 epitopes and autoantibodies of IgG2, IgG3, or IgG4 subclass in patients with SMS (PÂ <Â 0.001 vs. T1DM) are secondary to the markedly higher autoantibody titers in SMS patients (PÂ <Â 0.0001) and that autoantibody epitopes and subclasses were similar when patients were matched for autoantibody titer. Exposure to autoantigen in the disorders is likely to involve similar humoral antigenic determinants, but different B cell regulation.
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Authors
Sandra Piquer, Cristina Belloni, Vito Lampasona, Elena Bazzigaluppi, Marika Vianello, Bruno Giometto, Emanuele Bosi, Gian Franco Bottazzo, Ezio Bonifacio,