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Urrutia I, Martínez R, Calvo B, Saso-Jiménez L, González P, Fernández-Rubio E, Martín-Nieto A, Aguayo A, Rica I, Gaztambide S, Castano L. Autoimmune Diabetes From Childhood to Adulthood: The Role of Pancreatic Autoantibodies and HLA-DRB1 Genotype. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2023; 108:e1341-e1346. [PMID: 37207452 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgad277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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CONTEXT Autoimmune diabetes can develop at any age, but unlike early-onset diabetes, adult onset is less well documented. We aimed to compare, over a wide age range, the most reliable predictive biomarkers for this pathology: pancreatic-autoantibodies and HLA-DRB1 genotype. METHODS A retrospective study of 802 patients with diabetes (aged 11 months to 66 years) was conducted. Pancreatic autoantibodies at diagnosis: insulin autoantibodies (IAA), glutamate decarboxylase autoantibodies (GADA), islet tyrosine phosphatase 2 autoantibodies (IA2A), and zinc transporter-8 autoantibodies (ZnT8A) and HLA-DRB1 genotype were analyzed. RESULTS Compared with early-onset patients, adults had a lower frequency of multiple autoantibodies, with GADA being the most common. At early onset, IAA was the most frequent in those younger than 6 years and correlated inversely with age; GADA and ZnT8A correlated directly and IA2A remained stable.The absence of HLA-DRB1 risk genotype was associated with higher age at diabetes onset (27.5 years; interquartile range [IQR], 14.3-35.7), whereas the high-risk HLA-DR3/DR4 was significantly more common at lower age (11.9 years; IQR, 7.1-21.6). ZnT8A was associated with DR4/non-DR3 (odds ratio [OR], 1.91; 95% CI, 1.15-3.17), GADA with DR3/non-DR4 (OR, 2.97; 95% CI, 1.55-5.71), and IA2A with DR4/non-DR3 and DR3/DR4 (OR, 3.89; 95% CI, 2.28-6.64, and OR, 3.08; 95% CI, 1.83-5.18, respectively). No association of IAA with HLA-DRB1 was found. CONCLUSION Autoimmunity and HLA-DRB1 genotype are age-dependent biomarkers. Adult-onset autoimmune diabetes is associated with lower genetic risk and lower immune response to pancreatic islet cells compared with early-onset diabetes.
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- Inés Urrutia
- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- CIBERDEM, CIBERER, UPV-EHU, Endo-ERN, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- CIBERDEM, CIBERER, UPV-EHU, Endo-ERN, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Cruces, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- CIBERDEM, CIBERER, UPV-EHU, Endo-ERN, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Cruces, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Cruces, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Cruces, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- CIBERDEM, CIBERER, UPV-EHU, Endo-ERN, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- CIBERDEM, CIBERER, UPV-EHU, Endo-ERN, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Hospital Universitario Cruces, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- CIBERDEM, CIBERER, UPV-EHU, Endo-ERN, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Cruces, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
- CIBERDEM, CIBERER, UPV-EHU, Endo-ERN, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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Qiu J, Xiao Z, Zhang Z, Luo S, Zhou Z. Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults in China. Front Immunol 2022; 13:977413. [PMID: 36090989 PMCID: PMC9454334 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.977413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a type of diabetes caused by slow progression of autoimmune damage to pancreatic beta cells. According to the etiological classification, LADA should belong to the autoimmune subtype of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Previous studies have found general immune genetic effects associated with LADA, but there are also some racial differences. Multicenter studies have been conducted in different countries worldwide, but it is still unclear how the Chinese and Caucasian populations differ. The epidemiology and phenotypic characteristics of LADA may vary between Caucasian and Chinese diabetic patients as lifestyle, food habits, and body mass index differ between these two populations. The prevalence of LADA in China has reached a high level compared to other countries. The prevalence of LADA in China has reached a high level compared to other countries, and the number of patients with LADA ranks first in the world. Previous studies have found general immune genetic effects associated with LADA, but some racial differences also exist. The prevalence of LADA among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients over the age of 30 years in China is 5.9%, and LADA patients account for 65% of the newly diagnosed T1D patients in the country. As a country with a large population, China has many people with LADA. A summary and analysis of these studies will enhance further understanding of LADA in China. In addition, comparing the similarities and differences between the Chinese and the Caucasian population from the perspectives of epidemiology, clinical, immunology and genetics will help to improve the understanding of LADA, and then promote LADA studies in individual populations.
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Yin W, Luo S, Xiao Z, Zhang Z, Liu B, Zhou Z. Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults: a focus on β-cell protection and therapy. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:959011. [PMID: 35992113 PMCID: PMC9389314 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.959011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a heterogeneous disease sharing some phenotypic, genetic, and immunological features with both type 1 and 2 diabetes. Patients with LADA have a relatively slow autoimmune process and more residual islet β-cell function at onset, allowing a time window to protect residual islet β cells and delay or inhibit disease progression. It is crucial to discover various heterogeneous factors affecting islet β-cell function for precise LADA therapy. In this review, we first describe the natural history of LADA. Thereafter, we summarize β-cell function-related heterogeneous factors in LADA, including the age of onset, body mass index, genetic background, and immune, lifestyle, and environmental factors. In parallel, we evaluate the impact of current hypoglycemic agents and immune intervention therapies for islet β-cell protection. Finally, we discuss the opportunities and challenges of LADA treatment from the perspective of islet β-cell function protection.
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Carlsson S. Lifestyle or Environmental Influences and Their Interaction With Genetic Susceptibility on the Risk of LADA. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:917850. [PMID: 35846274 PMCID: PMC9276967 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.917850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND LADA is a common form of diabetes described as a mix between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Understanding of how genes and environmental factors interact in the development of LADA is central for future efforts to prevent the disease. This review aims to synthesize the literature on lifestyle factors linked to LADA risk and discuss their potential interaction with genetic susceptibility. FINDINGS Current knowledge on environmental risk factors for LADA is primarily based on observational data from Scandinavian populations. Increasing evidence suggest that lifestyle factors promoting type 2 diabetes such as obesity, sedentariness, low birth weight and smoking, is implicated in the risk of LADA. Data from mendelian randomization studies support that the link between LADA and obesity, low birth weight and smoking is causal. Limited evidence indicates that dietary factors including consumption of red meat, coffee and sweetened beverages may increase the risk while consumption of alcohol and omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk. Several lifestyle factors, including smoking and obesity, seem to interact with human leukocyte antigen genes associated with autoimmunity, conferring much stronger effects on disease risk among those exposed to both factors. SUMMARY Available studies suggest that lifestyle modification has the potential for prevention of LADA, particularly for individuals with high risk of disease such as those with genetic susceptibility. Research into risk factors of LADA is however limited, confirmations are warranted, many factors remain to be explored, and there is a need for intervention studies to assess causality.
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Pang H, Luo S, Huang G, Li X, Xie Z, Zhou Z. The Association of CTLA-4 rs231775 and rs3087243 Polymorphisms with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults: A Meta-Analysis. Biochem Genet 2021; 60:1222-1235. [PMID: 34822071 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-021-10152-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Polymorphisms rs231775 and rs3087243 of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene have been associated with risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). However, the results were inconsistent. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively assess the relationship between polymorphisms rs231775 and rs3087243 of CTLA-4 and LADA in a larger pooled population by performing a meta-analysis. Systematic search for eligible studies was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase. Case-control studies containing genotype frequencies of polymorphisms rs231775 or rs3087243 were selected, and pooled odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to assess the associations between polymorphisms of CTLA-4 and LADA in allelic, dominant and recessive genetic model. A total of eleven studies, in which five studies reported rs231775, two studies reported rs3087342, and four studies reported both rs231775 and rs3087243, were identified. Among them, one study wasn't included in the following meta-analysis because the distribution of genotypes in the control group didn't comply with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Significant associations with susceptibility to LADA were detected for rs231775 (785 cases and 3435 controls) and for rs3087243 (820 cases and 4824 controls) in overall population. Further subgroup analyses for ethnicity (Asian, Caucasian, and African) have also indicated the positive association between rs231775 and LADA. As for rs3087243, subgroup analyses detected the association between polymorphism and LADA in Caucasian population under recessive model. Polymorphisms rs231775 and rs3087243 of CTLA-4 gene are potential risk factors for LADA and may serve as novel genetic biomarkers of LADA.
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- Haipeng Pang
- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China.
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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Li J, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Dong R, Guo J, Zhang Q. Oxidative Stress and Its Related Factors in Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:5676363. [PMID: 34557548 PMCID: PMC8455198 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5676363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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AIMS Few research was reported to explore oxidative stress in individuals with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). Therefore, our goal is to study oxidative stress and related factors in LADA patients. METHODS In this study, 250 Chinese inpatients were diagnosed with LADA (n = 110) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (n = 140) and 140 healthy volunteers were recruited. Moreover, individuals with LADA were followed for 6 months to evaluate whether short-term glycemic control during hospitalization can improve oxidative stress. Clinical and laboratory measurements of height, weight, blood pressure, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), blood lipids, 8-isoprostaglandin F2α (8-iso-PGF2α), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were performed. Stepwise multiple regression analyses were used to assess factors that related to oxidative stress in individuals with LADA. RESULTS Compared with patients with type 2 diabetes, individuals with LADA have better oxidative stress and worse oxidative stress than healthy volunteers. After multiple regression analyses, systolic blood pressure, HbA1c, duration of diabetes, and diabetic retinopathy were associated with 8-iso-PGF2α and HbA1c. Diabetic retinopathy and diabetic ketosis were associated with SOD in individuals with LADA. Our results also revealed that, after 6 months of follow-up, oxidative stress was improved to some extent in persons with LADA. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that compared with type 2 diabetes, LADA means less oxidative stress, and compared with healthy volunteers, it means more oxidative stress. Systolic blood pressure, HbA1c, duration of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, and ketosis were associated with oxidative stress in individuals with LADA. Furthermore, short-term glycemic control can improve oxidative stress to some extent in individuals with LADA.
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- Jinjin Li
- NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital & Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Department of Genetics, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital & Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300134, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital & Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300134, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital & Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300134, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital & Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300134, China
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Koufakis T, Vas P, Kotsa K. Treating latent autoimmune diabetes in adults in the era of cardiovascular outcomes trials: Old dog should learn new tricks. Diabet Med 2021; 38:e14496. [PMID: 33306839 DOI: 10.1111/dme.14496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is characterised by pathophysiological and clinical heterogeneity. Hence, the optimal treatment strategy for this type of diabetes remains a clinical challenge. AIM To discuss the potential of a modern therapeutic approach for LADA in the context of the novel findings of cardiovascular outcomes trials and stress the controversies surrounding LADA and the barriers in the effective management of people with this type of diabetes. METHODS We performed a literature search in major biomedical databases in order to retrieve relevant literature. The results of key studies, along with the authors' clinical experience and perspective, are summarised and discussed in this narrative, mini review article. RESULTS Insulin remains the primary treatment choice in individuals with low C-peptide levels. Although cardiovascular outcomes trials have mainly recruited participants with type 2 diabetes, recent data suggest that the cardiorenal protective properties of the new therapies are even present in people without diabetes and thus, the extrapolation of their results on LADA individuals sounds reasonable. Therefore, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists should be considered for the management of people with preserved insulin production being at high cardiovascular risk. The risk of diabetic ketoacidosis with SGLT2is requires increased vigilance by treating physicians. CONCLUSIONS Individualisation, preservation of beta-cell mass and function and cardiorenal protection are the new challenges in LADA therapy.
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- Theocharis Koufakis
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Centre, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- King's College NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- King's Health Partners' Institute of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity, London, UK
- Department of Diabetes, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Centre, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Jörns A, Wedekind D, Jähne J, Lenzen S. Pancreas Pathology of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) in Patients and in a LADA Rat Model Compared With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes 2020; 69:624-633. [PMID: 31974139 DOI: 10.2337/db19-0865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Approximately 10% of patients with type 2 diabetes suffer from latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). This study provides a systematic assessment of the pathology of the endocrine pancreas of patients with LADA and for comparison in a first rat model mimicking the characteristics of patients with LADA. Islets in human and rat pancreases were analyzed by immunohistochemistry for immune cell infiltrate composition, by in situ RT-PCR and quantitative real-time PCR of laser microdissected islets for gene expression of proinflammatory cytokines, the proliferation marker proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL) 10, and the apoptosis markers caspase 3 and TUNEL as well as insulin. Human and rat LADA pancreases showed differences in areas of the pancreas with respect to immune cell infiltration and a changed ratio between the number of macrophages and CD8 T cells toward macrophages in the islet infiltrate. Gene expression analyses revealed a changed ratio due to an increase of IL-1β and a decrease of tumor necrosis factor-α. IL-10, PCNA, and insulin expression were increased in the LADA situation, whereas caspase 3 gene expression was reduced. The analyses into the underlying pathology in human as well as rat LADA pancreases provided identical results, allowing the conclusion that LADA is a milder form of autoimmune diabetes in patients of an advanced age.
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- Anne Jörns
- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Laboratory Animal Science, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Diakovere, Henriettenstift, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Diabetes Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Koufakis T, Katsiki N, Zebekakis P, Dimitriadis G, Kotsa K. Therapeutic approaches for latent autoimmune diabetes in adults: One size does not fit all. J Diabetes 2020; 12:110-118. [PMID: 31449359 DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.12982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Recent advances in the understanding of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) pathophysiology make it increasingly evident that people with LADA comprise a heterogenous group of patients. This makes the establishment of a standard treatment algorithm challenging. On top of its glucose-lowering action, insulin may exert anti-inflammatory effects, rendering it an attractive therapeutic choice for a type of diabetes in which autoinflammation and beta cell insufficiency play major pathogenetic roles. However, there is growing evidence that other antidiabetic drugs, such as metformin, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, and thiazolidinediones, might have a role in optimizing glycemic control and preserving beta cell function in individuals with LADA, either alone or in combination with insulin. Although most of these drugs have been routinely used in the daily clinical setting for years, large prospective randomized trials are needed to assess whether they are capable of delaying progression to insulin dependence as well as their effects on diabetic complications. The aim of the present review is to discuss the current state and future perspectives of LADA therapy, emphasizing the need for individualized and patient-centered therapeutic approaches.
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- Theocharis Koufakis
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Center, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Center, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Center, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Research Institute and Diabetes Center, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Center, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Liu B, Xiang Y, Liu Z, Zhou Z. Past, present and future of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2020; 36:e3205. [PMID: 31318117 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.3205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is the most common form of autoimmune diabetes diagnosed in adults. Similar to type 1 diabetes, the prevalence of LADA is impacted by ethnicity and geography. LADA is characterized by β cell loss due to autoimmunity and insulin resistance and has highly heterogeneous clinical features, autoimmunity, and genetics in a glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (GADA) titre-dependent manner, suggesting LADA is part of a continuum spectrum between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Although LADA is the most frequent form of autoimmune diabetes diagnosed in adults, clinical trials involving LADA are scarce. Here we review the recent advancements in LADA epidemiology, clinical features, pathogenesis, and interventions. We also highlight the environmental factors that are thought to play an important role in addition to genetics in the pathogenesis of LADA. In the future, high-throughput molecular profiles might shed light on the nature of LADA among the wide spectrum of diabetes and offer new opportunities to identify novel LADA-specific biomarkers.
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- Bingwen Liu
- Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
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- Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Grill V, Åsvold BO. A form of Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults Named LADA - An Update on Essential Features and Controversies. Curr Diabetes Rev 2019; 15:172-173. [PMID: 30009712 DOI: 10.2174/1573399814666180716152342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Revised: 04/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in the Adult, LADA has been investigated less than "classical" type 1 and type 2 diabetes and the criteria for and the relevance of a LADA diagnosis has been challenged. Despite the absence of a genetic background that is exclusive to LADA, this form of diabetes displays phenotypic characteristics that distinguish it from other forms of diabetes. LADA is heterogeneous in terms of the impact of autoimmunity and lifestyle factors, something that poses problems as to therapy and follow-up perhaps particularly in those with marginal positivity. Yet, there appears to be clear clinical utility in classifying individuals as LADA.
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- Valdemar Grill
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Endocrinology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, NO-7006 Trondheim, Norway
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Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in the Adult, LADA has been investigated less than "classical" type 1 and type 2 diabetes and the criteria for and the relevance of a LADA diagnosis have been challenged. Despite the absence of a genetic background that is exclusive for LADA this form of diabetes displays phenotypic characteristics that distinguish it from other forms of diabetes. LADA is heterogeneous in terms of the impact of autoimmunity and lifestyle factors, something that poses problems to therapy and follow-up, perhaps particularly in those with marginal positivity. Yet, there appears to be clear clinical utility in classifying individuals as LADA.
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- Valdemar Grill
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7006 Trondheim, Norway
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Heneberg P, Kocková L, Čecháková M, Daňková P, Černá M. Autoimmunity-Associated PTPN22 Polymorphisms in Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of the Adult Differ from Those of Type 1 Diabetes Patients. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2018; 177:57-68. [DOI: 10.1159/000489225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Zaharieva E, Kamenov Z, Velikova T, Tsakova A, El-Darawish Y, Okamura H. Interleukin-18 serum level is elevated in type 2 diabetes and latent autoimmune diabetes. Endocr Connect 2018; 7:179-185. [PMID: 29217651 PMCID: PMC5776671 DOI: 10.1530/ec-17-0273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is an inflammatory cytokine found to be elevated in obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes (T2D) as a part of the chronic low-grade inflammatory process in these states. The aim of the study was to evaluate the interleukin level in patients with latent autoimmune diabetes of the adults (LADA) in comparison to that in T2D subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS IL-18 was analyzed through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 76 participants with T2D and 24 with LADA and 14 control subjects. Evaluation was also carried out in body mass index (BMI)- and glycemic control-matched diabetic patients. RESULTS The serum concentration of IL-18 was higher in patients with T2D (389.04 ± 203.44 pg/mL) and LADA (327.04 ± 144.48 pg/mL) than that in control subjects (219.88 ± 91.03 pg/mL), P < 0.05. However, it was not significantly different between both diabetic groups (P = 0.255) despite higher IL-6 (4.78 ± 5.84 vs 1.79 ± 0.96 pg/mL, P < 0.001) and hs-CRP (2.60 ± 1.70 vs 1.29 ± 1.20 mg/L, P = 0.002) level in T2D patients. The results were persistent in BMI-matched subjects with diabetes (IL-18 = 403.48 ± 226.32 vs 329.30 ± 146.30 pg/mL, respectively for T2D and LADA, P = 0.391). The correlations in T2D group concerning HDL cholesterol (r = -0.377, P = 0.001), postprandial glucose (r = 0.244, P = 0.043), IL-6 (r = 0.398, P < 0.001) and hs-CRP (r = 0.427, P = 0.001) were not confirmed in LADA and control subjects. CONCLUSION The IL-18 serum level was higher in T2D and LADA than that in control subjects, but did not differ between both diabetic groups, even when they were BMI matched. Correlations with lipid, glycemic and inflammatory parameters were present in T2D only.
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- Emanuela Zaharieva
- Department of Internal MedicineUniversity Hospital Alexandrovska, Clinic of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Internal MedicineUniversity Hospital Alexandrovska, Clinic of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Clinical ImmunologyUniversity Hospital St. Ivan Rilski, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Clinical LaboratoryUniversity Hospital Alexandrovska, Central Clinical Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Cell TherapyHyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Cell TherapyHyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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Wod M, Yderstræde KB, Halekoh U, Beck-Nielsen H, Højlund K. Metabolic risk profiles in diabetes stratified according to age at onset, islet autoimmunity and fasting C-peptide. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2017; 134:62-71. [PMID: 28987750 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2017.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Revised: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Islet autoimmunity, age at onset and time to insulin treatment are often used to define subgroups of diabetes. However, the latter criterion is not clinical useful. Here, we examined whether an unbiased stratification of diabetes according to age at onset, fasting C-peptide and GAD autoantibodies (GADab) defines groups with differences in glycaemic control and markers of cardiometabolic risk. DESIGN AND METHODS A cohort of 4374 adults with relatively newly diagnosed diabetes referred to a Danish hospital during 1997-2012 was stratified according to age at onset above or below 30 years, fasting C-peptide above or below 300 pmol/l (CPEPhigh or CPEPlow), and presence or absence of GADab (GADpos or GADneg). HbA1c, BMI, blood pressure (BP), lipid profile, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and creatinine were evaluated. RESULTS GADab were present in 13% of the cohort. Age at onset was not associated with major differences between groups. Patients with insulin deficient diabetes (CPEPlow; n = 503) had higher HbA1c but otherwise lower cardiometabolic risk (lower BMI, BP, LDL, triacylglycerol, and ALT, and higher HDL) than both patients with latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA defined as GADposCPEPhigh; n = 327) and patients with type 2 diabetes (GADnegCPEPhigh; n = 3544). Patients with LADA defined an intermediate group with higher HbA1c but otherwise lower cardiometabolic risk than patients with type 2 diabetes. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that fasting C-peptide and GADab status, but not age at onset, define groups of patients with diabetes with clinically relevant differences in glycaemic control and cardiometabolic risk.
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- Mette Wod
- Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark; Section of Molecular Diabetes and Metabolism, Institute of Clinical Research and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark.
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Rogers MAM, Kim C, Banerjee T, Lee JM. Fluctuations in the incidence of type 1 diabetes in the United States from 2001 to 2015: a longitudinal study. BMC Med 2017; 15:199. [PMID: 29115947 PMCID: PMC5688827 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0958-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND While the United States has the largest number of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus, less is known regarding adult-onset disease. The present study utilizes nationwide data to compare the incidence of type 1 diabetes in youth (0-19 years) to that of adults (20-64 years). METHODS In this longitudinal study, the Clinformatics® Data Mart Database was used, which contains information from 61 million commercially insured Americans (years 2001-2015). Incidence rates and exact Poisson 95% confidence intervals were calculated by age group, sex, census division, and year of diagnosis. Changes in rates over time were assessed by negative binomial regression. RESULTS Overall, there were 32,476 individuals who developed type 1 diabetes in the cohort. The incidence rate was greatest in youth aged 10-14 years (45.5 cases/100,000 person-years); however, because adulthood spans over a longer period than childhood, there was a greater number of new cases in adults than in youth (n = 19,174 adults; n = 13,302 youth). Predominance in males was evident by age 10 and persisted throughout adulthood. The male to female incidence rate ratio was 1.32 (95% CI 1.30-1.35). The incidence rate of type 1 diabetes in youth increased by 1.9% annually from 2001 to 2015 (95% CI 1.1-2.7%; P < 0.001), but there was variation across regions. The greatest increases were in the East South Central (3.8%/year; 95% CI 2.0-5.6%; P < 0.001) and Mountain divisions (3.1%/year; 95% CI 1.6-4.6%; P < 0.001). There were also increases in the East North Central (2.7%/year; P = 0.010), South Atlantic (2.4%/year; P < 0.001), and West North Central divisions (2.4%/year; P < 0.001). In adults, however, the incidence decreased from 2001 to 2015 (-1.3%/year; 95% CI -2.3% to -0.4%; P = 0.007). Greater percentages of cases were diagnosed in January, July, and August for both youth and adults. The number of new cases of type 1 diabetes (ages 0-64 years) in the United States is estimated at 64,000 annually (27,000 cases in youth and 37,000 cases in adults). CONCLUSIONS There are more new cases of type 1 diabetes occurring annually in the United States than previously recognized. The increase in incidence rates in youth, but not adults, suggests that the precipitating factors of youth-onset disease may differ from those of adult-onset disease.
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- Mary A M Rogers
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Building 16, Room 422 W North Campus Research Complex, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-2800, USA. .,Institute of Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Building 16, Room 422 W North Campus Research Complex, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-2800, USA.,Institute of Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.,Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Institute of Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Institute of Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.,Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), also known as autoimmune diabetes, is a chronic disease characterized by insulin deficiency due to pancreatic β-cell loss and leads to hyperglycaemia. Although the age of symptomatic onset is usually during childhood or adolescence, symptoms can sometimes develop much later. Although the aetiology of T1DM is not completely understood, the pathogenesis of the disease is thought to involve T cell-mediated destruction of β-cells. Islet-targeting autoantibodies that target insulin, 65 kDa glutamic acid decarboxylase, insulinoma-associated protein 2 and zinc transporter 8 - all of which are proteins associated with secretory granules in β-cells - are biomarkers of T1DM-associated autoimmunity that are found months to years before symptom onset, and can be used to identify and study individuals who are at risk of developing T1DM. The type of autoantibody that appears first depends on the environmental trigger and on genetic factors. The pathogenesis of T1DM can be divided into three stages depending on the absence or presence of hyperglycaemia and hyperglycaemia-associated symptoms (such as polyuria and thirst). A cure is not available, and patients depend on lifelong insulin injections; novel approaches to insulin treatment, such as insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring and hybrid closed-loop systems, are in development. Although intensive glycaemic control has reduced the incidence of microvascular and macrovascular complications, the majority of patients with T1DM are still developing these complications. Major research efforts are needed to achieve early diagnosis, prevent β-cell loss and develop better treatment options to improve the quality of life and prognosis of those affected.
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Florez JC. Precision Medicine in Diabetes: Is It Time? Diabetes Care 2016; 39:1085-8. [PMID: 27289125 DOI: 10.2337/dc16-0586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Jose C Florez
- Diabetes Unit and Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Metabolism Program and Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Bruno G, Gruden G, Songini M. Incidence of type 1 diabetes in age groups above 15 years: facts, hypothesis and prospects for future epidemiologic research. Acta Diabetol 2016; 53:339-47. [PMID: 26787492 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-015-0835-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Although onset of type 1 diabetes can occur in adulthood, epidemiological data are scarce, limiting our potential to identify unknown determinants of the disease. Paucity of registries expanding the recruitment of incident cases up to adulthood, atypical clinical features of type 1 diabetes at onset, misclassification of type 1 as type 2 diabetes and little use of markers of β-cell autoimmunity represents major obstacles in studying the risk of type 1 diabetes in adults. New strategies in study design, data collection and analyses may overcome these problems in the future. Population-based surveys and registries including adulthood; use of etiological rather than clinical criteria to define type 1 diabetes; availability of electronic health records as prescription data sources to avoid missing data; and application of proper statistical methods will be instrumental to gain better insight on the epidemiology and natural history of the disease.
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- G Bruno
- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126, Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126, Turin, Italy
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Yi B, Huang G, Zhou ZG. Current and Future Clinical Applications of Zinc Transporter-8 in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Chin Med J (Engl) 2016; 128:2387-94. [PMID: 26315089 PMCID: PMC4733793 DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.163389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Objective: To evaluate the utility of zinc transporter-8 (ZnT8) in the improvement of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) diagnosis and prediction, and to explore whether ZnT8 is a potential therapeutic target in T1DM. Data Sources: A search was conducted within the medical database PubMed for relevant articles published from 2001 to 2015. The search terms are as follows: “ZnT8,” “type 1 diabetes,” “latent autoimmune diabetes in adults,” “type 2 diabetes,” “islet autoantibodies,” “zinc supplement,” “T cells,” “β cell,” “immune therapy.” We also searched the reference lists of selected articles. Study Selection: English-language original articles and critical reviews concerning ZnT8 and the clinical applications of islet autoantibodies in diabetes were reviewed. Results: The basic function of ZnT8 is maintaining intracellular zinc homeostasis, which modulates the process of insulin biosynthesis, storage, and secretion. Autoantibodies against ZnT8 (ZnT8A) and ZnT8-specific T cells are the reliable biomarkers for the identification, stratification, and characterization of T1DM. Additionally, the results from the animal models and clinical trials have shown that ZnT8 is a diabetogenic antigen, suggesting the possibility of ZnT8-specific immunotherapy as an alternative for T1DM therapy. Conclusions: ZnT8 is a novel islet autoantigen with a widely potential for clinical applications in T1DM. However, before the large-scale clinical applications, there are still many problems to be solved.
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- Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
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Schwartz SS, Epstein S, Corkey BE, Grant SFA, Gavin JR, Aguilar RB. The Time Is Right for a New Classification System for Diabetes: Rationale and Implications of the β-Cell-Centric Classification Schema. Diabetes Care 2016; 39:179-86. [PMID: 26798148 PMCID: PMC5317235 DOI: 10.2337/dc15-1585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The current classification system presents challenges to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), in part due to its conflicting and confounding definitions of type 1 DM, type 2 DM, and latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA). The current schema also lacks a foundation that readily incorporates advances in our understanding of the disease and its treatment. For appropriate and coherent therapy, we propose an alternate classification system. The β-cell-centric classification of DM is a new approach that obviates the inherent and unintended confusions of the current system. The β-cell-centric model presupposes that all DM originates from a final common denominator-the abnormal pancreatic β-cell. It recognizes that interactions between genetically predisposed β-cells with a number of factors, including insulin resistance (IR), susceptibility to environmental influences, and immune dysregulation/inflammation, lead to the range of hyperglycemic phenotypes within the spectrum of DM. Individually or in concert, and often self-perpetuating, these factors contribute to β-cell stress, dysfunction, or loss through at least 11 distinct pathways. Available, yet underutilized, treatments provide rational choices for personalized therapies that target the individual mediating pathways of hyperglycemia at work in any given patient, without the risk of drug-related hypoglycemia or weight gain or imposing further burden on the β-cells. This article issues an urgent call for the review of the current DM classification system toward the consensus on a new, more useful system.
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- Stanley S Schwartz
- Main Line Health, Wynnewood, PA, and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Division of Human Genetics and Center for Applied Genomics, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Yi B, Huang G, Zhou Z. Different role of zinc transporter 8 between type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Diabetes Investig 2016; 7:459-65. [PMID: 27181765 PMCID: PMC4931192 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.12441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Diabetes can be simply classified into type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8), a novel islet autoantigen, is specifically expressed in insulin‐containing secretory granules of β‐cells. Genetic studies show that the genotypes of SLC30A8 can determine either protective or diabetogenic response depending on environmental and lifestyle factors. The ZnT8 protein expression, as well as zinc content in β‐cells, was decreased in diabetic mice. Thus, ZnT8 might participate in insulin biosynthesis and release, and subsequently involved deteriorated β‐cell function through direct or indirect mechanisms in type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus. From a clinical feature standpoint, the prevalence of ZnT8A is gradiently increased in type 2 diabetes mellitus, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults and type 1 diabetes mellitus. The frequency and epitopes of ZnT8‐specific T cells and cytokine release by ZnT8‐specific T cells are also different in diabetic patients and healthy controls. Additionally, the response to ZnT8 administration is also different in type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In the present review, we summarize the literature about clinical aspects of ZnT8 in the pathogenesis of diabetes, and suggest that ZnT8 might play a different role between type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- Bo Yi
- Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Yousefzadeh G, Gozashti M, Najafipour H, Gholamhosseinian NA, Bahramnejad A, Shokouhi M. Common autoimmune biomarkers, thyroid hormonal abnormalities, and beta cells dysfunction in patients with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults with type II diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Metab Syndr 2016; 10:S52-S55. [PMID: 27094870 DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2015.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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AIM Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is autoimmune diabetes with a slow progression characterized by the presence of antibodies associated with Type I diabetes. The present study aimed to assess autoimmune characteristics in patients with LADA in Iran. We attempted to obtain a clear view of autoimmune conditions in LADA among our population. METHODS This study was sourced from the population-based survey of KERCARDS aiming assessment of cardiovascular risk factors among a great sample of Iranian population who were resident in Kerman, a great province in southern Iran. Among all diabetic patients who were negative for Anti Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GAD) antibody test, 120 were selected as the controls and among 80 patients who were positive for this test diagnosed as LADA, the recorded files of 57 patients were complete considered as the cases. RESULTS The level of thyroxin is significantly lower in patients with LADA compared with the controls so 73.7% and 45% of patients had normal level of thyroxin, respectively. Also, those with LADA had considerably lower levels of both thyroid peroxydaseantibody (TPO-Ab) and C-peptide when compared with non-LADA group. Using multivariate analyses and with the presence of baseline variables including gender, age, and duration of disease, the diagnosis of LADA was associated with lower serum levels of Anti-TPO, C-peptide, and thyroxin, but not associated with the level of Anti-TTG in serum. CONCLUSION LADA patients may face with lower serum levels of C-peptide and thyroid-specific antibodies indicating insulin therapy requirement and authoimmune fundaments of the disease, respectively.
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- Gholamreza Yousefzadeh
- Department of Endocrinology, Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Ph.D. Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Ph.D. Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Kharroubi AT, Darwish HM. Diabetes mellitus: The epidemic of the century. World J Diabetes 2015; 6:850-67. [PMID: 26131326 PMCID: PMC4478580 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v6.i6.850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 502] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The epidemic nature of diabetes mellitus in different regions is reviewed. The Middle East and North Africa region has the highest prevalence of diabetes in adults (10.9%) whereas, the Western Pacific region has the highest number of adults diagnosed with diabetes and has countries with the highest prevalence of diabetes (37.5%). Different classes of diabetes mellitus, type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes and other types of diabetes mellitus are compared in terms of diagnostic criteria, etiology and genetics. The molecular genetics of diabetes received extensive attention in recent years by many prominent investigators and research groups in the biomedical field. A large array of mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes that play a role in the various steps and pathways involved in glucose metabolism and the development, control and function of pancreatic cells at various levels are reviewed. The major advances in the molecular understanding of diabetes in relation to the different types of diabetes in comparison to the previous understanding in this field are briefly reviewed here. Despite the accumulation of extensive data at the molecular and cellular levels, the mechanism of diabetes development and complications are still not fully understood. Definitely, more extensive research is needed in this field that will eventually reflect on the ultimate objective to improve diagnoses, therapy and minimize the chance of chronic complications development.
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Hossein GM, Maryam S, Saeed E, Hamid N, Mahdieh M. The prevalence of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults and its correlates in patients with type 2 diabetes in Kerman, Iran [2011]. Diabetes Metab Syndr 2015; 9:104-107. [PMID: 25470643 DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2014.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults [LADA] is a type of autoimmune diabetes in adults that is usually identified by positive GAD-antibody [glutamic acid decarboxylase]. Epidemiological studies show that this disease has no identified prevalence and incidence in Asia due to the various criteria in diagnosing the disease. METHODS 500 patients with type 2 diabetes based on American Diabetes Association [ADA] criteria and age of diabetes onset above 35 years old who needed no insulin until at least 6 months after the diagnosis of diabetes were selected from KERCADR Study and their anti-GAD serum level was determined. RESULTS From 500 patients, 429 ones [85%] were negative and 71 ones [14.2%] were positive for GAD antibody. The prevalence of latent autoimmune diabetes was higher in the age group of 50-59 years compared to the other age groups. There was no significant correlation between LADA and hypertension, family history of diabetes, cigarette smoking and tobacco use. CONCLUSION The prevalence rate of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults in patients with type 2 diabetes was 14.2% and we could not find any relationship.
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- Physiology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Physiology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Future Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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Dong F, Yang G, Pan HW, Huang WH, Jing LP, Liang WK, Zhang N, Zhang BH, Wang M, Liu Y, Zhang LJ, Zhang SH, Li H, Chen C, Nie LH, Jing CX. The association of PTPN22 rs2476601 polymorphism and CTLA-4 rs231775 polymorphism with LADA risks: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Acta Diabetol 2014; 51:691-703. [PMID: 25005490 PMCID: PMC4176954 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-014-0613-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2014] [Accepted: 06/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Although the polymorphisms of PTPN22 and the variants of CTLA-4 have been reported to be the susceptibility genes, which increased risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), the results remained inconclusive. The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the association between the polymorphisms of two genes and LADA. We performed a systematic review by identifying relevant studies and applied meta-analysis to pool gene effects. Data from ten studies published between 2001 and 2013 were pooled for two polymorphisms: rs2476601 in the PTPN22 gene and rs231775 in the CTLA-4 gene. Data extraction and assessments for risk of bias were independently performed by two reviewers. Fixed-effect model and random-effect model were used to pool the odds ratios; meanwhile, heterogeneity test, publication bias and sensitive analysis were explored. The minor T allele at rs2476601 and the minor G at rs231775 carried estimated relative risks (odds ratio) of 1.52 (95 % CI 1.29-1.79) and 1.39 (95 % CI 1.11-1.74), respectively. These alleles contributed to an absolute lowering of the risk of all LADA by 4.88 and 14.93 % when individuals do not carry these alleles. The estimated lambdas were 0.49 and 0.63, suggesting a codominant model of effects was most likely for two genes. In summary, our systematic review has demonstrated that PTPN22 rs2476601 and CTLA-4 rs231775 are potential risk factors for LADA. An updated meta-analysis is required when more studies are published to increase the power of these polymorphisms and LADA.
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- Fang Dong
- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Parasitology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Department of Endocrine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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Pipi E, Marketou M, Tsirogianni A. Distinct clinical and laboratory characteristics of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults in relation to type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. World J Diabetes 2014; 5:505-510. [PMID: 25126396 PMCID: PMC4127585 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v5.i4.505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Ever since its first appearance among the multiple forms of diabetes, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), has been the focus of endless discussions concerning mainly its existence as a special type of diabetes. In this mini-review, through browsing important peer-reviewed publications, (original articles and reviews), we will attempt to refresh our knowledge regarding LADA hoping to enhance our understanding of this controversial diabetes entity. A unique combination of immunological, clinical and metabolic characteristics has been identified in this group of patients, namely persistent islet cell antibodies, high frequency of thyroid and gastric autoimmunity, DR3 and DR4 human leukocyte antigen haplotypes, progressive loss of beta cells, adult disease onset, normal weight, defective glycaemic control, and without tendency to ketoacidosis. Although anthropomorphic measurements are useful as a first line screening, the detection of C-peptide levels and the presence of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) autoantibodies is undoubtedly the sine qua non condition for a confirmatory LADA diagnosis. In point of fact, GAD autoantibodies are far from being solely a biomarker and the specific role of these autoantibodies in disease pathogenesis is still to be thoroughly studied. Nevertheless, the lack of diagnostic criteria and guidelines still puzzle the physicians, who struggle between early diagnosis and correct timing for insulin treatment.
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Hawa MI, Buchan AP, Ola T, Wun CC, DeMicco DA, Bao W, Betteridge DJ, Durrington PN, Fuller JH, Neil HAW, Colhoun H, Leslie RD, Hitman GA. LADA and CARDS: a prospective study of clinical outcome in established adult-onset autoimmune diabetes. Diabetes Care 2014; 37:1643-9. [PMID: 24722498 DOI: 10.2337/dc13-2383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Diabetes-associated autoantibodies can be detected in adult-onset diabetes, even when initially non-insulin requiring, i.e., with latent autoimmune diabetes. We aimed to identify adult-onset autoimmune diabetes in patients with established "type 2 diabetes" participating in the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (CARDS) to characterize their phenotype and clinical outcome. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We prospectively studied 2,425 European patients with presumed type 2 diabetes (mean age 62 years, diabetes duration 7.9 years) for outcomes at 3.9 years after randomization to either atorvastatin or placebo. Subjects were screened for autoantibodies to GAD (GADA), insulinoma-associated antigen-2 (IA-2A), and zinc-transporter 8 (ZnT8A). RESULTS A total of 173 patients (7.1%) had GADA, of whom 11 (0.5%) and 5 (0.2%) were also positive for IA-2A and ZnT8A, respectively. At baseline, 44% of GADA-positive patients were not on insulin. Fewer autoantibody-positive than autoantibody-negative patients had metabolic syndrome (64 vs. 80%), and more were on insulin (56 vs. 17%) (P < 0.0001 for each) without lower HbA1c (69 mmol/mol [8.5%] vs. 62 mmol/mol [7.8%]). The frequency of microvascular and macrovascular events was similar in both cohorts, independent of atorvastatin. CONCLUSIONS Adult-onset autoimmune diabetes was prevalent, even in patients with established diabetes presumed to have type 2 diabetes. After 11.8 years' diabetes duration, nearly half the patients with autoimmune diabetes were not on insulin treatment and almost two-thirds had metabolic syndrome. The type of diabetes, whether autoimmune diabetes or type 2 diabetes, did not impact the risk of microvascular disease.
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- Mohammed Iqbal Hawa
- Centre for Diabetes, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K
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- Centre for Diabetes, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K
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- Centre for Diabetes, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, U.K
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- Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K
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- Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee, Dundee, U.K
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- Centre for Diabetes, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K
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- Centre for Diabetes, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K.
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Canivell S, Gomis R. Diagnosis and classification of autoimmune diabetes mellitus. Autoimmun Rev 2014; 13:403-7. [PMID: 24424179 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Diabetes mellitus is increasing in prevalence worldwide. The economic costs and burden of the disease are considerable given the cardiovascular complications and co-morbidities that it may entail. Two major groups of diabetes mellitus have been defined, type 1, or immune-based, and type 2. In recent years, other subgroups have been described in-between these major groups. Correct classification of the disease is crucial in order to ascribe the most efficient preventive, diagnostic and treatment strategies for each patient. In the present review, we discuss the epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, diagnostic criteria and clinical classification of what is currently known as autoimmune diabetes. In addition, the other groups of diabetes mellitus will be regarded in relation to their pathogenesis and potential autoimmunity features.
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- Silvia Canivell
- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clinic-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Diabetes and Obesity Laboratory-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clinic-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Diabetes and Obesity Laboratory-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Skärstrand H, Dahlin LB, Lernmark A, Vaziri-Sani F. Neuropeptide Y autoantibodies in patients with long-term type 1 and type 2 diabetes and neuropathy. J Diabetes Complications 2013; 27:609-17. [PMID: 23910631 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2013.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2013] [Revised: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIMS The neurotransmitter Neuropeptide Y (NPY) was previously reported as a minor autoantigen in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients. The single nucleotide polymorphism at rs16139 (T1128C, L7P) in the NPY gene was associated with an increased risk for the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We aimed to develop a radiobinding assay for NPY-L (Leucine) and NPY-P (Proline) autoantibodies (A) to study the levels and the association with other islet autoantibodies and neuropathy. METHODS Autoantibodies against NPY-L, NPY-P, ZnT8, GAD65 and IA-2 were studied in T1D (n=48) and T2D (n=26) patients with duration up to 42 and 31years. A subgroup of T1D (n=32) patients re-examined, 5-8years after first visit, was tested for peripheral (Z-score) and autonomic neuropathy (E/I ratio). RESULTS NPY-LA and NPY-PA were detected in 23% and 19% in T1D (p<0.001), and 12% and 23% in T2D patients (p<0.001) compared to 2.5% controls (n=398). The levels of NPYA declined during follow-up in the T1D patients (p<0.001). The neuropathy was not related to the NPYA or the other islet autoantibodies. CONCLUSIONS Regardless of the absence of an association between NPYA and neuropathy, NPY may contribute to the pathogenesis of T1D and T2D as a minor autoantigen.
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- Hanna Skärstrand
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Sweden.
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Mollo A, Hernandez M, Marsal JR, Esquerda A, Rius F, Blanco-Vaca F, Verdaguer J, Pozzilli P, de Leiva A, Mauricio D. Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults is perched between type 1 and type 2: evidence from adults in one region of Spain. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2013; 29:446-51. [PMID: 23483713 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.2411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Revised: 01/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to characterize the clinical characteristics and insulin secretion in adults with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). We also compared these characteristics in subjects with antibody-negative type 2 diabetes (T2DM) or adult-onset type 1 diabetes (T1DM) to subjects with LADA. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 82 patients with LADA, 78 with T1DM and 485 with T2DM were studied. Clinical and metabolic data, in particular those that related to metabolic syndrome, fasting C-peptide and islet-cell autoantibodies [glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADAb) and IA2 (IA2Ab)] were measured. RESULTS The frequency of metabolic syndrome in patients with LADA (37.3%) was higher than in those with T1DM (15.5%; p = 0.005) and lower than in patients with T2DM (67.2%; p < 0.001). During the first 36 months of the disease, the C-peptide concentration in LADA patients was higher than in subjects with T1DM but was lower than in T2DM patients (p < 0.01 for comparisons). Glycemic control in LADA patients (HbA1c 8.1%) was worse than in patients with T2DM (HbA1c 7.6%; p =0.007). An inverse association between GADAb titers and C-peptide concentrations was found in subjects with LADA (p < 0.001). Finally, LADA patients rapidly progressed to insulin treatment. CONCLUSIONS As in other European populations, patients with LADA in Spain have a distinct metabolic profile compared with patients with T1DM or T2DM. LADA is also associated with higher impairment of beta-cell function and has worse glycemic control than in T2DM. Beta cell function is related to GADAb titers in patients with LADA.
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- Angels Mollo
- Centre d'Atenció Primària de Cervera, Institut Català de la Salut, Lleida, Spain
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Florez JC, Shepard JAO, Kradin RL. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 17-2013. A 56-year-old woman with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus and fatigue. N Engl J Med 2013; 368:2126-36. [PMID: 23697472 DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1215971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Jose C Florez
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
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Zhou Z, Xiang Y, Ji L, Jia W, Ning G, Huang G, Yang L, Lin J, Liu Z, Hagopian WA, Leslie RD. Frequency, immunogenetics, and clinical characteristics of latent autoimmune diabetes in China (LADA China study): a nationwide, multicenter, clinic-based cross-sectional study. Diabetes 2013; 62:543-50. [PMID: 23086039 PMCID: PMC3554388 DOI: 10.2337/db12-0207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Adult non-insulin requiring diabetes includes latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA), distinguished from type 2 diabetes by the presence of islet autoantibodies. LADA China determined the characteristics of Chinese LADA. This nationwide, multicenter, clinic-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 46 university-affiliated hospitals in 25 Chinese cities. All 4,880 ketosis-free diabetic patients (<1 year postdiagnosis, without insulin therapy for >6 months, aged ≥30 years) had GAD antibody (GADA) and HLA-DQ genotype measured centrally with clinical data collected locally. GADA-positive subjects were classified as LADA. Of the patients, 5.9% were GADA positive with LADA. LADA showed a north-south gradient. Compared with GADA-negative type 2 diabetes, LADA patients were leaner, with lower fasting C-peptide and less metabolic syndrome. Patients with high GADA titers are phenotypically different from those with low GADA titers, while only a higher HDL distinguished the latter from those with type 2 diabetes. HLA diabetes-susceptible haplotypes were more frequent in LADA, even in those with low-titer GADA. HLA diabetes-protective haplotypes were less frequent in LADA. Our study implicates universal immunogenetic effects, with some ethnic differences, in adult-onset autoimmune diabetes. Autoantibody positivity and titer could be important for LADA risk stratification and accurate therapeutic choice in clinical practice.
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- Zhiguang Zhou
- Diabetes Center, Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital and Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, China.
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- Maria J Redondo
- Diabetes and Endocrinology Section, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Guelho D, Paiva I, Carvalheiro M. Diabetes mellitus – um «continuum» fisiopatológico. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rpedm.2013.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The purpose of this article is to provide an overview that summarizes much in the way of our current state of knowledge regarding the pathogenesis and natural history of type 1 diabetes in humans. This information is presented to the reader as a series of seminal historical discoveries that, when advanced through research, transformed our understanding of the roles for the immune system, genes, and environment in the formation of this disease. In addition, where longitudinal investigations of these three facets occurred, their roles within the development of type 1 diabetes, from birth to symptomatic onset and beyond, are discussed, including their most controversial elements. Having an understanding of this disorder's pathogenesis and natural history is key for attempts seeking to understand the issues of what causes type 1 diabetes, as well as to develop a means to prevent and cure the disorder.
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- Mark A Atkinson
- College of Medicine, Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, The University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610-0275, USA.
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Diagnostic criteria of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA): a review and reflection. Front Med 2012; 6:243-7. [PMID: 22843304 DOI: 10.1007/s11684-012-0201-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 04/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Diabetes has become a major public health problem in China nowadays. There are almost 97 million diabetic patients nationwide. Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a subtype of autoimmune diabetes. Although it has been reported for about 20 years, the diagnostic criteria of this disease remain controversial. The discussion mainly focused on serum autoantibodies, period of insulin need and age of diagnosis. Besides, β cell function, metabolic parameters, genetic factors and cell immunity may also contribute to the formulation of the criteria. Here, we aim to review and discuss the diagnostic criteria of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults.
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Rolandsson O, Norberg M, Nyström L, Söderberg S, Svensson M, Lindahl B, Weinehall L. How to diagnose and classify diabetes in primary health care: lessons learned from the Diabetes Register in Northern Sweden (DiabNorth). Scand J Prim Health Care 2012; 30:81-7. [PMID: 22643152 PMCID: PMC3378009 DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2012.675565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The objective was to create a diabetes register and to evaluate the validity of the clinical diabetes diagnosis and its classification. DESIGN The diabetes register was created by linkage of databases in primary and secondary care, the pharmaceutical database, and ongoing population-based health surveys in the county. Diagnosis and classification were validated by specialists in diabetology or general practitioners with special competence in diabetology. Analysis of autoantibodies associated with type 1 diabetes was used for classification. SETTING Primary and secondary health care in the county of Västerbotten, Sweden. PATIENTS Patients with diabetes (median age at diagnosis 56 years, inter quartile range 50-60 years) who had participated in the Västerbotten Intervention Programme (VIP) and accepted participation in a diabetes register. RESULTS Of all individuals with diabetes in VIP, 70% accepted to participate in the register. The register included 3256 (M/F 1894/1362) diabetes patients. The vast majority (95%) had data confirming the diabetes diagnoses according to WHO recommendations. Unspecified diabetes was the most common (54.6%) classification by the general practitioners. After assessment by specialists and analysis of autoantibodies the majority were classified as type 2 diabetes (76.8%). Type 1 diabetes was the second largest group (7.2%), including a sub-group of patients with latent autoimmune diabetes (4.8%). CONCLUSION It was concluded that it is feasible to create a diabetes register based on information in medical records in general practice. However, special attention should be paid to the validity of the diabetes diagnosis and its classification.
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- Olov Rolandsson
- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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Thunander M, Törn C, Petersson C, Ossiansson B, Fornander J, Landin-Olsson M. Levels of C-peptide, body mass index and age, and their usefulness in classification of diabetes in relation to autoimmunity, in adults with newly diagnosed diabetes in Kronoberg, Sweden. Eur J Endocrinol 2012; 166:1021-9. [PMID: 22436402 PMCID: PMC3361790 DOI: 10.1530/eje-11-0797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Accepted: 03/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE C-peptide is a main outcome measure in treatment trials of diabetes. C-peptide also has a role in the classification of diabetes, which is often difficult in adults and this is also increasingly recognised in adolescents and elders. AIM We aimed to describe the levels of C-peptide in relation to age and body mass index (BMI) in a large population-based cohort of adults with newly diagnosed diabetes and compare the capabilities of C-peptide, age and BMI to discriminate between autoimmune and non-autoimmune diabetes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Blood samples from 1180 patients were analysed regarding islet cell antibody, glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody and fasting C-peptide (FCP). Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves were analysed to check the ability of age, BMI and C-peptide to discriminate between autoantibody-positive (Ab(+)) and -negative (Ab(-)) diabetes. RESULTS Mean FCP was 0.73±0.5 (range 0.13-1.80) nmol/l in the Ab(+) and 1.42±0.9 (range 0.13-8.30) nmol/l in the Ab(-). FCP was 0.02 nmol/l higher per year increase in age at diagnosis of diabetes. Mean BMI was 26.0±4.8 (range 18.0-39.0) kg/m(2) in the Ab(+) and 28.9±5.3 (range 15.5-62.6) kg/m(2) in the Ab(-). FCP increased with age also within each BMI group. The highest area under the curve (AUC) in the ROC analysis was found for C-peptide, followed by age and BMI (0.78, 0.68 and 0.66 respectively). CONCLUSIONS At diagnosis of diabetes, C-peptide was superior to age and BMI in discriminating between autoimmune and non-autoimmune diabetes. C-peptide increased significantly with BMI and age, latter also within each BMI group. Most of the adults had normal or high levels of C-peptide at presentation of diabetes among the autoimmune patients.
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- Maria Thunander
- Department of Internal Medicine, Central Hospital, Växjö, Kronoberg, Sweden.
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Sørgjerd EP, Skorpen F, Kvaløy K, Midthjell K, Grill V. Time dynamics of autoantibodies are coupled to phenotypes and add to the heterogeneity of autoimmune diabetes in adults: the HUNT study, Norway. Diabetologia 2012; 55:1310-8. [PMID: 22297581 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2463-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 12/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS The aetiology of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), assessed by autoimmune markers, is insufficiently clarified. We cross-sectionally investigated the prevalence and prospectively the prediabetic and postdiabetic presence of antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA), insulinoma-associated protein 2 and zinc transporter 8 in LADA and in type 1 diabetes. METHODS We included 208 'classic' type 1, 161 LADA and 302 type 2 diabetic cases from the second (HUNT2: 1995–1997) and third (HUNT3: 2006–2008) Nord-Trøndelag health surveys. Prospective data were available for 59 type 1, 44 LADA and 302 type 2 diabetic cases followed from HUNT2 to HUNT3. From HUNT3, 24 type 1 diabetic and 31 LADA incident cases were available. RESULTS Cross-sectionally, 90% of LADA cases were positive for only one antibody (10% multiple-antibodypositive). Prospectively, 59% of GADA-positive LADA patients in HUNT2 were no longer positive in HUNT3. LADA patients who became negative possessed less frequently risk HLA haplotypes and were phenotypically more akin to those with type 2 diabetes than to those who stayed positive. Still, those losing positivity differed from those with type 2 diabetes by lower C-peptide levels (p = 0.009). Of incident LADA cases in HUNT3, 64% were already antibody-positive in HUNT2, i.e. before diabetes diagnosis. These incident LADA cases were phenotypically more akin to type 1 diabetes than were those who did not display positivity in HUNT2. CONCLUSION/INTERPRETATION The pattern of antibodies, the postdiabetic loss or persistence as well as the prediabetic absence or presence of antibodies influence LADA phenotypes. Time-dependent presence or absence of antibodies adds new modalities to the heterogeneity of LADA.
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- E P Sørgjerd
- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, HUNT Research Centre, Forskningsveien 2, 7600 Levanger, Norway.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To evaluate the controversial aspects of diabetes diagnosis. RECENT FINDINGS Within the past 2 years, revised guidelines for the diagnosis of diabetes have been issued which endorse the use of the hemoglobin A1C as a diagnostic test, in addition to the previously recommended tests. Updated diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes were also published in the same period. Recent publications on the current role of oral glucose tolerance tests and diagnosis of diabetes in the acutely ill are sparse. There are new recommendations regarding the use of genetic testing and antibody testing in establishing the cause of diabetes. SUMMARY The inclusion of A1C as a diagnostic test has many advantages including reproducibility of the test and convenience, but there are situations where the test is unreliable and it misses many individuals who would have been diagnosed by plasma glucose testing. The diagnostic threshold of 6.5% for the A1C remains controversial. There is still no consensus on the best approach to diagnose gestational diabetes. The role of the oral glucose tolerance test seems to be diminishing. Diagnosis of diabetes in acute illness is aided by A1C testing. Genetic and autoantibody testing in specific situations offer diagnostic and therapeutic utility.
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- Samir Malkani
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
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Djekic K, Mouzeyan A, Ipp E. Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults is phenotypically similar to type 1 diabetes in a minority population. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012; 97:E409-13. [PMID: 22205710 PMCID: PMC3319221 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-2544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA) is a form of autoimmune diabetes that has been classified as part of type 1 diabetes or as a distinct clinical entity. Its precise place as a disease category is therefore controversial. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to further examine this issue by comparing the phenotypes of LADA and type 1 diabetes in a predominately minority population. PATIENTS AND METHODS We studied 126 subjects who were anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody-positive in two separate studies--63 subjects in an outpatient study (study 1), and 63 inpatients after resolution of ketoacidosis (study 2). Clinical and biochemical phenotyping was performed in all patients in each group. RESULTS Few significant differences were found in the clinical or biochemical phenotypes in patients classified as LADA when compared with type 1 diabetes. Adiposity, body mass index, waist/hip ratio, fasting plasma C-peptide, serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides were all similar. The only distinguishing feature was a history of hypertension (study 1) or systolic blood pressure (study 2). Also, a history of ketoacidosis did not influence the phenotype of LADA in the outpatients in any discernable way. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that LADA and type 1 diabetes are phenotypically indistinguishable in this predominantly minority population with a mean duration of glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody-positive diabetes of about 8 yr.
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- Kristina Djekic
- Department of Medicine, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, California 90509, USA
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Davalli AM, Perego C, Folli FB, Bosi E. Long-lasting remission of type 1 diabetes following treatment with topiramate for generalized seizures. Acta Diabetol 2012; 49:75-9. [PMID: 21336872 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-011-0268-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We report a case of unusually long-lasting remission of type 1 diabetes (T1D). The patient, a Caucasian man, at the age of 43 years developed a ketotic diabetes, classified as type 1 based on clinical presentation and positivity for islet autoantibodies. Shortly after diabetes onset, oral topiramate was added to preexisting valproic acid for generalized seizures and maintained thereafter. Initial intensive insulin treatment was rapidly reduced to low doses (3 Units/day) maintained for a long time and then discontinued at month 55; fasting glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin were basically normalized at 58 months. An oral glucose tolerance test performed at month 53 showed an impaired fasting glucose (6.0 mmol/l) and a value slightly above the threshold for the diagnosis of diabetes at 2 h (11.2 mmol/l). We hypothesize that this unusually prolonged preservation of β-cell function might be ascribed to the concomitant therapy with topiramate, an antiepileptic agent with demonstrated efficacy as antidiabetic in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Topiramate should be further investigated as candidate agent for the preservation of β-cell function also in T1D.
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- Alberto M Davalli
- Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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OBJECTIVE In contrast with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes, the genetics of autoimmune diabetes in adults are not well understood. We have therefore investigated the genetics of diabetes diagnosed in adults positive for autoantibodies. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS GAD autoantibodies (GADAs), insulinoma-associated antigen-2 antibodies (IA-2As), and islet cell autoantibodies were measured at time of diagnosis. Autoantibody-positive diabetic subjects (n = 1,384) and population-based control subjects (n = 2,235) were genotyped at 20 childhood-onset type 1 diabetes loci and FCRL3, GAD2, TCF7L2, and FTO. RESULTS PTPN22 (1p13.2), STAT4 (2q32.2), CTLA4 (2q33.2), HLA (6p21), IL2RA (10p15.1), INS (11p15.5), ERBB3 (12q13.2), SH2B3 (12q24.12), and CLEC16A (16p13.13) were convincingly associated with autoimmune diabetes in adults (P ≤ 0.002), with consistent directions of effect as reported for pediatric type 1 diabetes. No evidence of an HLA-DRB1*03/HLA-DRB1*04 (DR3/4) genotype effect was obtained (P = 0.55), but it remained highly predisposing (odds ratio 26.22). DR3/4 was associated with a lower age at diagnosis of disease, as was DR4 (P = 4.67 × 10(-6)) but not DR3. DR3 was associated with GADA positivity (P = 6.03 × 10(-6)) but absence of IA-2A (P = 3.22 × 10(-7)). DR4 was associated with IA-2A positivity (P = 5.45 × 10(-6)). CONCLUSIONS Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that the genetics of autoimmune diabetes in adults and children are differentiated by only relatively few age-dependent genetic effects. The slower progression toward autoimmune insulin deficiency in adults is probably due to a lower genetic load overall combined with subtle variation in the HLA class II gene associations and autoreactivity.
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- Joanna M M Howson
- Department of Medical Genetics, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.
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Pham MN, Hawa MI, Pfleger C, Roden M, Schernthaner G, Pozzilli P, Buzzetti R, Scherbaum WA, Seissler J, Kolb H, Hunter S, Leslie RDG, Schloot NC. Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients: Action LADA 4. Diabetologia 2011; 54:1630-8. [PMID: 21347621 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-011-2088-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Systemic pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines are associated with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, while their role in latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is unclear. Therefore, we compared cytokine concentrations in patients with LADA, type 1 or type 2 diabetes and healthy individuals to test the hypothesis that differences of cytokine concentrations between all groups are attributable to diabetes type and BMI. METHODS The pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α, and the anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) and IL-10 were measured in 90 participants with type 1 diabetes, 61 with LADA, 465 with type 2 diabetes and 41 control participants using multiple regression models adjusted for BMI, sex, age, blood pressure and diabetes duration. RESULTS Patients with type 2 diabetes had higher concentrations of systemic IL-1RA, IL-6 and TNF-α cytokines than patients with either LADA or type 1 diabetes (p < 0.0001 for all differences). Cytokine concentrations in controls were lower than those in all diabetes types (p < 0.04). Increased BMI was positively associated with higher systemic cytokine concentrations in all diabetes types (p < 0.0001). Despite the association of cytokines with anthropometric data, differences between diabetes forms persisted also after adjusting analysis for the confounders BMI, age, sex, disease duration and blood pressure (p < 0.04). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Although body mass associates positively with pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine levels, patients with type 2 diabetes have higher cytokine levels independent of the prevailing BMI. LADA and type 1 diabetes could not be distinguished by systemic cytokines.
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- M N Pham
- Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Auf'm Hennekamp 65, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Wucher H, Lepercq J, Timsit J. Onset of autoimmune type 1 diabetes during pregnancy: Prevalence and outcomes. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2010; 24:617-24. [PMID: 20832740 DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2010.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Although this has been recently challenged, gestational diabetes mellitus (gestational diabetes) is still defined as an "impairment of glucose tolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy". According to this definition, all pathophysiological conditions leading to beta cell deficiency may reveal as gestational diabetes, due to the physiological insulin resistance associated with pregnancy. In rare patients, gestational diabetes is associated with the presence of islet autoantibodies and with a high risk of progression to overt type 1 diabetes after delivery. This condition has often been compared to the Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults. The frequency of islet autoantibodies in gestational diabetes has been assessed in many studies, but data about the clinical presentation of this subtype and about its prognosis are few. We review these studies and discuss the links of autoimmune gestational diabetes with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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- Hélène Wucher
- Department of Immunology and Diabetology, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Université Paris Descartes, France.
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