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Jiang G, Han R, Chen M, Liu R, Wu M, Zhang X, Ma Y, Yuan Y, Wang R, Shuai Z, Pan F. Associations between fucosyltransferase 3 gene polymorphisms and ankylosing spondylitis: A case-control study of an east Chinese population. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0237219. [PMID: 32764781 PMCID: PMC7413420 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Many susceptibility genes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) and FUT3 genes are related to IBD. This study aimed to investigate whether these genes correlated with the susceptibility to AS. Questionnaires of 673 patients with AS, and peripheral blood specimens of the patients and 687 healthy controls were collected. FUT2 and FUT3 genes were genotyped using the SNPscan method. Frequency differences of the genes at different levels, haplotypes, and interactions were analyzed. No frequency differences were found between the cases and the controls in all the genotypes and the alleles of rs1047781, rs1800028, rs1800030, and rs812936. For rs28362459, a significant difference in allele frequencies was observed in the total participants between the groups [χ2 = 7.515, Pcorrected = 0.030; adjusted odds ratio (ORadjusted)G/T = 0.782; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.650-0.941]. The frequencies of haplotypes TT (rs812936-rs28362459) (χ2 = 5.663, Ppermutation = 0.039) and TG (rs812936-rs28362459) (χ2 = 7.456, Ppermutation = 0.013) in the total participants, and TG (rs812936-rs28362459) in the female subgroup (χ2 = 5.624, Ppermutation = 0.047) showed significant differences between the cases and the controls. No frequency differences at the phenotypic level were found. Two-factor interactions were observed between rs28362459-TG and age, rs28362459-TG and sex, rs28362459 and rs1047781, and the Lewis and secretor status. Rs28362459-G was related to some aggravated symptoms of AS (all Pcorrected < 0.05). These findings indicated that FUT3 polymorphisms were associated with human predisposition to AS at the allele and haplotype level. Rs28362459-G might decrease the susceptibility to AS, but aggravate relevant symptoms.
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- Guangming Jiang
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Department of Blood Transfusion, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Anhui Medical Autoimmune Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Anhui Medical Autoimmune Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Anhui Medical Autoimmune Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Anhui Medical Autoimmune Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Anhui Medical Autoimmune Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Anhui Medical Autoimmune Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Anhui Medical Autoimmune Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Anhui Medical Autoimmune Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Department of Blood Transfusion, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Anhui Medical Autoimmune Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Erden A, Batu ED, Armagan B, Sönmez HE, Sarı A, Demir S, Bilgin E, Fırat E, Kılıc L, Bilginer Y, Karadag O, Kiraz S, Kalyoncu U. Blood group 'A' may have a possible modifier effect on familial Mediterranean fever and blood group '0' may be associated with colchicine resistance. Biomark Med 2018; 12:565-572. [PMID: 29873519 DOI: 10.2217/bmm-2017-0344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Aim/purpose: Our aim was to investigate the association between blood groups and colchicine resistance in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients. METHODS This is a single-center, cross-sectional study. Between January and December 2016, 385 FMF patients were assessed by the Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology outpatient clinics and 297 patients had blood groups (ABO and Rh) results. The patients were grouped into two groups: colchicine-responsive patients (Group CR) and colchicine-unresponsive patients (Group CUR). RESULTS Patients with blood group A had 1.5-fold higher FMF compared with non-A blood group (OR: 1.50 [95% CI: 1.11-1.87]), particularly having a Rh (+) blood group (OR: 1.47 [95% CI: 1.13-1.91]). Furthermore, patients with blood group A had a better response to colchicine treatment than non-A blood group; (OR: 2.21 [95% CI: 1.15-4.27]). Patients with blood group O were prominently associated with colchicine resistance. CONCLUSION ABO blood phenogroups may be used in combination with other risk factors to identify FMF patients and patients at high risk for colchicine resistance.
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- Abdulsamet Erden
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Seronegative spondyloarthropathies are a group of disorders characterized by inflammation of the spine, sacroiliac joints, and peripheral arthritis along with various characteristic extra-articular features. Their pathogenesis and immunogenetics have not yet been fully elucidated. Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is probably the best studied of these disease. It has now been 27 years since the association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) B27 and AS has been demonstrated. Since then, a plethora of association studies and linkage studies unequivocally demonstrate that genetic determinants within or near the major histocompatible complex (MHC) are critical to the etiology of AS. Surprisingly though, the total MHC contribution to AS has been estimated at only 30%. In this review, we highlight the genetic basis of AS as the prototypical chronic axial arthritis, and discuss the rationale and approach in searching for non-HLA linked genes.
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- M Stone
- Departments of Medicine and Immunology, University of Toronto, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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Dickey W, Wylie JD, Collins JS, Porter KG, Watson RG, McLoughlin JC. Lewis phenotype, secretor status, and coeliac disease. Gut 1994; 35:769-70. [PMID: 8020802 PMCID: PMC1374875 DOI: 10.1136/gut.35.6.769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Patients who cannot secrete ABO and Lewis blood group antigens into body fluids, an ability controlled by a single gene on chromosome 19, are known to be at increased risk of certain autoimmune diseases associated with human leucocyte antigen (HLA) markers. This study investigated the possibility of an association with coeliac disease using red cell Lewis (Le) blood group phenotype to infer secretor status. Among 73 patients with coeliac disease who had Le a or b antigen, 48% were non-secretors (Le a + b-) compared with 27% of 137 blood donors (p = 0.004: odds ratio 2.49, 95% confidence intervals 1.37 to 4.51) and 26% of 62 medical and nursing staff controls (p = 0.014: odds ratio 2.65, 95% confidence intervals 1.27 to 5.50). Clinical characteristics did not differ between secretors and non-secretors with coeliac disease. Thus, the non-secretor state is significantly associated with coeliac disease, suggesting that genes on chromosome 19 may directly or indirectly participate in conferring susceptibility.
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- W Dickey
- Department of Medicine, Queen's University of Belfast
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Tertti R, Järvinen H, Lahesmaa R, Yli-Kerttula U, Toivanen A. AB0 and Lewis blood groups in reactive arthritis. Rheumatol Int 1992; 12:103-5. [PMID: 1411088 DOI: 10.1007/bf00290263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In this study we evaluated secretor status in patients with reactive arthritis. Previous evidence indicates that non-secretion of AB0 and Lewis blood group antigens to saliva and other secretions is associated with susceptibility to certain bacterial infections and certain diseases with suspected autoimmune etiology. Secretor status can be determined based on the Lewis phenotype. We studied AB0, Lewis and Rhesus blood groups of 54 patients with previous reactive arthritis, 26 of whom had uroarthritis and 28 of whom had arthritis after enteric infection. Furthermore, 25 patients with uncomplicated yersiniosis and 57 healthy controls were studied. We did not find any correlation between secretor status and reactive arthritis or gastroenteritis due to Yersinia. AB0 blood group antigen B appeared to be protective against uroarthritis.
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- R Tertti
- Department of Medicine, Turku University, Finland
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Raza MW, Blackwell CC, Molyneaux P, James VS, Ogilvie MM, Inglis JM, Weir DM. Association between secretor status and respiratory viral illness. BMJ (CLINICAL RESEARCH ED.) 1991; 303:815-8. [PMID: 1932971 PMCID: PMC1671169 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.303.6806.815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether non-secretion of blood group antigens is associated with respiratory virus diseases. DESIGN Study of secretor status in patients with respiratory virus diseases determined by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) developed to identify Lewis (Le) blood group antigen phenotypes (Le(a) non-secretor; Le(b) secretor). SUBJECTS Patients aged 1 month to 90 years in hospital with respiratory virus diseases (584 nasal specimens). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Criteria for validation of ELISA (congruence between results on ELISA testing of 1155 saliva samples from a previous study and previously established results on haemagglutination inhibition (HAI) testing, proportions of Le(a), Le(b), and Le- phenotypes in 872 samples of nasal washings from a previous study compared with the normal population). Secretor status of patients determined by ELISA and viruses isolated. RESULTS Agreement between HAI and ELISA for 1155 saliva samples was 97%. Lewis antigens were detected by ELISA in 854 (97.9%) of nasal washings (Le(a) 233 (26.7%), Le(b) 621 (71.2%), and Le- 18 (2.1%)) in proportions predicted for a northern European population. Secretors were significantly overrepresented among patients from whom influenza viruses A and B (55/64, 86%; p less than 0.025), rhinoviruses (63/72, 88%; p less than 0.01), respiratory syncytial virus (97/109, 89%; p less than 0.0005), and echoviruses (44/44, p less than 0.0005) had been isolated compared with the distribution of secretors in the local population. CONCLUSION Secretion of blood group antigens is associated with respiratory virus diseases.
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- M W Raza
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School
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Mentis A, Blackwell CC, Weir DM, Spiliadis C, Dailianas A, Skandalis N. ABO blood group, secretor status and detection of Helicobacter pylori among patients with gastric or duodenal ulcers. Epidemiol Infect 1991; 106:221-9. [PMID: 2019293 PMCID: PMC2272020 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800048366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Patients (454) referred for gastroscopy to the General Hospital of Athens were examined to determine (1) if non-secretors were over-represented among patients with ulcers and (2) if there was an association with ABO blood group or secretor status and carriage of Helicobacter pylori. Compared with the local population, among patients with either gastric ulcer (51) or duodenal ulcer (96) there was a significant increase in the proportion of those who were blood group O (P less than 0.025); however, there were no significant differences in the proportions of non-secretors. H. pylori was identified in 62% of the 454 patients: 59.5% of those without evidence of ulcers; 62.5% of those with gastric ulcer; 88% of those with duodenal ulcer (P less than 0.0005). These bacteria were cultured more often and in higher numbers from patients with duodenal ulcer (P less than 0.025). There was no association between ABO blood group and prevalence of H. pylori. The prevalence of H. pylori among non-secretors with gastric ulcer (12.5%) was significantly lower than that for non-secretors with duodenal ulcer (100%) (P less than 0.0005). This was not observed for secretors.
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- A Mentis
- Hellenic Institute Pasteur, Athens
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Mulherin D, Coffey MJ, Keogan MJ, O'Brien P, FitzGerald MX. Pseudomonas colonization in cystic fibrosis: lack of correlation with secretion of ABO blood group antigens. Ir J Med Sci 1990; 159:217-8. [PMID: 2126537 DOI: 10.1007/bf02937270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In cystic fibrosis, a majority of patients develop persistent lifelong respiratory tract colonisation with pseudomonas aeruginosa while a minority do not appear to become colonised. There is some evidence that non-secretion of ABO Blood Group antigens into body secretions is a marker for susceptibility to certain gram negative infections. Therefore, we studied 47 adult patients with cystic fibrosis to identify an association, if any, between secretor status and the presence or absence of pseudomonas aeruginosa in their sputum. Overall, we found no difference between the prevalence of non-secretors in our patient group and in the normal population. Furthermore, there was no association between secretor status and presence or absence of pseudomonas aeruginosa in sputum. We conclude that secretor status is unlikely to play a major role in susceptibility to pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients with cystic fibrosis.
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- D Mulherin
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University College, Dublin
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- M E Reid
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital and Medical Center, Ca
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Toft AD, Blackwell CC, Saadi AT, Wu P, Lymberi P, Soudjidelli M, Weir DM. Secretor status and infection in patients with Graves' disease. Autoimmunity 1990; 7:279-89. [PMID: 2102769 DOI: 10.3109/08916939009087587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We have demonstrated that the inability to secrete the water soluble glycoprotein form of the ABO blood group antigens into saliva is significantly more common in patients with Graves' disease than control subjects (40% vs 27%: P less than 0.025) but not among those with Hashimoto's thyroiditis or spontaneous primary atrophic hypothyroidism. Non-secretion is associated with increased susceptibility to infection and to asymptomatic carriage of some microorganisms. Although Yersinia enterocolitica has been found to express antigen cross reactive with the TSH receptor, we did not find an increased prevalence of Yersinia species in the faeces of 107 patients with Graves' disease. The isolation rate (less than 1%) was similar to that observed in the local population with diarrhoeal illness. Salivary IgA levels determined by whole cell ELISA with Y. enterocolitica 03 were not elevated in the majority of specimens examined. The results suggest that in contrast to reports from Scandinavia, there is no strong evidence that yersiniae play a role in the pathogenesis of Graves' disease among patients in South east Scotland. Non-secretors are significantly over represented among patients with several other autoimmune diseases; however, with the exception of antitubulin antibodies, non-secretors with Graves' disease did not have more antibodies to other human antigens than secretor patients.
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- A D Toft
- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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Blackwell CC. The role of ABO blood groups and secretor status in host defences. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY 1989; 1:341-9. [PMID: 2698729 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb02419.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Epidemiological studies on the associations between ABO blood group antigens, secretor status and susceptibility to infectious agents are summarized. Evidence for association of non-secretion with some autoimmune diseases for which infectious aetiologies have been proposed is also given. Several hypotheses are proposed to explain the host-parasite interactions underlying the epidemiological observations, and evidence to support or refute them is presented.
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- C C Blackwell
- Department of Bacteriology, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, U.K
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Patrick AW, Collier A. An infectious aetiology of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus? Role of the secretor status. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY 1989; 1:411-6. [PMID: 2698733 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb02430.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Studies of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes and their families have shown increased incidences of HLA markers B8, B15, DR3 and DR4. While these genetic predispositions are obviously important, additional factors such as environmental influences are presumed to trigger the events leading to the development of diabetes. Infectious triggers, in particular several viruses, have been suggested. The evidence from epidemiological and in vitro studies for a viral aetiology is summarized here. The significance of the recent finding of an increased proportion of non-secretors among patients with insulin-dependent diabetes is discussed in the context of other 'autoimmune' diseases for which infectious aetiologies have been proposed.
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- A W Patrick
- Diabetic Department, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, U.K
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Shinebaum R. ABO blood group and secretor status in the spondyloarthropathies. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY 1989; 1:389-95. [PMID: 2698732 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb02426.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The postulated role of infectious agents, genetic susceptibility of the host to infection and their interaction in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis, other spondyloarthropathies, and the associated primary (non-arthritic) diseases are reviewed. Compared with a local control population there is a significantly increased prevalence of non-secretors amongst different groups of patients with spondyloarthropathy: ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis and psoriatic arthropathy. No differences between secretor and non-secretor patients with respect to serum and salivary IgA levels, the occurrence of eye lesions or peripheral joint disease have been found. There is no evidence that ankylosing spondylitis or other spondyloarthropathies are associated with any particular ABO blood group. The association between non-secretion and ankylosing spondylitis strengthens the hypothesis that ankylosing spondylitis has an infective aetiology. It also suggests several pathogenetic mechanisms which may be relevant to the initial host-parasite interactions in the spondyloarthropathies.
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- R Shinebaum
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, U.K
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Recent investigation of the possible role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of AS has provided very interesting data. What is at present lacking is a clear demonstration that the findings point to the actual mechanisms involved in the initiation of the disorder. Rapid progress in three related areas of research gives hope that, in the relatively near future, the genetic basis for susceptibility to AS will be elucidated. These are the demonstration of the detailed structure of an HLA class I molecule, of the primary amino acid structure of B27 heavy chain with its subtypes, and of the nature of the interaction between foreign proteins and MHC molecules which leads to antibody and cytotoxic cell responses. It is just possible that the B27 molecules have a disease-promoting capability because of some structural characteristic independent of their antigen binding site. However, it may perhaps be considered more likely that it is the propensity of the specific antigen-binding site itself to bind to a particular group of antigenic peptides that will explain the susceptibility of B27-positive individuals to several clinical disorders. The ability to study the properties of antigenic epitopes which preferentially bind to the very variable binding site of different MHC molecules raises the possibility of revealing the antigenic structures which bind to B27 molecules in patients with AS. This could in turn lead to the source of these antigens in the environment. There has been a tendency to assume that one simple model will explain all the B27-associated disorders but it may be preferable to keep an open mind about the possibility that the mechanisms involved in AS, in the bacteria-induced acute arthropathies and in acute anterior uveitis may not be identical. At the same time, there is a need to continue further direct investigation of the role of microbiological agents in AS both in vitro and in vivo, as ultimately it is most likely that, by blocking the effects of such agents as may be shown to be involved, progress in our ability to influence the progress of the disease in a fundamental way will be achieved. There is still little information as to how the tissues involved in AS come to be the particular targets of the pathological process and currently proposed theories of pathogenesis have not yet provided very satisfactory answers to this problem.
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- M A Khan
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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Mierau R, von Mühlen CA, Zarnowski H, Genth E, Hartl PW. Immunoglobulin allotype Gm(1,2;21) in ankylosing spondylitis with peripheral arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1988; 47:893-7. [PMID: 3264692 PMCID: PMC1003627 DOI: 10.1136/ard.47.11.893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Frequencies of immunoglobulin G (Gm) allotypes were determined in 240 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The uncommon phenotype Gm(1,2;21) was increased in frequency in 55 patients with AS and peripheral arthritis (14.5% v 3.5% of healthy blood donors; p less than 0.05). In 16 patients with arthritis only of wrist/hand or ankle/forefoot, or both, the Gm(1,2;21) frequency was even higher (31.3%; p less than 0.0005). Patients with AS negative for the HLA antigen B27 (n = 28) differed from the B27 positive patients (n = 205) with regard to the frequency of the Gm(1,2,3;5,21) phenotype (39.3% v 9.3%; p less than 0.0005). These findings support the notion of genetic heterogeneity among patients with AS.
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- R Mierau
- Rheumaforschungsinstitut, Rheumaklinik Aachen, FRG
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Morris JA, Gardner MJ. Calculating confidence intervals for relative risks (odds ratios) and standardised ratios and rates. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1988; 296:1313-6. [PMID: 3133061 PMCID: PMC2545775 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 436] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- J A Morris
- Department of Medical Statistics, Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester
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Collier A, Patrick AW, Toft AD, Blackwell CC, James V, Weir DM. Increased prevalence of non-secretors in patients with Graves' disease: evidence for an infective aetiology? BMJ 1988; 296:1162. [PMID: 3132249 PMCID: PMC2545626 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.296.6630.1162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- A Collier
- University Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
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Sonnenberg A. Factors which influence the incidence and course of peptic ulcer. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. SUPPLEMENT 1988; 155:119-40. [PMID: 3072662 DOI: 10.3109/00365528809096294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The present review concentrates on environmental factors which influence the outcome of peptic ulcer disease by acting from the outside. Endogenous risk factors, such as acid output, pepsin secretion and serum pepsinogen, gastritis and mucosal defense, blood group, and secretor status, are only dealt with when they help to explain the mechanism by which exogenous risk factors affect the upper gastrointestinal mucosa. After outlining the wax and wane of peptic ulcer, it is concluded that these changes resulted from similar temporal patterns of occupational workload in the general population. Cross sectional studies also support the contention of occupational workload being a risk factor in peptic ulcer, explaining several characteristic features of peptic ulcer, such as its sex, race, and social class distribution, increased incidence in immigrant workers, seasonal variation, healing by bed rest, and urban versus rural distribution. Susceptible subjects may react to a rise in occupational workload and acute exposure to stressful life events by increased gastric secretion which, in turn, leads to ulceration and symptoms. Cigarette smoking, intake of aspirin and related drugs, dietary salt, and alcohol abuse represent additional environmental risk factors, which form the etiologic link of the association of peptic ulcer with chronic lung disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hypertensive disease, and liver cirrhosis, respectively.
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- A Sonnenberg
- Division of Gastroenterology, VA Medical Center, Milwaukee
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Blackwell CC, James VS, Weir DM, Gemmill JD, Patrick AW, Collier A, Clarke BF. Secretor state of patients with insulin dependent or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. BMJ : BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1987; 295:1024-5. [PMID: 3120855 PMCID: PMC1248069 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.295.6605.1024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- C C Blackwell
- Department of Bacteriology, Medical School, University of Edinburgh
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