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Tomasi M, Cherubini A, Pelusi S, Margarita S, Bianco C, Malvestiti F, Miano L, Romeo S, Prati D, Valenti L. Circulating Interlukin-32 and Altered Blood Pressure Control in Individuals with Metabolic Dysfunction. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087465. [PMID: 37108628 PMCID: PMC10138906 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Fatty liver disease is most frequently related to metabolic dysfunction (MAFLD) and associated comorbidities, heightening the risk of cardiovascular disease, and is associated with higher hepatic production of IL32, a cytokine linked with lipotoxicity and endothelial activation. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between circulating IL32 concentration and blood pressure control in individuals with metabolic dysfunction at high risk of MAFLD. IL32 plasma levels were measured by ELISA in 948 individuals with metabolic dysfunction enrolled in the Liver-Bible-2021 cohort. Higher circulating IL32 levels were independently associated with systolic blood pressure (estimate +0.008 log10 per 1 mmHg increase, 95% c.i. 0.002-0.015; p = 0.016), and inversely correlated with antihypertensive medications (estimate -0.189, 95% c.i. -0.291--0.088, p = 0.0002). Through multivariable analysis, IL32 levels predicted both systolic blood pressure (estimate 0.746, 95% c.i 0.173-1.318; p = 0.010) and impaired blood pressure control (OR 1.22, 95% c.i. 1.09-1.38; p = 0.0009) independently of demographic and metabolic confounders and of treatment. This study reveals that circulating IL32 levels are associated with impaired blood pressure control in individuals at risk of cardiovascular disease.
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- Melissa Tomasi
- Precision Medicine Lab-Department of Transfusion Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Precision Medicine Lab-Department of Transfusion Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Precision Medicine Lab-Department of Transfusion Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Precision Medicine Lab-Department of Transfusion Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Precision Medicine Lab-Department of Transfusion Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Precision Medicine Lab-Department of Transfusion Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Wallenberg Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Clinical Nutrition Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Science, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Precision Medicine Lab-Department of Transfusion Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Precision Medicine Lab-Department of Transfusion Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy
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Arya VB, El-Gasim SA, Das S, Reisz Z, Zebian B, D'Cruz D, King A, Hampton T, Aylwin SJB, Kapoor RR, Buchanan CR. IgG4-related hypophysitis in adolescence. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2021; 34:395-399. [PMID: 33675204 DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2020-0535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVES IgG4-related hypophysitis is a novel clinical disease entity, which is typically seen in the sixth decade of life and is typically complicated by hypopituitarism. We describe an adolescent female with IgG4-related hypophysitis with normal pituitary function and summarize the relevant literature. CASE PRESENTATION A 11.8-year-old girl presented with headache and left VI cranial nerve palsy. MRI brain identified an enlarged pituitary gland. Endocrine investigations revealed normal pituitary function. She underwent a transsphenoidal biopsy of the pituitary gland, and histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of IgG4-related hypophysitis. Serum IgG4 concentrations were normal and no evidence of other organ involvement was found. Although the patient tested strongly positive for TB on an interferon gamma release assay, pituitary biopsy was negative for granuloma formation and acid-fast bacilli (Ziehl-Neelson staining). IgG4-related hypophysitis was treated with oral prednisolone and mycophenolate-mofetil with a good response. CONCLUSIONS We describe to the best of our knowledge, the youngest patient in the published literature with IgG4-related hypophysitis presenting without pituitary insufficiency. A literature review identified only five cases of IgG4-related hypophysitis in adolescence. Serum IgG4 concentrations were normal in all, except one of the adolescent patients reported so far, and appear unhelpful in diagnosis in this age group.
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- Ved Bhushan Arya
- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Variety Children Hospital, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Variety Children Hospital, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, Variety Children Hospital, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Neuropathology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Louise Coote Unit, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Division of Immunology, Infection and Inflammatory Diseases, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuropathology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Endocrinology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Variety Children Hospital, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Variety Children Hospital, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Yang Z, Shi L, Xue Y, Zeng T, Shi Y, Lin Y, Liu L. Interleukin-32 increases in coronary arteries and plasma from patients with coronary artery disease. Clin Chim Acta 2019; 497:104-109. [PMID: 31326419 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2019.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Interleukin-32 (IL-32) is a cytokine associated with higher risk of cardiovascular diseases in inflammatory environments. This study aimed to investigate the IL-32 levels in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. METHODS IL-32 expression in coronary arteries from both normal donors and CAD patients were analyzed. Plasma IL-32, IFN-γ and IL-17 levels in stable angina pectoris (SAP, n = 80) patients, unstable angina pectoris (UAP, n = 96) patients, acute myocardial infarction (AMI, n = 72) patients and patients exhibiting chest pain unrelated to coronary artery disease (NCAD, n = 72) were measured. Additionally, whether plasma IL-32 levels were independent correlated with the presence of CAD was analyzed. RESULTS IL-32 was high expressed in atherosclerotic plaques of CAD patients when compared with normal coronary arteries, and macrophages were the major sources of IL-32. Compared with the NCAD group, IL-32, IFN-γ and IL-17 levels were increased in the CAD group and gradually increased through the SAP, UAP and AMI groups. Plasma IL-32 levels were positively correlated with the Gensini score, IFN-γ levels and IL-17 levels in CAD patients. The results of linear regression showed that IL-32 was independently associated with the occurrence of CAD. CONCLUSION Both the coronary artery and circulating IL-32 levels were increased in CAD patients and IL-32 may be a marker of noninvasive diagnosis of CAD.
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- Zicong Yang
- Department of Cardiology, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530021, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530021, China.
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Shao X, Wang B, Mu K, Li L, Li Q, He W, Yao Q, Jia X, Zhang JA. Key gene co-expression modules and functional pathways involved in the pathogenesis of Graves' disease. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2018; 474:252-259. [PMID: 29614339 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2018.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Graves' disease (GD) is a common autoimmune thyroid disease characterized by positive thyroid stimulating hormone receptor antibody. To better understand its molecular pathogenesis, we adopted the weighted gene co-expression network analysis to reveal co-expression modules of key genes involved in the pathogenesis of GD, protein-protein interaction network analysis to identify the hub genes related to GD development and functional analyses to explore their possible functions. Our results showed that 1) a total of 2667 differentially expressed genes in our microarray study and 16 different gene co-expression modules were associated with GD, and 2) the most significant module was associated with the percentage of macrophages, T follicular helper cells and CD4+ memory T cells and mainly enriched in immune regulation and immune response. Overall, our study reveals several key gene co-expression modules and functional pathways involved in GD, which provides some novel insights into the pathogenesis of GD.
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- Xiaoqing Shao
- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences Affiliated Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai 201318, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences Affiliated Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai 201318, China.
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Yamamoto M. New strategies for the treatment of IgG4-related disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 39:485-490. [PMID: 28049956 DOI: 10.2177/jsci.39.485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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IgG4-related disease is a chronic and fibroinflammatory disorder, which is characterized with elevated levels of serum IgG4, and prominent infiltration of IgG4-bearing plasma cells in the involved organs. It often affects with lacrimal glands, salivary glands, pancreas, kidneys, lungs, and retroperitoneal cavity. Now, the first line of the induction therapy for IgG4-related disease is glucocorticoid, but almost patients need the maintenance treatment and experience the relapse. It is recently reported that biologic agents, including rituximab and abatacept, are effective for the relapse of IgG4-related disease. It is clear that the tapering effect of glucocorticoid is better than conventional oral immunosuppressants. We can use it in safely if we choose the appropriate cases. The investigator-initiated trial of rituximab for IgG4-related disease is scheduled in Japan. This article reviews the new strategies for the treatment of IgG4-related disease with our data of SMART registry, and discuss the problems of each biologic agents for IgG4-related disease.
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- Motohisa Yamamoto
- Department of Rheumatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine
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