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de Boer YS, Gerussi A, van den Brand FF, Wong GW, Halliday N, Liberal R, Drenth JPH, Thorburn D, Bouma G, Heneghan MA. Association Between Black Race and Presentation and Liver-Related Outcomes of Patients With Autoimmune Hepatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019; 17:1616-1624.e2. [PMID: 30471454 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION & AIMS Small studies have found that black patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) present with more aggressive disease. We aimed to characterize the presentation and outcome in black and white patients with AIH. METHODS We performed a retrospective study, collecting information from databases of patients with AIH attending the Institute of Liver studies at King's College Hospital, London (1971-October 2015, the Royal Free Hospital, London (1982 through December 2016) and the multicenter Dutch Autoimmune Hepatitis Study Group cohort (2006-August 2016). We identified 88 black patients with AIH and we compared their clinical characteristics and outcomes to 897 white patients with AIH. RESULTS Black patients presented at a younger age (median 38 years vs 45 years) (P = .007), had higher IgG levels (mean 31.0 mg/dL vs 27.5 mg/dL) (P = .04), but there were no significant differences between groups in auto-antibody profiles, International AIH Group scores, or sex distribution of disease. A higher proportion of black patients had systemic lupus erythematosus (10%) than white patients (2%) (P ≤ .001). There was no significant difference in proportions of patients with a response to standard therapy (86% for black patients vs 91% for white patients; P = .20) or in rate of relapse (57% vs 50%; P = .3). Despite this, black patients had an increased risk of liver transplantation and liver-related death (hazard ratio 2.4, 95% confidence interval, 1.4-4.0; P < .001). Overall mortality was similar between the two groups. CONCLUSION In a comparison of black and white patients with AIH in Europe, we found that black patients present at a younger age, have higher levels of IgG levels, and a greater proportion have SLE. We also found black patients to have a greater risk of liver transplantation and liver-related mortality, indicating more aggressive disease.
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- Ynto S de Boer
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers - VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, London, United Kingdom
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- Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre and UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers - VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, London, United Kingdom
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- Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre and UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre and UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers - VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, London, United Kingdom.
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Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Autoimmune liver disease in Asian children. Hepatol Int 2015; 9:157-60. [PMID: 25788190 DOI: 10.1007/s12072-014-9602-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Giorgina Mieli-Vergani
- Paediatric Liver, GI and Nutrition Centre, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK,
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Li BA, Liu J, Hou J, Tang J, Zhang J, Xu J, Song YJ, Liu AX, Zhao J, Guo JX, Chen L, Wang H, Yang LH, Lu J, Mao YL. Autoantibodies in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B: Prevalence and clinical associations. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21:283-291. [PMID: 25574103 PMCID: PMC4284347 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Revised: 07/02/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the prevalence of autoantibodies and their associations with clinical features in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).
METHODS: A total of 325 Chinese patients with CHB were enrolled in this retrospective, hospital-based study. Patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC), autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), or primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) were included, with healthy donors acting as controls. A panel of autoantibodies that serologically define AIH and PBC was tested by indirect immunofluorescence assay and line immunoassay. The AIH-related autoantibody profile included homogeneous anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA-H), smooth-muscle antibodies, anti-liver kidney microsome type 1, anti-liver cytosolic antigen type 1, and anti-soluble liver antigen/liver pancreas; the PBC-related antibodies were characterized by ANA-nuclear dots/membranous rim-like, anti-mitochondrial antibodies-M2 (AMA-M2), anti-BPO (recombinant antigen targeted by AMA-M2), anti-Sp100, anti-promyelocytic leukemia protein (anti-PML), and anti-gp210. The dichotomization of clustering was used to unequivocally designate the AIH or PBC profiles for each case. Anti-Ro52 antibodies were also tested.
RESULTS: The prevalence of any autoantibody in CHB amounted to 58.2%, which was similar to the 66.2% prevalence in CHC, significantly higher than the 6.7% in the healthy controls (P < 0.001), and lower than the 100% found in AIH and PBC (P = 0.004 and P < 0.001, respectively). There were more anti-PML and anti-gp210 antibodies among the CHB patients than the CHC patients (11.1% vs 0%, P = 0.003; 12.6% vs 0%, P < 0.001, respectively). The prevalence and titer of AMA, anti-BPO, anti-PML, and anti-gp210 were higher in PBC than in those with CHB. Among the CHB patients, the prevalence of ANA, especially ANA-H, was significantly lower in patients with compensated and decompensated cirrhosis compared with patients without cirrhosis. Thirty-eight cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in CHB showed a significant difference compared with non-HCC patients in the prevalence of anti-PML (0% vs 12.5%, P = 0.013). Dichotomization of the autoantibodies revealed that the PBC profile was more prevalent in patients with CHB than in those with CHC, and that it was strongly correlated with both compensated and decompensated cirrhosis. In contrast, the prevalence of the AIH profile was significantly higher in non-cirrhosis patients with CHB than in those with compensated cirrhosis (18.5% vs 8.2%, P = 0.039). Moreover, the AIH profile was also closely associated with hepatitis B e-antigen positivity.
CONCLUSION: ANA-H could be an indicator of early-stage CHB. Dichotomizing the autoantibody profiles revealed that the PBC profile is strongly associated with cirrhosis in CHB.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Asian People
- Autoantibodies/blood
- Biomarkers/blood
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/blood
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/ethnology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/immunology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/virology
- China/epidemiology
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Hepatitis B e Antigens/blood
- Hepatitis B, Chronic/blood
- Hepatitis B, Chronic/diagnosis
- Hepatitis B, Chronic/ethnology
- Hepatitis B, Chronic/immunology
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/blood
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/ethnology
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/immunology
- Humans
- Liver Cirrhosis/blood
- Liver Cirrhosis/ethnology
- Liver Cirrhosis/immunology
- Liver Cirrhosis/virology
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/blood
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/ethnology
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/immunology
- Liver Neoplasms/blood
- Liver Neoplasms/ethnology
- Liver Neoplasms/immunology
- Liver Neoplasms/virology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Prevalence
- Retrospective Studies
- Seroepidemiologic Studies
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UNLABELLED The impact of ethnicity on the natural history of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) has not been well characterized. The aim of this study was to assess the natural history of AIH in blacks in comparison with others (nonblacks). This was a 10-year (June 1996 to June 2006) retrospective analysis of patients with AIH from a single tertiary care center. The diagnosis of AIH was defined by the criteria established by the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Club. A poor outcome was defined as liver failure at presentation, failure to achieve remission, need for liver transplantation, and/or death. One hundred one patients with AIH were eligible for the study. Black patients were more likely to have cirrhosis (56.7% versus 37.5%, P = 0.061), have liver failure at the initial presentation (37.8% versus 9.3%, P = 0.001), and be referred for liver transplantation (51.3% versus 23.4%, P = 0.004). The overall mortality was also significantly higher in black patients (24.3% versus 6.2%, P = 0.009). Compared with nonblacks, blacks had more advanced hepatic fibrosis (3.6 +/- 2.7 versus 2.1 +/- 2.4, P = 0.013). A Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the probability of developing a poor outcome was significantly higher in blacks (P = 0.003). Independent predictors of poor outcome were black ethnicity, the presence of cirrhosis, and the fibrosis stage at presentation. Black males were the group most likely to have a poor outcome (85.7%). CONCLUSION Blacks, especially black men with AIH, have more aggressive disease at the initial presentation, are less likely to respond to conventional immunosuppression, and have a worse outcome than nonblacks.
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- Sumita Verma
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Chung HV, Riley M, Ho JK, Leung B, Jevon GP, Arbour LT, Barker C, Schreiber R, Yoshida EM. Retrospective review of pediatric and adult autoimmune hepatitis in two quaternary care centres in British Columbia: increased prevalence seen in British Columbia's First Nations community. Can J Gastroenterol 2007; 21:565-8. [PMID: 17853950 PMCID: PMC2657988 DOI: 10.1155/2007/757906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND It has been previously reported that British Columbia's (BC's) First Nations (Aboriginal) community has an increased risk of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatological conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus) and primary biliary cirrhosis. The researchers hypothesized that this community may also be at increased risk for autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). METHODS Independent, retrospective reviews of the databases of two separate tertiary/quaternary British Columbia university-affiliated health care institutions, the Adult Liver Transplant Program of the BC Transplant Society and the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver, BC), were performed. All patients referred with a diagnosis of probable or definite AIH who identified themselves as being of First Nations descent from 1988 to 2004 were reviewed. The liver transplant database records all adult patients in the province referred for transplant assessment. The pediatric database records all children referred to the BC Children's Hospital. RESULTS A total of 68 adult patients with a definite or probable diagnosis of AIH were referred to the liver transplant program. Twelve patients (17.6%) were Aboriginal, 11 of which were female. Similarly, a total of 30 children with probable or definite AIH were identified from the pediatric database. Six of these cases (20%) were identified in Aboriginal children. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest an increased prevalence of AIH among BC's First Nations community. A disproportionate First Nations representation was found on independent review of two databases. Future studies are needed to determine the true prevalence of AIH in this community, and to uncover the genetic predisposition and the environmental triggers explaining this phenomenon.
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- Henry V Chung
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
- British Columbia Transplant Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Correspondence: Dr Eric M Yoshida, Division of Gastroenterology, Vancouver General Hospital, Diamond Health Care Centre, Suite #5153 – 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1M9. Telephone 604-875-5371, fax 604-875-5373, e-mail
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Yokosawa S, Yoshizawa K, Ota M, Katsuyama Y, Kawa S, Ichijo T, Umemura T, Tanaka E, Kiyosawa K. A genomewide DNA microsatellite association study of Japanese patients with autoimmune hepatitis type 1. Hepatology 2007; 45:384-90. [PMID: 17256726 DOI: 10.1002/hep.21518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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UNLABELLED Genetic predisposition to type 1 autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is linked mainly to HLA class II genes. We previously searched the whole HLA region for AIH susceptibility genes using microsatellite markers and found only HLA-DR/DQ to be a candidate region for this suspected multifactorial disease. As such, the aim of this study was to broaden our search and screen the whole genome for additional genes that might contribute to type 1 AIH susceptibility. Eighty-one patients with type 1 AIH (15 men, 66 women, average age 55.9) and 80 healthy sex- and age-matched Japanese controls were enrolled in this study. We performed a case-control association study using 400 polymorphic microsatellite markers with an average spacing of 10.8 cM distributed throughout the whole genome. Two markers, one on chromosome 11 (D11S902, Pc = 0.013) and one on chromosome 18 (D18S464, Pc = 0.008), were revealed to have statistically significant associations with AIH. An additional 7 markers (D2S367, D6S309, D9S273, D11S1320, D16S423, D17S938, and D18S68) were also found to be candidate susceptibility regions. In addition, our results showed there were 17 regions that may contain genes of resistance to AIH. No specific markers were detected in HLA-DR4-negative patients, and no differences were seen in the clinical courses of patients (severe versus mild to moderate). CONCLUSION This first genomewide scan of Japanese AIH patients revealed at least 26 candidate AIH susceptibility or resistance regions other than HLA class II loci. These results also suggested that the products of several genes interact to determine heritable susceptibility to AIH.
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- Shuichi Yokosawa
- Department of Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Nobili V, Marcellini M, Devito R, Comparcola D, Vento S. Co-occurrence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection and autoimmune hepatitis in a young Senegalese girl. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006; 18:927-9. [PMID: 16825914 DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200608000-00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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We report the case of a 9-year-old Senegalese girl with co-occurring wild-type (HBeAg-positive) chronic hepatitis B and antinuclear antibody-positive autoimmune hepatitis. Her HLA haplotype was A1, B8, DRB1*04, DQB1*02. Steriod and lamivudine therapy led to biochemical remission, and reactivation occurred when the patient stopped steroids. Persistent HBV infection due to wild-type virus (likely acquired vertically or early in life, as the mother was HBsAg positive) may have acted as a trigger for autoimmune hepatitis in this young girl.
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- Valerio Nobili
- Department of Liver Diseases, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome cSection of Infectious Diseases, Italy
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BACKGROUND Recently, unusual patients with autoimmune hepatitis, such as male patients, have increased. AIM To assess clinical feature of Japanese males with type 1 autoimmune hepatitis compared with females. METHODS We investigated consecutive 160 patients with type 1 autoimmune hepatitis, who consisted of 20 males and 140 females, with a median age of 55 (16-79) years. RESULTS Compared with females, males had a lower frequency of definite diagnosis according to the revised scoring system proposed by the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group (40% vs. 85%) and lower serum levels of immunoglobulin G [1932 (1085-3850) mg/dL vs. 2624 (1354-6562) mg/dL]. However, they were similar in age, form of clinical onset, symptomatic concurrent autoimmune disease, human leucocyte antigen DR status and frequency of cirrhosis at the time of diagnosis. The normalization of serum alanine aminotransferase levels within 6 months after the introduction of corticosteroid treatment was lower in males compared with females (73% vs. 93%). CONCLUSIONS In male patients, a diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis should be made carefully. In Japanese patients with a dominant frequency of human leucocyte antigen DR4, gender may affect the response to corticosteroid treatment.
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- Y Miyake
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kurashiki Riverside Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan.
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Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a well-known but uncommon chronic liver disease that is presumed to be of autoimmune etiology. Recently, investigations in British Columbia (BC), a province of Canada situated along the Pacific North-West of North America, have suggested that PBC is not a rare disease amongst BC’s Aboriginal (i.e. First Nations) communities. Geographically, BC is adjacent to South East Alaska, an American state that has also reported an increased prevalence of PBC amongst its Aboriginal communities. In this article, the medical evidence supporting a hypothesis of increased risk of PBC amongst BC’s First Nations communities is reviewed. Evidence suggesting that autoimmune hepatitis is also more likely amongst BC’s First Nations communities is also presented.
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MESH Headings
- Autoimmune Diseases/epidemiology
- Autoimmune Diseases/ethnology
- Autoimmune Diseases/etiology
- Autoimmune Diseases/genetics
- British Columbia/epidemiology
- British Columbia/ethnology
- Causality
- Cholangitis, Sclerosing/epidemiology
- Cholangitis, Sclerosing/ethnology
- Cholangitis, Sclerosing/etiology
- Cholangitis, Sclerosing/genetics
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/epidemiology
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/ethnology
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/etiology
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/genetics
- Humans
- Incidence
- Indians, North American/ethnology
- Indians, North American/genetics
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/epidemiology
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/ethnology
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/etiology
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/genetics
- Liver Diseases/epidemiology
- Liver Diseases/ethnology
- Liver Diseases/etiology
- Liver Diseases/genetics
- Risk Factors
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- Eric-M Yoshida
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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Bellomo-Brandão MA, Costa-Pinto EALD, De Tommaso AMA, Hessel G. Clinical and biochemical features of autoimmune hepatitis in 36 pediatric patients. Arq Gastroenterol 2006; 43:45-9. [PMID: 16699618 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032006000100012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND: Few studies on autoimmune hepatitis have enrolled non-Caucasian groups. AIMS: To evaluate Brazilian children with type 1 and 2 autoimmune hepatitis regarding outcome and clinical and biochemical parameters. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty-six patients were submitted to a protocol that evaluated the clinical history, physical and biochemical data, and the course of the disease. Twenty-four children had type 1 autoimmune hepatitis, seven had type 2 and five had unclassified autoimmune hepatitis. Most patients were females (77%), with a median age at diagnosis of 11 years, and the median duration of symptoms was 5.5 and 8 months for types 1 and 2, respectively. Jaundice and choluria were the most common clinical manifestations. RESULTS: Treatment with azathioprine and prednisone was successful in patients with type 1 and 2 autoimmune hepatitis. AST and ALT decreased after 4 to 8 weeks of treatment compared to pretreatment levels in type 1 autoimmune hepatitis. Increased GGT values returned to pretreatment levels after 1 year in the two types. Three patients died and three other patients underwent liver transplantation. CONCLUSIONS: Non-Caucasian children had a similar disease when compared to Caucasian ones with autoimmune hepatitis. Increased levels of GGT during the first year of treatment should not be the only parameter for the indication of cholangiopathy.
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Yoneyama K, Honda E, Kogo M, Kiuchi Y, Shibata M, Mitamura K, Inawari M. Efficacy and safety of prednisolone in patients with autoimmune hepatitis. Adv Ther 2006; 23:74-91. [PMID: 16644609 DOI: 10.1007/bf02850349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A retrospective cohort study involving 29 Japanese patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) was performed to clarify factors that predict the efficacy of prednisolone and the occurrence of various serious adverse effects. Independent predictors were identified by logistic analysis and with use of the Cox proportional hazard model. Responses to prednisolone were noted in 28 patients, who were classified into the complete remission group (52%) or the relapse group (48%). Multivariate analysis identified alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, and immoglobulin G levels as independent predictors of relapse. The adverse effects most frequently observed were diabetes mellitus (37.9%), psychiatric/ neurologic symptoms (34.5%), and circulatory symptoms (34.5%). Predictive factors included lactate dehydrogenase, albumin, and fasting blood glucose levels for diabetes mellitus, alkaline phosphatase and C-reactive protein for psychiatric/ neurologic symptoms, and autoimmune hepatitis score and lactate dehydrogenase for circulatory symptoms. Selection of an optimal treatment method for individual patients may be possible after the risks of relapse and adverse effects have been estimated.
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Fan LY, Zhu Y, Zhong RQ, Tu XQ, Chen QB, Zhou L, Liu HY, Kong XT. [Study on the relationship of CTLA-4 -318, +49 polymorphisms with autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis in a Chinese population]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi 2004; 21:440-3. [PMID: 15476165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between Chinese patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and the polymorphisms of cytotoxic T lymphocyte -associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) gene promoter (-318) and exon 1 (+49). METHODS The CTLA-4 promoter (-318 T/C) and exon 1 (+49A/G) polymorphisms were genotyped via restriction fragment length polymorphism methods in 62 Chinese AIH patients, 77 Chinese PBC patients and 160 healthy controls. RESULTS There was no difference in the distribution of CTLA-4 promoter -318 T/C polymorphisms between AIH patients and controls, but the C allele frequency was significantly increased in patients with AIH, compared to controls (P=0.02, OR=2.43). The distribution of CTLA-4 gene exon 1 49 A/G genotypes exhibited significant difference between PBC patients and controls (P=0.006), and the frequency of G allele showed a significant increase in PBC group as compared with controls (P=0.0046, OR=1.8). Although the genotype distribution of the CTLA-4 exon 1-promoter gene displayed no significant difference between AIH and PBC patients and controls, the occurrence of GG-CC was increased in the patients of the two groups (AIH: 32.3%, PBC: 37.7%; control: 22.5%). CONCLUSION The above findings suggest that the polymorphisms of CTLA-4 gene probably confer susceptibility to AIH and PBC in the Chinese population.
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- Lie-ying Fan
- Department of Experimental Diagnosis, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical Universtiy, Shanghai, 200003 P.R. China.
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AIM To analyze the association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 with autoimmune hepatitis type I (AIH) among Chinese patients in the Shanghai area. METHODS In 32 patients and 48 healthy controls, polymerase chain reaction amplified with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) was performed to elucidate the relevance of certain alleles or polymorphic sequences of HLA-DRB1 with autoimmune hepatitis. RESULTS The HLA-DRB1 typing by PCR-SSP showed that DR4 had a significantly increased frequency among patients with AIH versus that of healthy controls (46.9 vs 20.8%; relative risk = 3.35, P = 0.014). In the subtypes of DR4, there was a trend of an increase in the gene frequency of DRB1*0405 in patients with AIH versus that of healthy controls (21.9 vs 6.3%, P = 0.04, but corrected P (Pc) = 0.08). In addition, our analysis indicated a significant increase in the alleles frequency encoding Leu-Leu-Glu-Gln-Lys-Arg (LLEQRR) from the third hyperpolymorphic region (HVR3) of DR4 in the patients with AIH (86.7% of DR4 positive patients vs 40.0% in DR4 positive controls, P = 0.016, Pc = 0.028, relative risk (RR) = 9.75). CONCLUSION Type I AIH among Chinese patients is associated with HLA-DR4. There is a relevance of type I AIH and LLEQRR sequence within the third hyperpolymorphic region of the DRB1 allele.
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- De-Kai Qiu
- Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, China.
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BACKGROUND Significant diversity in disease severity has been identified for autoimmune disorders among different ethnic groups but there is a lack of data on autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in populations other than those of European Caucasoid (EC) or Japanese extraction. AIMS To assess the clinical features, response to therapy, and eventual outcome in AIH patients of non-EC ethnicity. METHODS A retrospective review of a regularly updated database of patients with AIH referred to liver outpatient clinics at King's College Hospital, London, since 1983. RESULTS Twelve patients were identified (10 female; six African, five Asian, one Arabic; median age at presentation 30 years (range 12-58)) who satisfied international criteria for type 1 (11 cases) or type 2 (one case) AIH. Nine (75%) had cholestatic serum biochemistry and three (25%) had mild biliary changes on liver biopsy without definitive features of primary biliary cirrhosis or cholangiographic evidence of primary sclerosing cholangitis. Four showed a complete biochemical response to standard prednisolone with or without azathioprine therapy, three partial, and five no response. Four have required liver transplantation for intractable disease. By comparison with 180 EC patients with definite AIH attending during the same period, the non-EC patients were younger (p<0.05), presented with cholestatic biochemistry (p=0.014), and morphological biliary features more frequently (p<0.0005) and showed a poorer initial response to standard therapy (p<0.0005). CONCLUSIONS Clinical expression of AIH in non-EC patients seems to differ in important respects from that in EC or Japanese patients. Management of such patients is challenging and may require alternative or more aggressive treatment strategies.
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- T Zolfino
- Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK
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Yoshida EM, Caron NR, Buczkowski AK, Arbour LT, Scudamore CH, Steinbrecher UP, Erb SR, Chung SW. Indications for liver transplantation in British Columbia's Aboriginal population: a 10-year retrospective analysis. Can J Gastroenterol 2000; 14:775-9. [PMID: 11064314 DOI: 10.1155/2000/907463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To study the indications for liver transplantation among British Columbia's First Nation population. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of the British Columbia Transplant Society's database of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal liver transplant recipients from 1989 to 1998 was undertaken. For primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), the transplant assessment database (patients with and without transplants) was analyzed using a binomial distribution and compared with published census data regarding British Columbia's proportion of Aboriginal people. RESULTS Between 1989 and 1998, 203 transplantations were performed in 189 recipients. Fifteen recipients were Aboriginal (n=15; 7.9%). Among all recipients, the four most frequent indications for liver transplantation were hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (n=57; 30.2%), PBC (n=34; 18.0%), alcohol (n=22; 11.6%) and autoimmune hepatitis (n=14; 7.4%). Indications for liver transplantation among Aboriginal people were PBC (n=8; 53.3%; P<0.001 compared with non-Aboriginal people), autoimmune hepatitis (n=4; 26.67%; P=0.017), acute failure (n=2; 13.3%) and HCV (n=1). Among all patients referred for liver transplantation with PBC (n=43), 29 (67.44%) were white and 11 (25.6%) were Aboriginal. A significant difference was found between the proportion of Aboriginal people referred for liver transplantation and the proportion of Aboriginal people in British Columbia (139,655 of 3,698,755 [3.8%]; 1996 Census, Statistics Canada) (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Aboriginal people in British Columbia are more likely to be referred for liver transplantation with a diagnosis of PBC but are less likely to receive a liver transplant because of HCV or alcohol than are non-Aboriginal people.
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Affiliation(s)
- E M Yoshida
- Department of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Genetic susceptibility to type 1 autoimmune hepatitis in white northern Europeans is related to female sex, HLA alleles encoding the six amino acid sequence LLEQKR at positions 67-72 of the DRB1 polypeptide, and CTLA-4 gene polymorphism. The principal HLA alleles associated with type 1 autoimmune hepatitis in Britain and North America are DRB1*0301 and DRB1*0401. In this model of susceptibility, lysine at position 71 of the expressed DR molecule is the critical amino acid. In Japan, Argentina and Mexico, susceptibility is linked to DRB1*0405 and DRB1*0404. These two alleles encode arginine at position 71 rather than lysine, but they share the motif LLEQ-R with DRB1*0401 and DRB1*0301. Thus, K or R at position 71 in the context of LLEQ-R may be critical for susceptibility. This "shared motif" or "epitope" may optimize T-cell recognition of autoantigen, and other alleles that encode lysine at DRbeta71 may also affect susceptibility and outcome, possibly by increasing the density of lysine or arginine 71 molecules on the surface of antigen-presenting cells. Since the DRB1*0301 allele is part of the extended ancestral 8.1 haplotype, it carries with it additional risk factors for autoimmunity, including TNFA*2 and C4A*Q0. Type 1 autoimmune hepatitis is a polygenic disorder and other yet undefined polymorphic genes may be non-specific immunoregulators. These additional MHC encoded genes and other non-MHC encoded genes may be important determinants of disease susceptibility and severity in type 1 autoimmune hepatitis.
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MESH Headings
- Abatacept
- Adult
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Antigen Presentation
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation/physiology
- Argentina/epidemiology
- Autoantibodies/immunology
- Autoantigens/genetics
- Autoantigens/immunology
- Autoimmune Diseases/ethnology
- Autoimmune Diseases/genetics
- Autoimmune Diseases/immunology
- Brazil/epidemiology
- CTLA-4 Antigen
- Child
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6/genetics
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6/genetics
- Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
- Epitopes/genetics
- Epitopes/immunology
- Europe/epidemiology
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- HLA-DR Antigens/genetics
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/classification
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/ethnology
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/genetics
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/immunology
- Humans
- Immunoconjugates
- Japan/epidemiology
- Male
- Mexico/epidemiology
- Models, Immunological
- Molecular Mimicry
- Protein Conformation
- Risk Factors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/physiology
- White People/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- A J Czaja
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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