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Santos LO, Laranjeira R, Borborema MEBDA, Sotero-Caio CG, Duarte ADR, Araújo J, de Azevedo Silva J, Santos N. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and expression profile influence upon the immunological imbalance in Turner syndrome. J Endocrinol Invest 2020; 43:505-513. [PMID: 31686401 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-019-01135-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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PURPOSE Turner syndrome (TS) patients display considerable immune misregulation, and it is hypothesized that Vitamin D (VTD) activity may fluctuate according to Vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms and/or expression profile. To uncover a possible relationship between VDR genotype and clinical conditions in TS patients, we investigated two functional VDR variants (Cdx-2 and FokI) for allele and genotype frequencies, as well as expression profile in TS individuals versus healthy controls (HC). METHODS We performed a genetic association study including 100 TS patients and 116 HC. Genotyping for VDR Cdx-2 G > A (rs11568820) and FokI C > T (rs2228570) was performed using Taqman Genotyping Assays. VDR gene expression was also evaluated in 15 TS and 15 HC, using fluorogenic probes by qPCR. Statistical analyses were performed using nonparametric Mann-Whitney test, with a 5% significance level (p < 0.05) to uncover differences between groups. In addition, we investigated whether shifted VDR mRNA levels were associated with Cdx-2 and FokI variants in TS patients. RESULTS We detected a significantly higher frequency of T allele (p = 0.006) as well as T/T genotype (p = 0.01) for FokI in TS patients when compared to HC. When assessing VDR expression, we identified a downregulation in TS woman (- 2.84 FC) versus HC (p < 0.001). Furthermore, C/T (11.24 FC; p = 0.01) and T/T (9.20 FC; p = 0.01) FokI genotypes were upregulated when compared to C/C reference genotype. CONCLUSION TS patients show different distribution of FokI polymorphism. Downregulation of VDR gene expression may contribute to immunological imbalance in TS.
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-600, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-600, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-600, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-600, Brazil
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Vinicna 7, Praha 2, 128 44, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Medical Genetic Service, Institute of Integral Medicine Professor Fernando Figueira, Rua dos Coelhos, 300, Boa Vista, Recife, Pernambuco, 50070-050, Brazil
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Service at Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-600, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-600, Brazil
- Laboratory of Immunopathology Keizo Asami, LIKA, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, 52171-011, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-600, Brazil.
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Swee DS, Spickett G, Quinton R. Many women with Turner syndrome lack protective antibodies to common respiratory pathogens, Haemophilus influenzae type B and Streptococcus Pneumoniae. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2019; 91:228-230. [PMID: 30916795 DOI: 10.1111/cen.13978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Du Soon Swee
- Department of Endocrinology, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
- Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Clinical Immunology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Endocrinology, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
- Institute of Genetic Medicine, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Kucharska AM, Czarnocka B, Demkow U. Anti-natrium/iodide symporter antibodies and other anti-thyroid antibodies in children with Turner's syndrome. Adv Exp Med Biol 2012; 756:131-8. [PMID: 22836628 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4549-0_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Antibodies against the Na/I symporter (anti-NIS ab) have been found in adult patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases. As easily available for the immune system, NIS can play a role in the initial stage of autoimmune thyroid diseases. Children with Turner's syndrome (TS) being at high risk of autoimmune thyroid disease development seem a valuable group for the investigation of the early autoimmune process. The aim of the study was to investigate the presence of anti-NIS ab and its potential clinical significance in TS children. Fifty four girls with TS were examined (age 11.9 ± 2.46 years), and 23 healthy girls with normal thyroid function, free of autoimmune diseases. Anti-NIS antibodies were measured by the in-house ELISA method and the Western blotting. Sera considered positive for anti-NIS ab were used for the iodide uptake bioassay using COS7 cells stably transfected with hNIS. In all patients the thyroid function, antithyroid antibodies presence and thyroid ultrasonography were evaluated. In 20% of the patients a subclinical hypothyroidism was diagnosed and 70.4% had antithyroid antibodies (anti-TPO - 64.8% and Anti-Tg - 24%). Anti-NISab were present in 14.8% girls with TS and in none of the control group. Their presence was unrelated to other antithyroid antibodies titre or patients' age. A positive correlation between the anti-NIS ab presence and the hypothyroidism was found (p < 0.04). Anti-NIS ab-positive sera did not suppress iodine uptake. In conclusion, anti-NIS antibodies were present in 14.8% of children with TS and they were related to the presence of hypothyroidism.
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- Anna M Kucharska
- Department of Paediatrics and Endocrinology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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Calcaterra V, Klersy C, Muratori T, Caramagna C, Brizzi V, Albertini R, Larizza D. Thyroid ultrasound in patients with Turner syndrome: influence of clinical and auxological parameters. J Endocrinol Invest 2011; 34:260-4. [PMID: 20511728 DOI: 10.1007/bf03347082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine thyroid volume and structure by ultrasound (US) in patients with Turner syndrome (TS) compared to healthy controls; to evaluate the frequency and characteristics of autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) and its association with clinical and auxological parameters. PATIENTS 73 patients and 93 height-matched healthy female controls in the same age range were included in the study. RESULTS Thirty-two TS patients (43.8%) presented ATD. They had a larger body mass index (BMI) and presented the 45,X karyotype more frequently than those without. They were older, with a higher prevalence of lymphoedema at birth and pterygium colli without statistical significance. Thyroid volume was 20% larger in the presence of ATD (p=0.037). A dyshomogeneous thyroid structure was observed in all patients with ATD and less frequently in those without (p=0.016). Dyshomogeneity in TS without ATD was also associated with older age (p<0.001), larger BMI (p=0.003) and larger thyroid volume (p=0.006). Six TS patients presented solitary thyroid nodules (5 benign nodules). We observed a significant interaction between diagnosis and height (p=0.035) and age (p=0.047), indicating that both age and height conditioned the observed differences in thyroid volume. CONCLUSIONS Most TS patients presented ATD with a normal thyroid function or subclinical hypothyroidism, without goiter. Dyshomogeneous thyroid structure was also observed in TS patients without ATD. In TS, the evaluation of thyroid volume according to chronological age does not seem to be efficient because of a link between height and thyroid volume. The prevalence of nodular thyroid disease is similar to that observed in the general population.
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- V Calcaterra
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pavia and IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, P.le Golgi 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
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Manola KN, Sambani C, Karakasis D, Baltathakis I, Zoumbos N, Symeonidis A. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation from donors with mosaic Turner syndrome. Bone Marrow Transplant 2006; 38:385-6. [PMID: 16915227 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bettendorf M, Doerr HG, Hauffa BP, Lindberg A, Mehls O, Partsch CJ, Schwarz HP, Stahnke N, Ranke MB. Prevalence of autoantibodies associated with thyroid and celiac disease in Ullrich-Turner syndrome in relation to adult height after growth hormone treatment. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2006; 19:149-54. [PMID: 16562588 DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2006.19.2.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 11/15/2022]
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A prospective, multicenter study of patients with Ullrich-Turner syndrome (UTS) was conducted to estimate the prevalence of autoantibodies to tissue transglutaminase (tTg), thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSH-R), thyroglobulin (TG) and thyroid peroxidase (TPO) in relation to adult height after long-term growth hormone (GH) treatment. Out of 347 near-adult (> 16 years) patients with UTS from 96 German centers, whose longitudinal growth was documented within the Pharmacia International Growth Study (KIGS), 188 returned for a standardized follow-up visit at a median chronological age of 18.7 (16.0-23.6) years (bone age > 15 years). Serum samples of 120 patients were obtained for central measurements of TSH, thyroxine (T4) and free T4 and autoantibodies by standard immunoassays. Information regarding thyroid disease, karyotype and anthropometric data was extracted from the KIGS database. Thirty-six percent of the patients with UTS had positive TG and/or TPO autoantibodies and 4% had positive tTg autoantibodies, whereas 2% had positive TG and/or TPO autoantibodies as well as positive tTg autoantibodies. TSH-R autoantibodies were undetectable in all patients. The detection of autoantibodies was unrelated to a specific karyotype. Median height standard deviation scores (SDS, UTS) at start of GH treatment (0.43; -1.07, 1.85) and at follow-up (1.36; -0.11, 2.57) were comparable in all patients independent of their antibody status. The total deltaheight SDS, however, was higher in patients with negative autoantibody titers (1.08; -0.03, 2.25) compared to those with positive antibody titers (0.68; -0.44, 1.82; p < 0.01). Our study confirms the high prevalence of autoantibodies in patients with UTS predisposing them to autoimmune thyroid disease and celiac disease, and indicates for the first time that autoimmune pathologies may interfere with GH therapy and thus compromise final height. Therefore, medical care for patients with UTS should routinely include screening for these autoimmune disorders in order to assure early detection and appropriate treatment.
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Kucharska AM, Brzewski M, Czarnocka B, Januszek-Trzciakowska A, Rymkiewicz-Kluczyńska B. [Thyroid volume evaluation in girls with Turner syndrome according to normal range for healthy population]. Endokrynol Diabetol Chor Przemiany Materii Wieku Rozw 2006; 12:292-5. [PMID: 17239308] [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: 05/13/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Turner syndrome is a common chromosomal aberration. Among other features of that syndrome susceptibility to autoimmune diseases is well known. Most often there is Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Because of short stature the evaluation of thyroid volume according to chronological age seems to be not efficient. THE AIM of the study was to find an adequate method of thyroid volume evaluation in girls with Turner syndrome using standards for healthy children. MATERIAL AND METHODS 54 girls with Turner syndrome were examined, mean age was 11 years and 9 months. Physical and ultrasonographic examination of thyroid gland was performed. The hormonal state and presence of antithyroid autoantibodies were evaluated. The thyroid volume was evaluated according to normal range (by Delange) for chronological and height age of each girl. RESULTS According to chronological age the thyroid volume was in normal range, but according to height age in 3 patients the thyroid volume was over 97 percentile. They were the same girls in whom we detected goiter according to physical examination. CONCLUSIONS We suggest that proposed method gives the possibility of an accurate evaluation of thyroid volume in patients with Turner syndrome and in other patients with growth deficiency.
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- Anna M Kucharska
- Katedra i Klinika Pediatrii i Endokrynologii AM w Warszawie, Warszawa.
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Wikiera B, Barg E, Konieczna A, Głab E, Noczyńska A. [The prevalence of thyro-peroxidase antibodies and thyroid function in Turner's syndrome]. Endokrynol Diabetol Chor Przemiany Materii Wieku Rozw 2006; 12:190-4. [PMID: 17020654] [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: 05/12/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Higher frequency of autoimmune diseases in patients with Turner's syndrome (TS) compared with the general population has been described. 5 to 10% of cases occur before adolescence. The goal of the study was to determine the prevalence of thyro-peroxidase antibodies (TPO-Ab) in correlation with karyotype, clinical symptoms and hormonal thyroid function in TS patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS 96 girls with TS, aged 0.5-19.8 years (mean age 12.3+/-5.0) and 58 girls matched for age and BMI (control group) were analysed. The diagnosis of TS was established basing on clinical features and karyotype analysis. 54 had X monosomy, 7--isochromosome, 1--other X chromosome aberration, 11--mosaicism 45,X/46,XX, 3--45,X/47,XXX, 1--45,X/46,XX/47,XXX, 19--mosaicism with structural aberration: 12--45,X/46,X,i(Xq), 2--others, 5--with Y chromosome. In all children TSH, FT(4), FT(3), TPO-Ab, cholesterol, triglyceride levels, physical and ultrasonographic examination were performed. RESULTS 25% of TS patients were positive for TPO-Ab. This frequency was significantly higher (p=0.0017) than that seen in the control group (5.2%). Positive titers of TPO-Ab were found: in 42% of girls with isochromosome (46,X,i(Xq) and 45,X/46,X,i(Xq)), 22.2% with X monosomy, and 17.4% with other karyotypes. The percentage of positive TPO-Ab titres increased with cumulative age of TS patients. It was 6.7% at the age of 10 years and almost doubled (12.1%) one year later. The next strong increase was observed at the age of 16 (up to 19.1%) and gradually rose to 20 years of age. Mean age of seronegative patients was significantly lower than that of seropositive patients (p=0.018). Only 2 patients manifested symptoms of hyperthyroidism requiring short period of antithyroid treatment. Others did not reveal any clinical features of thyroid dysfunction, although developed thyroid abnormalities such as elevated TSH (11.4%) or goiter (28%). Lack of correlation between TPO-Ab, thyroid hormones and lipid levels was associated with L-thyroxine supplementation, in patients with mildly elevated TSH, prior to the study. CONCLUSIONS Patients with TS, especially with isochromosome, have antithyroid antibodies more frequently than their co-evals. Therefore, it is important to monitor TPO-Ab from about the age of 10 years even in asymptomatic patients. However, in routine clinical practice, both the thyroid examination and TSH level (even in asymptomatic patients) should be screened yearly for early detection of subclinical hypothyroidism and risk of more severe growth retardation in girls with TS.
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- Beata Wikiera
- Klinika Endokrynologii i Diabetologii Wieku Rozwojowego AM we Wrocławiu, Wrocław
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Matà S, Losi S, Stagi S, Salti R, Lori S. Acute motor axonal neuropathy in a Turner's syndrome patient with a "potential" celiac disease. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2005; 10:210-2. [PMID: 15958133 DOI: 10.1111/j.1085-9489.2005.0010212.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yu BS, Chen RH, Guo XR, Zhang YQ, Wang XN, Li Z, Chen CX, Shan Y. [Thyroid autoantibodies in children with Turner's syndrome]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2005; 43:96-8. [PMID: 15833160] [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: 05/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Turner's syndrome (TS) is characterized by the absence of an X chromosome or the presence of a structurally abnormal X chromosome in a phenotypic female. It was recently reported that autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) was found in 38% of white patients with TS, and few studies in this aspect have been conducted in China. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of AIT among TS patients and risk factors for development of thyroid dysfunction in Chinese children with TS. METHODS Serum antithyroglobulin antibody (TgAb), thyroperoxidase antibody (TPOAb) and thyroid function (T(3), T(4) and TSH) of 24 children with TS (mean age 12.9 +/- 2.4 years, range 4.8 - 16.8 years) were assessed. Their karyotype distribution was as follows: thirteen patients with 45, XO kayrotype, eight patients with structurally abnormal X chromosome, two with X mosaic kayrotype and one with 46, XX. Techniques including radioimmunoassy and elctro-chemiluminescence immunoassy were used in this study. All TS children were divided into two groups. Group one was thyroid autoantibodies (TAA)-positive group, the levels of TgAb and/or TPOAb in them were higher than the normal levels (TgAb < 30%, TPOAb < 20%), respectively, and the remaining patients were assigned into TAA-negative group. RESULTS Seven of the 24 (29%) patients had higher levels of TgAb and TPOAb than the normal values (< 30% and < 20%). The level of serum TSH [6.1 (3.6-100.0) mU/L] in TAA-positive group was significantly higher than that [3.9 (1.7-7.9) mU/L] in TAA-negative group (P < 0.05). The frequency of hypothyroidism or subclinical hypothyroidism in TAA-positive group (5/7) was higher than that in TAA-negative group (3/17) (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION The positive rate of serum TAA in children with TS was 29%. About 70% TS children with positive serum TAA developed hypothyroidism or subclinical hypothyroidism. The results have provided the basis for regular follow-up assessment of thyroid autoantibodies and thyroid function in children with TS, and these measures are of importance for timely diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction and application of appropriate treatment.
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- Bao-sheng Yu
- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, China
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Disturbances in the immune system has been described in Turner syndrome, with an association to low levels of IgG and IgM and decreased levels of T- and B-lymphocytes. Also different autoimmune diseases have been connected to Turner syndrome (45, X), thyroiditis being the most common. Besides the typical features of Turner syndrome (short stature, failure to enter puberty spontaneously and infertility due to ovarian insufficiency) ear problems are common (recurrent otitis media and progressive sensorineural hearing disorder). Levels of IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD and the four IgG subclasses as well as T- and B-lymphocyte subpopulations were investigated in 15 girls with Turners syndrome to examine whether an immunodeficiency may be the cause of their high incidence of otitis media. No major immunological deficiency was found that could explain the increased incidence of otitis media in the young Turner girls.
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- Annika E Stenberg
- Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Dept. of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Porto G, Cruz E, Miranda HP, Porto B, Vasconcelos JC, Lacerda R, Roetto A, Daraio F, Bacelar C. Growth hormone (GH)-induced reconstitution of CD8+ CD28+ T lymphocytes in a rare case of severe lymphopenia associated with Juvenile Haemochromatosis and Turner's syndrome. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2004; 61:437-40. [PMID: 15473875 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2004.02069.x] [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: 12/01/2022]
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This paper describes a rare case of Turner's syndrome associated with Juvenile Haemochromatosis and severe lymphopenia, followed-up for a period of 5 years. Because of the indication for treatment with growth hormone (GH), this case was observed as a model to analyse the effects of GH on growth, iron mobilization and lymphocyte reconstitution. For this purpose, a serial study of the T lymphocyte subpopulations CD4+, CD8+, CD8+ CD28+ and CD8+ CD28- was performed by immunophenotyping during the follow-up period. Besides the impact of both phlebotomy treatment and GH on the rapid growth and mobilization of 20.8 g of iron in 136 weeks, the most relevant observation was the finding of a significant expansion of CD8+ T lymphocytes expressing the costimulatory marker CD28 in the setting of the severe lymphopenia. These findings constitute new clinical evidence supporting the notion that the GH/IGF-1 system has an important role on the maintenance of T cell homeostasis in vivo, and that GH may be regarded as a putative therapeutic agent in T lymphocyte reconstitution.
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- Graça Porto
- Santo António General Hospital, Porto, Portugal.
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Calcaterra V, Brazzelli V, D'Alterio R, Martinoli S, Pandolfi R, Larizza D, Borroni G. [Halo Nevus (HN) in Turner's syndrome (ST): caracteristics and correlation with patient's age]. Minerva Pediatr 2001; 53:492. [PMID: 11668285] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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- V Calcaterra
- IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Dipartimento di Patologia Umana ed Ereditaria, Clinica Dermatologica, Università degli Studi, Pavia, Italy
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Rujner J, Wisniewski A, Gregorek H, Wozniewicz B, Młynarski W, Witas HW. Coeliac disease and HLA-DQ 2 (DQA1* 0501 and DQB1* 0201) in patients with Turner syndrome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2001; 32:114-5. [PMID: 11176342 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200101000-00033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- J Rujner
- Department of Gastroenterology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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Gillett PM, Gillett HR, Israel DM, Metzger DL, Stewart L, Chanoine JP, Freeman HJ. Increased prevalence of celiac disease in girls with Turner syndrome detected using antibodies to endomysium and tissue transglutaminase. Can J Gastroenterol 2000; 14:915-8. [PMID: 11125180 DOI: 10.1155/2000/172914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To establish the prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in girls with Turner syndrome (TS) in British Columbia. METHODS Forty-five girls with TS were prospectively screened for CD using blinded testing with the current 'gold standard' - immunoglobulin A (IgA) endomysium antibody (EmA) and the novel IgA tissue transglutaminase antibody (tTG). Those with positive results were offered small bowel biopsies, and a gluten-free diet was recommended if CD was confirmed. RESULTS One asymptomatic prepubertal East Indian girl was positive for EmA, had an elevated tTG concentration of 560 U/mL and histological evidence of CD. Seven girls were negative for EmA but had elevated tTG concentrations (175 to 250 U/mL); five were white, one was Asian and one was East Indian. Small bowel biopsies were performed on three girls, and the histologies were normal. The remaining four patients declined biopsy. CONCLUSIONS One girl with TS was identified with CD from 45 screened, giving an overall biopsy-confirmed prevalence of 2.2%. This study confirms previous observations placing girls with TS at higher risk for CD and suggests a similar high prevalence in British Columbia.
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- P M Gillett
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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Markert UR, Vogelsang H, Jäger L. Selective T-cell deficiency in Turner's syndrome. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2000; 10:312-3. [PMID: 11108446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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The case of a 29-year-old Caucasian woman with 45 X0 karyotype, known as Turner's syndrome, and a recently diagnosed selective T-cell deficiency is reported. The main clinical features of the patient were recurrent sinopulmonary infections and a negative skin test with seven common recall antigens. Laboratory findings included lymphocytopenia, highly elevated CD45RA/CD45R0 ratio, as well as reduced expression of the co-stimulatory molecules CD154, CD86, CD80 and CD28 on CD4+ cells in combination with disturbed lymphocyte transformation in vitro. Markedly decreased levels of interleukin (IL)-2R, both on lymphocyte surface as well as the soluble analog, suggest a new form of x-linked immunodeficiency associated with Turner's syndrome.
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Reimand K, Peterson P, Hyöty H, Uibo R, Cooke I, Weetman AP, Krohn KJ. 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase autoantibodies are rare in premature ovarian failure. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000; 85:2324-6. [PMID: 10852471 DOI: 10.1210/jcem.85.6.6630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 11/19/2022]
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Premature ovarian failure (POF) is a disorder of heterogeneous etiology, and autoimmunity has been suspected as one cause of POF. The steroidogenic enzyme, 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3betaHSD), has been characterized as a potential autoantigen in POF as well as in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 1 diabetes). Here we studied the presence of steroid cell antibodies (SCA), autoantibodies to 3betaHSD and to two other known autoantigens in ovarian failure, steroidogenic enzymes 17alpha-hydroxylase (P450c17), and side-chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc) in POF patients and patient groups with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndromes type 1 and 2 (APS1 and -2), isolated Addison's disease, type 1 diabetes, and healthy controls. The SCA were found in 2 of 48 POF, 11 of 15 APS1, and 1 of 9 APS2, and autoantibodies to in vitro translated 3betaHSD protein were detected in 1 POF serum associated with Addison's disease and 3 APS1 sera. All 3betaHSD precipitating sera were also positive for SCA. However, no SCA or 3betaHSD autoantibodies were found in 38 Addison's disease, 28 type 1 diabetes, and 71 healthy control sera. In analysis of autoantibodies to P450c17 and P450scc, antibodies to these enzymes were not found in POF sera, but were found in 10 and 12 APS1 patient sera, respectively, and 1 APS2 patient serum contained anti-P450c17 antibodies. Our results show that autoantibodies to 3betaHSD in POF patients are rare and are also found in patients with APS1.
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- K Reimand
- Institute of General and Molecular Pathology, University of Tartu, Estonia.
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Terpyliak OI. [The characteristics of the distribution of HLA antigens in the families of children with aneuploid chromosomal pathology]. Tsitol Genet 1999; 33:71-8. [PMID: 10643047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Search of possible immunogenetic markers of tendency to form aneuploid offspring was carried out. We have studied HLA-antigens distribution among families with Down syndrome and Turner syndrome children and among families with miscarriages. The disposition to reproduction of affected offspring is associated with following HLA-antigens: B40, B41 and B51. The most typical haplotypes among families with affected offspring were: A2B27, A2B40, A2B51, A9B51, A10B8, A10B40. The HLA-antigens distribution among families with miscarriages supports evidence, that certain haplotypes can contribute to aneuploidy in progeny.
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Larizza D, Martinetti M, Lorini R, Dugoujon JM, Tinelli C, Vitali L, Calcaterra V, Cuccia M, Severi F. Parental segregation of autoimmunity in patients with Turner's syndrome: preferential paternal transmission? J Autoimmun 1999; 12:65-72. [PMID: 10028024 DOI: 10.1006/jaut.1998.0250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 11/22/2022]
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The prevalence of autoantibodies has been reported to be increased in both patients with Turner's syndrome and their parents. We evaluated organ-specific and non-organ-specific autoantibodies in 95 patients, ranging in age from infancy to adulthood, and in most of their parents, in order to determine the characteristics of autoimmune disorders in these families and to relate it to the genetic markers usually involved in autoimmunity (HLA, GM and KM genes). A statistically significant difference was observed between Turner patients and controls in the frequencies of organ-specific autoantibodies, in particular thyroid microsomal antibodies and thyroglobulin antibodies; however, the presence of autoantibodies was not associated with overt diseases in most cases. No significant difference was found between parents and controls. A study of the inheritance of the autoimmunity showed that transmission was preferentially paternal, since Turner patients had more chance of presenting autoantibodies when their fathers had autoantibodies rather than their mothers. A positive association was found between the presence of auto-antibodies and HLA-DR7;DQ2 and HLA-DR7;DQ9 haplotypes in Turner patients and fathers. No significant association was found between GM and KM allotype frequencies in Turner patients and their parents and the presence of autoantibodies. No epistatic interaction was demonstrated between HLA and GM or KM genes. Familial segregation was studied and a preferentially paternal transmission of HLA-DR7-carrying haplotypes and possibly also of the KM (1) allotype with autoimmunity was observed.
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- D Larizza
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Zinn AR, Tonk VS, Chen Z, Flejter WL, Gardner HA, Guerra R, Kushner H, Schwartz S, Sybert VP, Van Dyke DL, Ross JL. Evidence for a Turner syndrome locus or loci at Xp11.2-p22.1. Am J Hum Genet 1998; 63:1757-66. [PMID: 9837829 PMCID: PMC1377648 DOI: 10.1086/302152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Turner syndrome is the complex human phenotype associated with complete or partial monosomy X. Principle features of Turner syndrome include short stature, ovarian failure, and a variety of other anatomic and physiological abnormalities, such as webbed neck, lymphedema, cardiovascular and renal anomalies, hypertension, and autoimmune thyroid disease. We studied 28 apparently nonmosaic subjects with partial deletions of Xp, in order to map loci responsible for various components of the Turner syndrome phenotype. Subjects were carefully evaluated for the presence or absence of Turner syndrome features, and their deletions were mapped by FISH with a panel of Xp markers. Using a statistical method to examine genotype/phenotype correlations, we mapped one or more Turner syndrome traits to a critical region in Xp11.2-p22.1. These traits included short stature, ovarian failure, high-arched palate, and autoimmune thyroid disease. The results are useful for genetic counseling of individuals with partial monosomy X. Study of additional subjects should refine the localization of Turner syndrome loci and provide a rational basis for exploration of candidate genes.
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- A R Zinn
- Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Dallas, USA.
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al-Attas RA, Rahi AH. Common variable immunodeficiency with CD4+ T lymphocytopenia and overproduction of soluble IL-2 receptor associated with Turner's syndrome and dorsal kyphoscoliosis. J Clin Pathol 1997; 50:876-9. [PMID: 9462277 PMCID: PMC500276 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.10.876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 02/06/2023]
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An unusual combination of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and Turner's syndrome in a Saudi woman aged 20 years is presented. In addition to panhypogammaglobulinaemia, the patient had CD4+ T lymphocytopenia; however, there was evidence of in vivo activation of T cells and overproduction of soluble interleukin 2 receptor in culture supernate. Mantoux test was positive, but lymphoblastic response to non-specific mitogen was impaired. Immunogenetically the patient was HLA-DR3 positive and karyotypically she was a mosaic (45XO/46XX) with ring X chromosome (46Xr(X)). The presence of severe kyphoscoliosis was possibly related to ring X chromosome. This case highlights the grave consequences of the delayed diagnosis of immunodeficiency and emphasises the heterogeneous nature of CVID.
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- R A al-Attas
- Department of Immunology, Dammam Central Hospital, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
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Mitsibounas DN, Kosmaidou Z, Kontoleon P, Deligeoroglou E, Liberatou E. Hyperlipidemia and presence of thyroid autoantibodies in girls with Turner's syndrome or mosaic variance. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 1997; 10:133-9. [PMID: 9288657 DOI: 10.1016/s1083-3188(97)70073-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The investigation of differences in the medical status between girls with Turner's syndrome or mosaic variance and healthy girls of the same age. In addition, the existence of differences between those persons with full Turner's syndrome and those with mosaic variance were examined. The influence of the treatment was also of concern because a number of the subjects in the study group were being treated with hormones (estrogen and progestin). Investigation concerned cardiovascular abnormalities, bone age, and lipid and hormonal profiles of the participating persons. PARTICIPANTS Girls came to the hospital with problems in their menstrual cycles. Genetic control (karyotyping) took place. Each patient with symptoms of Turner's syndrome or mosaic variance was included in the study group. Every third patient with no symptoms of the syndromes and near the same age were included in the control group. METHODS Stratification was made according to the body mass index of the participating persons. Nonparametric tests were used for the analysis. RESULTS Differences were detected in the levels of cholesterol, low-density lipoproteins (LDLs), high-density lipoproteins (HDLs), and triglycerides, and were increased in the study group. Presence of thyroid autoantibodies, antithyreo-globulin-antibodies (AASTs) and antimicrosomatic antibodies (AASMs), was observed in the study group. In addition, differences were observed in HDL levels between persons with full Turner's syndrome and those with mosaic variance. Finally, significant difference was observed in the level of triglycerides and in the presence of AASTs and AASMs in treated and untreated persons with mosaic variance. CONCLUSIONS Metabolic, genetic, eating or autoimmune mechanisms are suspected.
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Turner's syndrome is characterized, amongst other things, by growth retardation with high serum levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) in relation to growth, by a tendency to autoimmune disease and by insulin resistance with hyperlipidaemia. Assuming a role for IGF-I subresponsiveness in the last two features, the present study was designed to evaluate in patients with Turner's syndrome their monocyte/macrophage response to growth hormone (GH) and to IGF-I with respect to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) degradation and to the monocyte-dependent lymphocyte proliferation. Nineteen patients with Turner's syndrome and puberty-matched control subjects were studied. Monocytes were isolated from the blood of the patients and the control group, and cultured to develop into macrophages. The cells were then incubated with 125I-labelled LDL (25 micrograms of protein mL-1) in the absence or presence of 50 ng mL-1 IGF-I or GH, and cellular lipoprotein degradation was determined. GH and IGF-I effects on T-cell proliferation were measured in autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction Monocytes/macrophages degradation of LDL was lower in Turner's syndrome patients than in control subjects (P < 0.05). IGF-I stimulated LDL degradation by 42 +/- 8% in the control subjects and by only 16 +/- 7% in Turner's syndrome patients (P < 0.05). Control lymphocyte proliferation in AMLR was significantly augmented by 50-100 ng mL-1 GH or IGF-I. Lymphocytes derived from peripheral blood of Turner's syndrome patients remained almost unaffected by either GH or IGF-I. Measurement of IL-2 secretion by purified blastoid T lymphocytes-I. revealed a significant augmentation by 100 ng mL-1 GH and by 50-100 ng mL-1 IGF-I in control subjects, and almost no response in Turner's0 ng syndrome. Turner's syndrome is associated with decreased sensitivity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to GH and to IGF-I, as is evident by the reduction in LDL degradation, monocyte-stimulated T-lymphocyte proliferation and IL-2 secretion by blastoid T cells.
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- Z Hochberg
- Department of Pediatrics, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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Scarpa R, Lubrano E, Castiglione F, Morace F, Ames PR, Oriente P. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and Turner's syndrome: a novel association. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1996; 14:449-50. [PMID: 8871850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Chiovato L, Larizza D, Bendinelli G, Tonacchera M, Marinó M, Mammoli C, Lorini R, Severi F, Pinchera A. Autoimmune hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism in patients with Turner's syndrome. Eur J Endocrinol 1996; 134:568-75. [PMID: 8664977 DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1340568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 02/01/2023]
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A high prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) has been described in Turner's syndrome (TS) but the extent of this association is controversial for the prevalence of thyroid autoantibody and the clinical impact of thyroid dysfunction. In this study we searched for thyroid disease and thyroid autoantibodies in patients with TS. Seventy-five unselected TS patients (age range 3-30 years) were studied. Sera were tested for thyroid hormones, thyrotropin (TSH), thyroglobulin (TG-ab) and thyroperoxidase (TPO-ab) antibodies. The TSH-receptor antibodies with thyroid-stimulating (TS-ab) or TSH-blocking activity (TSHB-ab) were measured in the IgG fraction using a bioassay. Ten out of 75 (13.3%) TS patients had AITD: eight had autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) (six with subclinical and two with overt hypothyroidism and one with euthyroidism) and one had Graves' disease. The prevalence of AITD increased significantly (p < 0.05) from the first (15%) to the third (30%) decade of life. The prevalence of TPO-ab and/or TG-ab (20%) was higher (p < 0.05) in TS than in age-matched female controls and increased from the first (15%) to the third (30%) decade of life. Clinical AITD was diagnosed in 46% of TS patients with TPO-ab and/or TG-ab. Thyroid-stimulating antibody was detected in the hyperthyroid patient, and TSHB-ab was found in one of eight patients with hypothyroid AT. It was concluded that: TS patients are at higher than average risk of developing AITD not only in adolescence and adult age but also in childhood; hypothyroidism, mainly subclinical, is the most frequent thyroid dysfunction; elevated TPO-ab and/or TG-ab alone do not imply thyroid dysfunction; TS-ab or TSHB-ab are always associated with thyroid dysfunction although most cases of autoimmune hypothyroidism are not due to the latter antibody.
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- L Chiovato
- Istituto di Endocrinologia, Università di Pisa, Italy
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Wilson R, Chu CE, Donaldson MD, Thomson JA, McKillop JH, Connor JM. An increased incidence of thyroid antibodies in patients with Turner's syndrome and their first degree relatives. Autoimmunity 1996; 25:47-52. [PMID: 9161699 DOI: 10.3109/08916939608994725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Previous studies have suggested that there may be a link between Turner's syndrome and autoimmunity. The numbers involved in these studies have tended to be small and few studies have included family members. This study has compared the incidence of thyroid antibodies in the serum of 60 patients with Turner' syndrome and 50 of their mothers with 127 controls. Total T4 and TSH levels were also measured. Of the 60 patients with Turner's syndrome 18 (30%) were positive for either thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and/or thyroglobulin antibodies. The peak incidence of thyroid antibodies occurred at 13 years of age. 11 (22%) of the mothers were also antibody positive. The incidence of thyroid antibodies was significantly higher in both the patients with Turner's Syndrome (30 vs 1.7% p < 0.001) and their mothers (22 vs 6.6% p < 0.05) than in the control groups. The increased incidence of thyroid antibodies found in these patients and their mothers confirms that there is an association between Turner's Syndrome and autoimmunity. However unlike previous studies we found more patients were positive for thyroglobulin than TPO antibodies.
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- R Wilson
- University Department of Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Department of Child Health
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Radetti G, Mazzanti L, Paganini C, Bernasconi S, Russo G, Rigon F, Cacciari E. Frequency, clinical and laboratory features of thyroiditis in girls with Turner's syndrome. The Italian Study Group for Turner's Syndrome. Acta Paediatr 1995; 84:909-12. [PMID: 7488816 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13791.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 01/25/2023]
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A total of 478 patients, mean age 15.5 (3.6-25.3) years, suffering from Turner's syndrome, were studied in order to determine the frequency of autoimmune thyroiditis, which is defined as the presence of antithyroid antibodies (AT-Ab) and typical ultrasound findings. We found 106 (22.2%) patients positive for AT-Ab and of those 49 (10%) also had positive ultrasound findings, and were therefore considered to be affected by thyroiditis. This frequency is significantly higher (p < 0.001) than that seen in the normal population. Goitre was detected on clinical examination in only 16 (33%) and by ultrasound in 19 (39%) patients. Hormonal evaluation showed that 17 patients were euthyroid, 27 had compensated hypothyroidism, 2 were hypothyroid and 3 were in a hyperthyroid phase. Clinical signs or symptoms of hypothyroidism were absent in all hypothyroid patients. In patients with thyroiditis, neither a higher frequency of malformations and autoimmune diseases nor a correlation with karyotype, oestrogens or growth hormone therapy was found.
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- G Radetti
- Reparto di Pediatria, Ospedale Regionale di Bolzano, Università di Bologna, Italy
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Ivarsson SA, Ericsson UB, Nilsson KO, Gustafsson J, Hagenäs L, Häger A, Moell C, Tuvemo T, Westphal O, Albertsson-Wikland K. Thyroid autoantibodies, Turner's syndrome and growth hormone therapy. Acta Paediatr 1995; 84:63-5. [PMID: 7734902 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13485.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 01/26/2023]
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The prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies, i.e. thyroglobulin antibodies and antibodies to thyroid peroxidase, was analyzed in 89 girls, aged 3-16 years (mean age 10 years), with Turner's syndrome. The analyses were performed before the start of growth-promoting treatment and during a follow-up period of 1-5 years. The patients were divided into four groups according to karyotype as follows: group 1, 45, X (n = 63); group 2 with structural abnormalities of the X chromosome (n = 10); group 3 with mosaicism but no structural abnormalities of the X chromosome (n = 10); and group 4, with isochromosome X of the long arm (n = 12): 199 healthy girls aged 12 years, served as controls. Thyroid autoantibodies were demonstrated in 46 of 89 (52%) patients with Turner's syndrome compared with 34 of 199 (17%) age-matched control girls (p < 0.001), thus confirming the relationship between thyroid abnormalities and Turner's syndrome. There was also an increase in the prevalence of thyroid antibodies with age. Simultaneous presence of both autoantibodies was significantly more frequent in group 1 (45, X) and group 4 (isochromosome X of the long arm) than in group 3 (mosaicism) (p = 0.04 and p < 0.002, respectively) and significantly more frequent in group 4 than in group 1 (p < 0.05). During 12-60 months of growth-promoting treatment, no increase in the prevalence of thyroid antibodies was observed. The findings demonstrate the importance of continuous monitoring of thyroid function in girls with Turner's syndrome.
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- S A Ivarsson
- Department of Pediatrics, Universities of Lund, Sweden
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HLA (human leukocyte antigens) antigens A, B, and DR were determined in a series of 50 patients with gonadal dysgenesis (GD), separated into different groups according to karyotype. There were no significant differences in frequency of HLA antigen types between GD patients and the population control. When frequencies of the HLA antigens in the various GD patient groups by karyotype were compared, only one significant difference was found: HLA-A3 was more common among GD patients with isochromosome X than among GD patients with karyotype 45,X (p < 0.001, corr. p < 0.008). Although GD patients have a higher expectancy for development of autoimmune disorders, and in our 50 patients thyroglobulin and/or microsomal antibodies were detected in 20 (i.e., 40%), we failed to find any increased frequency of specific HLA antigen types known to be associated with juvenile autoimmune thyroiditis.
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- B Filipović
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia
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Larizza D, Zelaschi F, Vitali L, Lorini R. Autoantibodies in children and adolescents with Turner syndrome. Horm Res 1994; 41:236. [PMID: 7959627 DOI: 10.1159/000183931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Serum CA 125 was measured by radioimmunoassay during the first trimester at intervals of 2 weeks in a woman with Turner's syndrome, who conceived following ovum donation from a healthy anonymous donor. Serum CA 125 concentrations were lower than or at the 10th percentile of the normal range. These findings imply that CA 125 may be secreted from the ovary in the first trimester, or produced at another site in response to stimuli from the ovary.
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- J Q Norman-Taylor
- Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, London Hospital Medical College, UK
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Dacou-Voutetakis C, Georgopoulos N, Pappa H, Vlachos K, Tarassi K, Chryssovergi D, Papasteriades C. Increased frequency of HLA B17 antigen in girls with Turner syndrome and their fathers. Dis Markers 1993; 11:263-6. [PMID: 8082315 DOI: 10.1155/1993/243295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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HLA-A, -B and -DR antigen distribution was studied in 49 girls with Turner Syndrome (TS), in 43 of their parents, as well as in 433 controls. No increased frequency of DR3, DR4 was found in our group. However, an increased frequency of HLA B17 antigen was disclosed (18.3% in TS versus 6.4% in the controls, p < 0.001 and pc < 0.01). Furthermore, the HLA B17 antigen was of paternal origin in 77.7% of the cases. The interpretation of the present findings is quite difficult. Most likely, the findings are related to the chromosomal abnormality rather than to autoimmunity. It is quite possible that genes within the region of class I genes create unfavorable circumstances leading to the loss of the sex chromosome or, alternatively, genes in this region confer protection and prevent miscarriage of the affected fetus.
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Nienhuis HE, Rongen-Westerlaken C, Geertzen HG, Rijkers GT, Zegers BJ, Wit JM. Long-term effect of human growth hormone therapy on the prevalence of autoantibodies in Turner syndrome. The Dutch Growth Hormone Working Group. Horm Res 1993; 39 Suppl 2:49-53. [PMID: 8359789 DOI: 10.1159/000182769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Abnormalities of immune status, particularly a high prevalence (about 50%) of thyroid autoantibodies, have been reported before in Turner syndrome. Results are conflicting as regards other abnormalities of immune function. Growth hormone (GH) has immunomodulatory effects, but results of its effects on GH-deficient children are inconsistent. In this study, 42 girls with Turner syndrome, aged 7.3-19 years, are investigated before, during and after 4 years of human GH therapy. Girls over 12 years old also received ethinyl oestradiol. The prevalence of antithyroid antibodies was 16.7% initially, 35.3% after 24-45 months and 48% after 4 years of therapy though, as there was no control group, it was difficult to conclude that GH was enhancing their appearance. Hypothyroidism was extremely uncommon, and the growth response was no different in those who had the antibodies from those who had not. There were no dramatic increases in prevalence of any of the other antibodies investigated, though the prevalence of parietal cell antibodies was higher than expected.
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- H E Nienhuis
- Department of Paediatrics, Wilhelmia Children's Hospital, State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Growth failure starting before birth is a common characteristic in Turner syndrome, and its pathogenesis is still not completely explained. Experiments performed in mice and rats to test whether a genetic disparity between mothers and offspring and maternal immunological status have any influence on litter size have demonstrated that allogenic litters are significantly larger in size than genetically compatible ones. Studies in humans have given contrasting results, but some authors have found that heterozygosity at enzyme loci and in blood groups is positively correlated with intrauterine growth. HLA class I and II polymorphisms were defined in 53 patients with Turner syndrome and in their parents, and lymphocytotoxic antibody detection was performed in 36 mothers. These data were related to the patients' birth weight. The frequency of the HLA-B16 allele in patients with a birth weight greater than 10th centile was significantly higher in comparison with those less than 10th centile. HLA antigen sharing was present in 43 couples (81.1%). Mean birth weight was 2934 +/- 472 g in patients without HLA antigen parental sharing and 2721 +/- 529 g in those whose parents shared HLA antigens. The mean birth weight of the 10 patients whose parents do not share HLA antigens was significantly higher than that of the patients with parental HLA-B+ DR sharing (P less than 0.05) and not significantly highe than in those patients with parental HLA sharing at other HLA loci. Patients whose parents shared B+DR antigens also had significantly smaller birth weights than those with B and A+B+DR sharing (P less than 0.025 and P less than 0.025). No significant difference in mean birth weight was found in relation to other parameters, such as mother-child histocompatibility, HLA homozygosity and lymphocytotoxic production in the mothers.
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- D Larizza
- Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Italy
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Glück M, Attanasio A, Speer U, Butenandt O, Tietze HU, Scherbaum WA. Prevalence of autoantibodies to endocrine organs in girls with Ullrich-Turner syndrome aged 5-14 years. Horm Res 1992; 38:114-9. [PMID: 1306841 DOI: 10.1159/000182525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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: 12/26/2022]
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Endocrine function tests and a broad panel of autoantibodies to endocrine organs were assessed in 77 patients aged 5-14 years with Ullrich-Turner syndrome (UTS), who were included in the German UTS Multicenter Study. None of these patients had abnormal pituitary, thyroid or adrenocortical function, as assessed by the adequate hormone tests. Antibodies to thyroid microsomes were found in 3 of the 77 (3.9%), antibodies to thyroglobulin in 0/77, antibodies to adrenocortical cells in 1/77 (1.3%), gastric parietal cell antibodies in 2/77 (2.6%), and anterior pituitary cell antibodies in 3/77 (3.9%) probands. These prevalences were not significantly higher than those obtained in 154 age- and sex-matched normal control children when 2 control subjects were assigned to each patient with UTS. Our data do not show an increase in serological signs of endocrine autoimmunity in young patients with UTS suggesting that a putative association of these syndromes does not exist from birth and is not usually present in childhood. However, we cannot exclude the possibility that UTS is associated with factors that render these patients more susceptible to endocrine autoimmunity later in life.
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- M Glück
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulm, FRG
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Marner B, Bille G, Christy M, Damsgaard EM, Garne S, Heinze E, Larsen S, Lernmark A, Mandrup-Poulsen T, Nerup J. Islet cell cytoplasmic antibodies (ICA) in diabetes and disorders of glucose tolerance. Diabet Med 1991; 8:812-6. [PMID: 1837507 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1991.tb02118.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Islet cell cytoplasmic antibodies were determined in 85 individuals 60 to 74 years old with fasting hyperglycaemia, in 65 patients with cystic fibrosis, in 113 patients with pancreatitis, in 21 patients with Turner's phenotype, and in 135 first-degree relatives of patients with Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes. Islet cell antibodies were absent in all 60 to 74-year-old subjects with fasting hyperglycaemia detected by screening, and who did not require insulin treatment within 3 years. Islet cell antibodies were also absent in all patients with pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, or Turner's phenotype. Islet cell antibodies were detected in 2 out of 135 (1.5%) first-degree relatives of new Type 1 diabetic patients, and in 1 out of 371 (0.3%) non-diabetic control subjects. During 12 years of follow-up 1 of the 2 first-degree relatives with islet cell antibodies and the only positive control developed Type 1 diabetes. It is suggested that islet cell antibodies are primarily associated with Type 1 diabetes and not with other disorders of glucose tolerance.
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- B Marner
- Hagedorn Research Laboratory, Gentofte, Denmark
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Rongen-Westerlaken C, Rijkers GT, Scholtens EJ, van Es A, Wit JM, van den Brande JL, Zegers BJ. Immunologic studies in Turner syndrome before and during treatment with growth hormone. The Dutch Growth Hormone Working Group. J Pediatr 1991; 119:268-72. [PMID: 1861212 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)80737-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 12/29/2022]
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Immunologic studies of 14 girls with Turner syndrome were done before and during treatment with biosynthetic growth hormone (GH). Compared with control subjects, the patients before treatment had a decreased CD4/CD8 ratio and an increased number of cells bearing the natural killer cell marker CD16; serum immunoglobulin levels were within the normal range. During GH treatment some of the girls had a slight reduction in the percentage of CD20+ B cells, but we observed no impairment of B lymphocyte function as demonstrated by the normal in vivo antibody response to the primary antigen Helix Pomatia hemocyanin, administered 6 months after the start of GH treatment. The number of CD16+ natural killer cells returned to normal. Although the number of children with thyroid antibodies increased from two before treatment to five after 1 year, no conclusion about an adverse effect of GH is warranted, because the phenomenon might be part of the natural course of the disease. We conclude that girls with Turner syndrome have minor changes in some immunologic measurements and that GH treatment resulted in some alterations that have no effect on immune function.
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- C Rongen-Westerlaken
- Department of Paediatrics, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Check JH. One case of 45,X abortus with high CA 125 level. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1990; 163:1717. [PMID: 2240129 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(90)90662-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Robson SC, Potter PC. Common variable immunodeficiency in association with Turner's syndrome. J Clin Lab Immunol 1990; 32:143-6. [PMID: 1966951] [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: 12/29/2022]
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Common variable immunodeficiency is a heterogeneous syndrome which may occur at any age and may be associated with recurrent sinopulmonary and gastro-intestinal infections, atopic illness, autoimmune disorders and varying degrees of hypogammaglobulinaemia (1). The clinical syndrome is very similar to that described in X-linked agamma-globulinaemia but the mode of inheritance is unknown (2). In this communication, a patient with Turner's syndrome with X-isoX chromosomal pattern in conjunction with common variable immunodeficiency is reported.
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- S C Robson
- MRC/UCT Liver Research Center, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa
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The authors report a case of Turner's syndrome associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and present the various physiopathological hypotheses currently offered to explain the frequent association of an autoimmune pathology and a gonadal dysgenesis with an absence of X chromosome which is held responsible for autoimmunity. Is the chromosomal abnormality a factor predisposing to autoimmunity or does it result from a disturbance of the immune mechanism? Environmental factors, such as bacteria, viruses or some pollutants might be responsible for both the immune disorders and the chromosomal abnormality. The association of the two types of disease may also be accidental. In the present state of our knowledge, there is no answer to these questions.
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- F Ortéga
- Service d'Endocrinologie, CHU, Nancy
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Takano K. [Clinical significance of anti-hGH antibody analysis]. Nihon Rinsho 1990; 48 Suppl:861-3. [PMID: 2355625] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- K Takano
- Department of Medicine & Endocrinology Tokyo, Women's Medical College
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Takano K, Shizume K, Hibi I. Turner's syndrome: treatment of 203 patients with recombinant human growth hormone for one year. A multicentre study. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) 1989; 120:559-68. [PMID: 2658450 DOI: 10.1530/acta.0.1200559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A total of 203 patients with Turner's syndrome were treated with three different kinds of recombinant hGH preparations for one year. One hundred and seven patients were treated with hGH at a weekly dosage of 0.5 IU/kg, 71 with 1.0 IU.kg-1.week-1, and the remaining 25 patients with combined administration of 0.5 IU.kg-1.week-1 hGH and a small amount of anabolic steroid. All three treatment groups showed statistically significant growth increases during the treatment. Fifty percent of the patients treated with 0.5 IU.kg-1.week-1 and 80% of the patients treated with 1.0 IU.kg-1.week-1 showed growth rates more than 2 cm per year greater than pretreatment values or beyond the second SD of the untreated growth rate. Plasma somatomedin C levels were elevated and no remarkable advances in bone age were observed during the treatment. Antibody against hGH was observed in 71.4% and 10.8% of the methionyl-hGH and methionine-free-hGH treated patients, respectively. However, the antibodies did not suppress the growth promoting effect of methionyl-hGH. Otherwise, there were no significant changes in physical or laboratory examinations. No glucose intolerance was observed. These results indicate that hGH treatment is useful for the acceleration of growth velocity in patients with Turner's syndrome.
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- K Takano
- Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan
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Larizza D, Martinetti Bianchi M, Lorini R, Maghnie M, Dugoujon JM, Cuccia Belvedere M, Severi F. Autoimmunity, HLA, Gm and Km polymorphisms in Turner's syndrome. Autoimmunity 1989; 4:69-78. [PMID: 2491644 DOI: 10.3109/08916938909034361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 01/01/2023]
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Considering the high frequency of autoimmune disorders in Turner's syndrome and the close relationship between autoimmunity, HLA and immunoglobulin constant region gene polymorphisms, we studied 46 patients with Turner's syndrome, by determination of autoantibodies, HLA histoglobulins and Gm and Km allotypes. OSA and in particular PCA resulted significantly more frequent in patients than in the controls. A higher frequency of HLA-A31, B38 antigens and of blanks at HLA-A locus was found in Turner's subjects than in the controls. A31 was significantly more frequent in autoantibody positive patients while B38 was more frequent in autoantibody negative Turner's subjects than in the controls. DR4 antigen was present only in autoantibody negative patients. Gm 3; 23; 5* phenotype was significantly less frequent, while Gm 3;..; 5* phenotype was more frequent in patients than in controls. Our data confirm the higher incidence of autoimmunity disorders in Turner's syndrome than in normal subjects. Particular HLA and immunoglobulin types seem to mark this condition. The increase in the blank frequency at A locus could be explained by the presence of a rare antigen at HLA-A locus or a particularly elevated homozygous condition in these subjects.
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- D Larizza
- Pediatric Clinic, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, University of Pavia, Italy
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Polymorphonuclear leucocytes from patients with full Turner's syndrome (45,X) revealed a significantly weaker chemotactic response towards zymosan-activated serum than normal female and male controls. Random mobility and chemokinetic responses of polymorphonuclear leucocytes were normal, and so were all locomotive responses of mononuclear phagocytes in patients with Turner's syndrome. A subclinical polymorphonuclear leucocyte chemotactic defect is suggested by these results, and a possible regulatory effect by a gene(s) in chromosome X (and Y) that must be present in a full double dose to preserve this function can be proposed. Control of polymorphonuclear leucocyte chemotaxis may represent yet another exception to the general rule of X-inactivation.
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- M López-Osuna
- Division of Immunology, Unidad de Investigación Biomédica del Centro Médico Nacional, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F
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One hundred pediatric patients with Turner syndrome were studied to determine the correlation between the presence of anti-thyroid antibodies with age and karyotype, and the value of anti-thyroid antibody titers as predictors of subsequent thyroid abnormalities. (54 patients = 45,X; 46 = other karyotypes.) The frequency of positive titers of anti-thyroid antibodies increased linearly with cumulative age. Anti-parietal cell and anti-adrenocortical cell antibodies were not increased in these patients (1.3 and 2.6% respectively). The ability to use positive anti-thyroid antibody titers to predict the development of thyroid abnormalities increased from age 10 years and became statistically significant at ages 13-17 years for the whole group as well as 45,X patients. None of the patients had clinical symptoms of thyroid dysfunction although 22% developed thyroid abnormalities, which included elevated TSH, low T4, and/or goiter.
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Lacka K, Kosowicz J, Gembicki M. [Radioimmunological determination of thyroid antimicrosomal antibodies in Addison's disease and Turner's syndrome]. Pol Arch Med Wewn 1986; 75:257-62. [PMID: 3797281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A total of 21 patients with Turner's syndrome were treated with pituitary hGH and/or somatrem for 1-2 years. Plasma non-esterified fatty acid increased significantly from 0.52 +/- 0.06 to 1.30 +/- 0.09 mEq/litre at 4 hours after injection of hGH, 4 IU (mean +/- SEM, p less than 0.001). Basal plasma IGF-1 levels were within the normal range; however, they increased significantly at 24 hours after the first three daily injections of hGH, 4 IU (basal, 0.92 +/- 0.14 units/ml; 24 hours, 1.39 +/- 0.16 units/ml; 48 hours, 1.68 +/- 0.19 units/ml; 72 hours, 1.91 +/- 0.22 units/ml; p less than 0.001). For long-term treatment, patients were given hGH, 4-16 IU for 1-2 years. Their height velocity increased to 5.5 +/- 1.2 cm/year and 5.1 +/- 0.6 cm/year in the first and second year of the treatment, respectively. These values were greater than the pretreatment value of 3.6 +/- 0.8 cm/year (p less than 0.001). Antibody against hGH was observed in 60% of the patients at the end of 12 months of somatrem treatment. Otherwise there were no significant changes in physical, blood or urine examinations. These results indicate that hGH treatment is useful for the acceleration of growth velocity in patients with Turner's syndrome.
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In a series of six independent experiments organ homogenates of 35 mice of the XX, XO or XY sex chromosome constitutions were absorbed using three different anti-H-Y antisera raised in inbred female LEW rats. Residual activities of absorbed antisera were tested in the Raji cell, complement-dependent, cytotoxicity test. Homogenates of various tissues, including the gonads, of XX and XO females were equally unable to absorb H-Y antibodies, indicating that tissues of these mice do not carry the H-Y antigen. In contrast, XY male homogenates fully absorbed H-Y antibodies of antisera at concentrations of 1/2 to 1/4. We discuss our findings with special attention to the problem of the existence of one or more H-Y antigens and, to the genetic regulation of the expression of this antigen.
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