Prevalence of Yersinia plasmid-encoded outer protein (Yop) class-specific antibodies in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis
| Autor: | V. Petroyianni, Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou, Fotini Boufidou, Chryssoula Nicolaou, J.N. Legakis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Microbiology (medical) endocrine system endocrine system diseases Yersinia Infections Blotting Western Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Yersinia Thyroiditis Western blot Hashimoto's thyroiditis Immunopathology medicine Humans Yersinia enterocolitica Aged biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Yersinia outer proteins (Yops) Thyroiditis Autoimmune General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Antibodies Bacterial Anti-thyroid autoantibodies Blot Infectious Diseases Immunology biology.protein Female Antibody business Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Plasmids |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 7(3):138-143 |
| ISSN: | 1198-743X |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2001.00221.x |
| Popis: | Objective To investigate the prevalence of class-specific antibodies (IgG, IgA) to Yersinia enterocolitica plasmid-encoded outer proteins (Yops) in patients with diagnosed Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Methods Seventy-one patients with Hashimoto's disease, 464 healthy blood donors and 250 patients with non-postinfectious rheumatic disorders (matched controls) were tested for class-specific antibodies to Yops. Anti-Yop antibodies were determined by ELISA and Western blot. Results The prevalence of class-specific antibodies to Yops as determined by ELISA was 14-fold higher (20 of 71; 28.2%) in people with Hashimoto's thyroiditis than in the two control groups. These results were confirmed by the Western blot, with 16 positive sera, three equivocal and one negative. Conclusions There is strong clinical and seroepidemiologic evidence for an immunopathologic causative relationship between Yersinia enterocolitica infection and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Further investigation concerning the mechanisms involved and the possible effects of antibacterial chemotherapy on the outcome of Hashimoto's disease is warranted. |
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