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Newly diagnosed latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is associated with low level glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65) and IA-2 autoantibodies

Schranz, D. B. ; Bekris, L ; Landin-Olsson, M. LU ; Törn, C. LU ; Niläng, A. ; Toll, Å ; Sjöström, J. ; Grönland, H. and Lernmark, Åke LU orcid (2000) In Hormone and Metabolic Research 32(4). p.133-138
Abstract

A quantitative assay with microSepharose was used to determine GAD65Ab and IA-2Ab levels in 771 population-based patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus at 15 to 34 years of age, and in 828 matched controls. Among the patients, 587 (76%) were classified with type I, 108 (14%) with type II, and 76 (10%) with unclassifiable diabetes. The levels above normal demonstrated a prevalence of GAD65Ab in 66% of type I diabetes, 50% of type II diabetes and 54% of unclassifiable patients and for IA-2Ab in 40%, 17% and 21%, respectively. Among the autoantibody-positive sera, the LADA patients had a lower GAD65Ab index (median 0.19, p < 0.0001) and IA-2Ab index (median 0.28, p < 0.0001) than the type I patients (median 0.37 and 0.66).... (More)

A quantitative assay with microSepharose was used to determine GAD65Ab and IA-2Ab levels in 771 population-based patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus at 15 to 34 years of age, and in 828 matched controls. Among the patients, 587 (76%) were classified with type I, 108 (14%) with type II, and 76 (10%) with unclassifiable diabetes. The levels above normal demonstrated a prevalence of GAD65Ab in 66% of type I diabetes, 50% of type II diabetes and 54% of unclassifiable patients and for IA-2Ab in 40%, 17% and 21%, respectively. Among the autoantibody-positive sera, the LADA patients had a lower GAD65Ab index (median 0.19, p < 0.0001) and IA-2Ab index (median 0.28, p < 0.0001) than the type I patients (median 0.37 and 0.66). Patients with unclassifiable diabetes had a GAD65Ab (median 0.43) or IA-2Ab (median 0.63) index which was not different from the type I diabetes patients. Our data demonstrate that young adult new-onset LADA patients have low level GAD65Ab and IA-2Ab. The low-level autoantibodies may signify a less aggressive beta- cell autoimmunity, which may explain why these patients are often classified with type II or non-insulin-dependent diabetes.

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Autoimmunity, Diabetes Mellitus, Islet Cell Autoantibodies, ROC Curve, Type I Diabetes, Type II Diabetes
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Hormone and Metabolic Research
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32
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4
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6 pages
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Georg Thieme Verlag
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0018-5043
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English
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  author       = {{Schranz, D. B. and Bekris, L and Landin-Olsson, M. and Törn, C. and Niläng, A. and Toll, Å and Sjöström, J. and Grönland, H. and Lernmark, Åke}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{133--138}},
  publisher    = {{Georg Thieme Verlag}},
  series       = {{Hormone and Metabolic Research}},
  title        = {{Newly diagnosed latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is associated with low level glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65) and IA-2 autoantibodies}},
  volume       = {{32}},
  year         = {{2000}},
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