Characterization of patients with diabetes who were incidentally found to be glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibody-positive by bridging-type enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

© 2020 The Authors. Journal of Diabetes Investigation published by Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes (AASD) and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd..

This study aimed to characterize diabetic patients incidentally found to be positive for glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies (GADA) in general practice. Using bridging-type enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, we screened 1,040 patients with phenotypic type 2 diabetes for GADA, finding 25 (2.4%) to be positive. However, on retesting, with a median interval of 19 days, 44% of GADA-positive patients turned negative (Disappearing Group). The mean age at diabetes onset was significantly higher (P < 0.05) and GADA titers at first determination were significantly lower (P < 0.001) in the Disappearing Group compared with the Persistent Positive Group. On initial screening, all patients in the Disappearing Group had GADA titers of <6.5 U/mL. The current study showed that a portion of phenotypic type 2 diabetic patients incidentally identified as GADA-positive were falsely positive, and that to avoid the misclassification, remeasurement of GADA is essential in cases showing very low titers.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Journal of diabetes investigation - 11(2020), 6 vom: 07. Nov., Seite 1507-1510

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kawasaki, Eiji [VerfasserIn]
Fukuyama, Takahiro [VerfasserIn]
Uchida, Aira [VerfasserIn]
Sagara, Yoko [VerfasserIn]
Tamai, Hidekazu [VerfasserIn]
Nakano, Yuko [VerfasserIn]
Tojikubo, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]
Hiromatsu, Yuji [VerfasserIn]
Koga, Nobuhiko [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autoantibodies
Autoantibody
Biomarkers
EC 4.1.1.15
False positive
Glutamate Decarboxylase
Journal Article
Slowly-progressive type 1 diabetes

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Date Completed 19.08.2021

Date Revised 19.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jdi.13307

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NLM310496837