Inflammatory Immune Markers Associated With Thyroid Peroxidase Autoantibodies in Children Diagnosed With Both Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac DiseaseShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, ISSN 0300-9475, E-ISSN 1365-3083, Vol. 101, no 4, article id e70015Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is associated with other autoimmune endocrine diseases such as type 1 diabetes (T1D) and celiac disease (CeD). Thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies (TPOA) are biomarkers of AITD but may also occur in patients with other autoimmune diseases. We examined cross-sectional correlations between TPOA and an array of immune markers in a cohort of 90 children with exclusively T1D (n = 27), CeD (n = 16) or a combination of these two diseases (n = 18), compared to a reference group of children without these diagnoses (n = 29). Children with exclusively T1D or T1D in combination with CeD had higher levels of TPOA with an overrepresentation among girls. The correlations between immune markers and TPOA were distinctly different between all study groups. In children with T1D, TPOA correlated mainly with the T helper 1 associated IFN-γ and pro-inflammatory IL-1β. In contrast, in children with combined diagnoses, TPOA was correlated with pro-inflammatory MCP-1, the acute phase proteins ferritin, fibrinogen, and serum albumin A, and adipocytokines resistin and visfatin. Children with exclusively CeD did not show the same strong association between immune markers and TPOA. In conclusion, TPOA positivity was mainly detected in patients with T1D and female sex. Several inflammatory markers correlated with TPOA, indicating a relation to autoimmune parameters in children with T1D, CeD or both, but preceding symptoms AITD.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2025. Vol. 101, no 4, article id e70015
Keywords [en]
celiac disease, thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies, type 1 diabetes
National Category
Endocrinology and Diabetes Immunology in the Medical Area
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-67542DOI: 10.1111/sji.70015ISI: 001456944500001PubMedID: 40170218Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105002066460Local ID: HOA;;1010976OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-67542DiVA, id: diva2:1951347
2025-04-102025-04-102025-04-16Bibliographically approved