Patients with celiac disease have high levels of diabetes - and thyroid -
related autoantibodies that resolve when the patients are placed on a gluten - free diet (Ventura, J of Pediatrics, Aug 2000)
Circulating disease
related autoantibodies - or disease biomarkers are invaluable for screening patients for pathologies such as cancer, autoimmune disorders, infectious diseases and also to monitor the effectiveness of subsequent treatments.
In RA, a new understanding of the natural history of the disease has emerged demonstrating the presence of highly predictive patterns of RA -
related autoantibodies prior to the onset of arthritis.
Statistical comparison will identify all glaucoma -
related autoantibodies.
Not exact matches
«What makes our findings significant is that these
autoantibodies, which are a good predictor of frailty, are also a known mechanism for promoting chronic inflammation, which underlies a number of diseases and pathologies, especially aging -
related conditions,» says Fedarko.
Multiple
autoantibody positives and their persistence are unequivocally
related to the risk of progression to T1DM.
«Many rheumatologists think that the
autoantibodies are an epiphenomenon — an interesting phenomenon but not directly
related to the cause of lupus,» said Wolin.