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The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which different screening strategies could identify a population of nondiabetic relatives of a proband with type 1 diabetes who had two or more immunologic markers from the group consisting of islet cell antibodies (ICA), micro insulin autoantibodies (MIAA), GAD65 autoantibodies (GAA), and ICA512 autoantibodies (ICA512AA). Relatives of subjects with type 1 diabetes were screened for ICA as part of the Diabetes Prevention Trial-Type 1. A total of 71,148 samples were also tested for GAA and ICA512AA. IAA results were available on 17,207 of these samples using a protein A/protein G MIAA assay as well. The study population was defined to be those in which all four antibodies were tested. There were 1010 (5.9%) relatives with a single autoantibody on initial screening and 394 (2.3%) with two or more autoantibodies. GAA was more sensitive than ICA [GAA, 91% (357 of 394); ICA, 82% (324 of 394)] in the detection of multiple antibody-positive individuals. The addition of ICA512AA to GAA as a screening test increased sensitivity to 97% (381 of 394), whereas adding ICA512AA to ICA as a screening test increased sensitivity to 93% (367 of 394). GAA and ICA identified somewhat nonoverlapping subgroups of multiple antibody-positive subjects. Thus, the substitution of GAA or ICA for the other failed to detect 8-17% of multiple antibody subjects. Higher ICA titers were associated with increased percentages of multiple antibody-positive subjects; 86% of subjects having Juvenile Diabetes Foundation titers of at least 160 were positive for two or more antibodies. A screening strategy combining GAA and ICA512AA resulted in a higher sensitivity than using any marker individually, although statistically it was not significantly higher than using GAA alone. Screening for any three antibodies guaranteed that all multiple antibody-positive subjects were detected. Screening for two antibodies at one time and testing for the remaining antibodies among those who are positive for one resulted in a sensitivity of 99% for GAA and ICA, 97% for GAA and MIAA or GAA and ICA512AA, 93% for ICA512AA and ICA, 92% for MIAA and ICA, and 73% for ICA512AA and MIAA. From a laboratory perspective, screenings for GAA, ICA512AA, and MIAA are semiautomated tests with high throughput that, if used as initial screen, would identify at first testing 67% of the 2.3% of multiple antibody-positive relatives (100% if antibody-positive subjects are subsequently tested for ICA) as well as 4.7% of relatives with a single biochemical autoantibody, some of whom may convert to multiple autoantibody positivity on follow-up. Testing for ICA among relatives with one biochemical antibody would identify the remaining 33% of multiple antibody-positive relatives. Further follow-up and analysis of actual progression to diabetes will be essential to define actual diabetes risk in this large cohort.
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PMID:Screening strategies for the identification of multiple antibody-positive relatives of individuals with type 1 diabetes. 1251 37

It is suggested that a T-helper cell 2 (Th2) shift and Th2 spreading of autoimmunity following immunization with beta-cell antigen causes diabetes protection. To address this, antibody titer and subclass to insulin, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)65, IA-2, and IA-2beta proteins were measured by radiobinding assays in untreated or immunized female nonobese diabetic mice. Untreated nonobese diabetic mice developed autoantibodies to insulin (IAA), but not GAD or IA-2/IA-2beta, and IAA-positive mice had increased diabetes risk (P < 0.001). IAA were IgG1 and IgG2b. In immunized mice, IgG1 and lesser IgG2b insulin antibodies were promoted by subcutaneous injection of insulin plus incomplete Freund's adjuvant, insulin plus Montanide ISA 720, and glucagon plus incomplete Freund's adjuvant, but not by incomplete Freund's adjuvant plus GAD65, IA-2beta, or phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase, or adjuvant alone. Diabetes incidence was significantly reduced in immunized groups with elevated insulin antibody (IA) responses. Spreading of antibody responses to GAD or IA-2/IA-2beta following immunization was rare, and antibody epitope spreading was only detected in IA-2beta immunized mice. Humoral autoimmunity in nonobese diabetic mice is, therefore, limited to IAA with Th2 subclass phenotype and is associated with increased diabetes risk. This contrasts the diabetes protection provided by immunization protocols that promote this response and suggests that Th2 immunity may not be the principal regulator of beta-cell destruction in autoimmune diabetes.
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PMID:Characterization of antibody responses to endogenous and exogenous antigen in the nonobese diabetic mouse. 1267 6

Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a rare form of juvenile diabetes mellitus, defined by early onset, absence of ketosis, non-insulin-dependent diabetes and autosomal dominant inheritance. Advances in molecular genetic analysis have identified mutations accounting for different MODY subtypes, all of them associated with defects of insulin secretion. We present a case of a nine year-old boy, admitted to our outpatient clinic because of mild and intermittent osmotic symptoms (polyuria, polyphagia and polydipsia) and persistently high values of fasting blood glucose in the last year. He had a family history of diabetes in three consecutive generations compatible with autossomal dominant inheritance. His height was 138.5 cm (90th centile) and his weight was 33.5 Kg (90th centile). General examination was unremarkable, in a prepubertal boy. A standard oral glucose tolerance test was performed. The fasting blood glucose was 118 mg/dl with a two hour value of 160 mg/dl. ICA, IAA and GAD autoantibodies were undetectable. He started on diet therapy, keeping his fasting blood glucose measurements on the upper limits of normal and HbA1c in the normal range. He was diagnosed as having MODY 2 on a clinical basis, as it is not possible to perform molecular analysis of this pathology in Portugal. As MODY is recently thought to account for 2-5% of all cases of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus it is important to consider it as a possible diagnosis in children who present with incidental hyperglycaemia. Molecular genetic testing is very important as it enables us to make a firm diagnosis of MODY, to define a follow up plan and to reassure patients families, once the prognosis is significantly different among the different sub-types of MODY. We emphathize the need of creating national and international reference centres where such testing can be done.
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PMID:[Mature onset diabetes of the young (MODY)]. 1268 Feb 90

Right classification of diabetes is important clinical issue. The aim of present study was to compare clinical, biochemical and immunological features, to analyze their practical use and to establish new decision tree which make the distinction between diabetes type 1, LADA, diabetes type 2 and MODY. We studied 97 not obese (mean BMI 26.3 +/- 4.9 kg/m2) patients aged 14 to 70 years, mean age 43 +/- 11.7 years, 53 women, 44 men. Mean duration of diabetes--2.3 +/- 4.3 years. We measured basal and stimulated C-peptide (6 minutes after 1 mg i.v. glucagon) (ELISA) and antibodies titers to glutamic acid decarboxylase--antiGAD65, tyrosine phosphatase-like molecule--IA2 and insulin--IAA (RIA). Autoimmune diabetes (LADA, type 1) was diagnosed with presence of one or more islet antigen antibodies. The highest frequencies had anti-GAD antibodies 33/97 (34%). The most complicated was to sort out group of patients with LADA. Comparison between this group and patients with diabetes type 2 have shown that BMI, co-existence of autoimmune disease, autoimmune markers and basal and stimulated C-peptide level measured at entry for the classification were useful in differentiation. Moreover we observed significantly lower C-peptide basal, stimulated and over basal level in group with MODY diabetes in comparison to diabetes type 2 patients. In the studied group were 5 patients with diabetes type 2 and obesity, in relatively young age. At the end there was one case of ADM (atypical diabetes mellitus). Clinical criteria for the classification of diabetes not always correlated with diagnosis. Autoimmune markers, basal and stimulated C-peptide were useful specially in differentiation between LADA and diabetes type 2 or diabetes type 1. Autoimmune diabetes co-existe with autoimmune disease. Proposed diagnostic scheme take for consideration presence of autoantibodies as well as C-peptide criteria.
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PMID:[Clinical, biochemical and immunological characteristic of diabetes type I, LADA, diabetes type II, and MODY patients]. 1268 30

The aims of the first proficiency evaluation of the Diabetes Antibody Standardization Program (DASP) were to assess general implementation of assay methods and to evaluate the new World Health Organization (WHO) reference reagent for autoantibodies to GAD and IA-2. Forty-six laboratories in 13 countries received coded sera from 50 patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes and 50 blood donor control subjects, together with the WHO reference reagent and diluent serum. Results were analyzed using receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves. Sensitivity was adjusted to 90% specificity in workshop controls. The median adjusted sensitivity for GADA (45 laboratories) was 84% (range 62-96%), for IA-2A (43 laboratories) was 58% (50-74%), and for insulin autoantibody (IAA; 23 laboratories) was 36% (13-66%). ROC curve analysis showed all GADA and IA-2A assays, and 18/23 IAA assays found significant differences between patients and control subjects. There was good concordance between laboratories in ranking of samples by GADA and IA-2A levels or if results were expressed in relation to the WHO reference reagent. Assays that achieved the highest sensitivity for IAA were also concordant in ranking samples, but overall concordance for IAA was poor. Differences in assay protocols between laboratories must be addressed so that all centers and kit manufacturers can perform to the same high standard.
Diabetes 2003 May
PMID:Diabetes Antibody Standardization Program: first assay proficiency evaluation. 1271 42

Clinical symptoms of type 1 diabetes are preceded by a long period of prediabetes stage characterised by anti-islet antibodies occurrence as well as insulin and C-peptide secretion disturbances. The aim of this study was to define the prognostic value of type 1 diabetes antiislet humoral markers (ICA, anti-GAD, anti-IA2 and IAA) and to find out thresholds for insulin and C-peptide levels at which clinically overt type 1 diabetes develops. Antiislet antibodies, serum C-peptide and insulin were determined in 86 children who, considering their antiislet autoantibodies levels, were classified as prediabetics (mean value of the observation period: 50 months). 8 (9.3%) children, who after a mean time of 35 months of prediabetes stage developed clinically overt type 1 diabetes, were selected from this group. ICA were determined by indirect immunofluorescence; anti-GAD and IAA by radioimmunoprecipitation. C-peptide and insulin levels were evaluated by radioimmunologic assays (CIS Bio International, France). Kaplan-Meier life table analysis revealed pEFS=0.89 after 92 months' observation. The risk of developing diabetes within 80 months was established. For children with positive ICA the risk rate was 0.21, for ICA and anti-GAD positive individuals - 0.39, and for ICA and IA2 positive - 0.74. A significant difference in insulin and C-peptide levels was found between children who developed clinically overt type 1 diabetes and those in prediabetes stage (9.90 vs. 21.45 micro U/ml, p<0.008; 0.34 vs. 0.67 pM/ml, p<0.001 respectively). For both hormones thresholds for high risk of developing clinically overt diabetes were pointed out. Using ROC method the threshold for insulin was determined at 12.9 micro U/ml, for C-peptide at 0.45 pM/ml. Not only the presence and levels of autoantibodies but also the plasma concentrations of C-peptide and insulin are important prognostics of clinical onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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PMID:[Prognostic value of humoral and metabolic markers as an evaluation of risk for developing type 1 diabetes]. 1283 33

The congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is associated with increased risk for diabetes and thyroid disease. However, the mechanisms by which the rubella virus may cause these diseases are poorly characterized. Previous studies were carried out before modern immunological methods were available. The present study aimed at evaluating whether autoimmune mechanisms are involved in the pathogenesis by analysing antibodies to biochemically characterized autoantigens. The incidence of clinical diabetes, thyroid disease, coeliac disease and related antibodies (islet cell antibodies, ICA; insulin autoantibodies, IAA; antibodies to the tyrosine phosphatase related IA-2 molecule, IA-2 A and glutamic acid decarboxylase, GADA; thyroid peroxidase, TPO; tissue transglutaminase, TTGA; and gliadin, AGA) and HLA risk genotypes were analysed in 37 subjects affected by or exposed to rubella during fetal life (mean age 22.5 years). One patient had diabetes and four patients had clinical hypothyroidism at the time of the examination. ICA, IAA, GADA or IA-2 A were not detected in any of the patients, while five patients tested positive for TPO antibodies. Coeliac disease or TTGA were not observed. Eight patients carried the HLA-DR3-associated HLA-DQB1*02-DQA1*05 haplotype. These results provide no evidence of an increased frequency of markers for humoral beta-cell autoimmunity in patients with CRS suggesting that diabetes in CRS may be caused by other than autoimmune mechanisms.
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PMID:Humoral beta-cell autoimmunity is rare in patients with the congenital rubella syndrome. 1293 Mar 64

The study aimed to compare the HLA specificities of AAb-positive healthy schoolchildren with those of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). HLA-DRB1 and DQB1 alleles were determined in 178 AAb-positive and 339 AAb-negative schoolchildren aged 6-17 years without first-degree relatives with T1D and in 274 patients with T1D. AAbs against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA), protein tyrosine phosphatase (IA-2A), and insulin (IAA) were determined by (125)I-antigen binding, and islet cell cytoplasmic antibodies (ICAs) immunohistochemically. Here, 82.6% (147/178) of AAb-positive schoolchildren had single AAbs and 17.4% (31/178) had multiple AAbs. In both groups, GADA occurred with highest and IAA with lowest frequency. In children with single AAbs at levels between the 99th and 99.9th percentile, frequencies of the diabetes-associated DRB1 (*03, *04) and DQB1 (*02, *0302) alleles and the protective DRB1 (*15) and DQB1 (*0602) alleles did not differ from those of controls. In patients, the positive associations were confirmed for DRB1*04 (OR = 5.39) and DQB1*0302 (OR = 9.05), whereas DRB1*15 (OR = 0.05) and DQB1*0602 (OR = 0.06) were negative-associated (p < 0.001). The same association was found in schoolchildren with multiple AAbs for DRB1*04 (OR = 3.84), DQB1*0302 (OR = 4.95), and DRB1*15 (OR = 0.1; p < 0.001-0.014), and with high-titer single AAbs (>/=99.9th percentile), but none of them had DQB1*0602. The highest risk genotype DQB1*02/*0302 occurred in 36.5% of patients (OR = 21.07) and in 19.3% of children with multiple AAbs (OR = 8.8; p<0.001). It is concluded that probands with multiple and high-titer single AAbs in the general population have the same genetic predisposition for T1D as patients and are therefore at highest risk for the disease.
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PMID:Multiple and high-titer single autoantibodies in schoolchildren reflecting the genetic predisposition for type 1 diabetes. 1467 44

The aim was to study the natural course of diabetes-related autoantibodies at low concentrations, below "positivity", in a nondiabetic population followed up from infancy. Blood samples were taken from 205 children at 6 weeks, 6 months, 18 months, and 5 years of age. Autoantibodies against GAD(65) (GADA), tyrosine phosphatase (IA-2A), and insulin (IAA) were determined by radioligand-binding assays. All children had detectable levels of GADA and approximately half had IA-2A, but only approximately 10% had detectable levels of IAA during the follow-up period. Many children developed IA-2A already at 6 months of age, similar concentrations were seen at 18 months, and then the levels of IA-2A decreased until 5 years of age. GADA were induced less often at 6 months of age, increased up to 18 months, and fluctuated at similar levels up to 5 years of age. IAA were detectable in so few children and at low levels, so no trend in natural course could be revealed. We conclude that there is a natural induction of humoral immune response to beta cell autoantigens early in life. Our results suggest that the mechanisms of beta cell tolerance to GAD and IA-2 differ in healthy children.
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PMID:Induction of diabetes-related autoantibodies below cutoff for "positivity" in young nondiabetic children. 1467 74

The aim was to study whether cow-milk-free diet during the last trimester of pregnancy influences the development of diabetes-related autoantibodies in nondiabetic children. We also examined the effect of later introduction of cow milk proteins and gluten. Blood samples were taken from 205 children at 6 weeks, 6 months, 18 months, and 5 years, whose mothers had been randomized to either a cow-milk-free diet or not during the last trimester of pregnancy. During the first 3 months of life, cow milk proteins were not fed to the children. Autoantibodies against GAD.(65) (GADA), tyrosine phosphatase (IA-2A), and insulin (IAA) were determined by a radioligand-binding assay. We found specific autoantibodies, although in low concentrations below the traditional cutoff for positivity in the children. The diet of the mother during pregnancy had no influence on development of autoantibodies, nor did duration of breast-feeding or time for introduction of gluten. Cow milk introduction between 3 and 6 months caused a transient increase in GADA at 6 months of age (p < 0.05). Children who developed atopic disease had significantly lower IA-2A at 6 months (p < 0.001).
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PMID:Cow-milk-free diet during last trimester of pregnancy does not influence diabetes-related autoantibodies in nondiabetic children. 1467 75


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