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Anti-zinc transporter protein 8 autoantibodies significantly improve the diagnostic approach to type 1 diabetes: an Italian multicentre study on paediatric patients.

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Background and aim

Anti-ZnT8 antibodies (ZnT8A) were recently proposed as a new independent serological marker in Type 1 diabetes (T1D), leading to a significant improvement of the positive predictive value of autoantibody measurement in this setting. The aim of this retrospective multicentre study was to investigate ZnT8A as a complement to the current T1D autoantibody assays in a large cohort of paediatric Italian patients.

Methods

ZnT8A were assessed by ELISA in 213 T1DM paediatric patients referred to six different centres in North-East Italy. Fifty-four were analysed at disease onset, 79 within 4 years from diagnosis and 80 after 5 or more years from diagnosis. Retrospective data about islet cell autoantibodies (ICA), anti-insulin (IAA), anti-glutamate decarboxylase (GADA) and anti-protein tyrosine phosphatase IA-2 (IA-2A) antibodies were collected and compared.

Results

Overall, ZnT8A showed positive results in 106/213 (49.8 %) T1D patients and were found in 10 (4.7 %) subjects previously classified as autoantibody negative based on the existing markers (GADA, IA-2A, IAA and ICA), increasing the overall diagnostic sensitivity from 85.9 to 90.6 %. ZnT8A disclosed the same sensitivity (61.1 %) at disease onset as GADA (61.1 %) and higher than IA-2A (53.7 %), with only GADA showing much persistence in the long-term follow-up. Focusing on patients at disease onset, all the ICA positive were associated with at least one positive autoantibody among GADA, IA-2A and ZnT8A, 16.7 % of whom presenting only anti-ZnT8-positive antibodies.

Conclusion

This study confirms ZnT8A as an important additional and independent diagnostic marker of T1D and supports its introduction in the routine diagnostic process to replace less sensitive methods and improve the overall autoantibody sensitivity.

SUBMITTER: Fabris M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4536236 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Anti-zinc transporter protein 8 autoantibodies significantly improve the diagnostic approach to type 1 diabetes: an Italian multicentre study on paediatric patients.

Fabris Martina M Zago Silvia S Liguori Marco M Trevisan Maria Teresa MT Zanatta Manuela M Comici Alberto A Zanette Giorgio G Carlin Eva E Curcio Francesco F Tonutti Elio E

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<h4>Background and aim</h4>Anti-ZnT8 antibodies (ZnT8A) were recently proposed as a new independent serological marker in Type 1 diabetes (T1D), leading to a significant improvement of the positive predictive value of autoantibody measurement in this setting. The aim of this retrospective multicentre study was to investigate ZnT8A as a complement to the current T1D autoantibody assays in a large cohort of paediatric Italian patients.<h4>Methods</h4>ZnT8A were assessed by ELISA in 213 T1DM paedia ...[more]

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Anti-zinc transporter protein 8 autoantibodies significantly improve the diagnostic approach to type 1 diabetes: an Italian multicentre study on paediatric patients.

Background and aim

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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Anti-zinc transporter protein 8 autoantibodies significantly improve the diagnostic approach to type 1 diabetes: an Italian multicentre study on paediatric patients.

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