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ABSTRACT: Background
Relatives with single positive islet autoantibodies have a much lower risk of progression to diabetes than those with multiple autoantibodies.Materials and methods
TrialNet subjects positive for single autoantibody to insulin (mIAA) (n?=?50) or single autoantibody to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA) (n?=?50) were analyzed using new electrochemiluminescence (ECL) assays (ECL-IAA and ECL-GADA, respectively) at their initial visit and longitudinally over time. Affinity assays were performed on a subset of single autoantibody-positive subjects at initial and most recent visits.Results
After a mean follow-up of 5.3 years, 20 subjects developed type 1 diabetes. Among either single GADA or single mIAA subjects, those who were positive in the ECL assay showed higher affinity at the initial visit, and affinity results stayed consistent over time. No converting events from low to high or high to low affinity were seen over time.Conclusions
Confirmed positivity for ECL is associated with high affinity and can help staging of risk for type 1 diabetes in single autoantibody-positive subjects.
SUBMITTER: Steck AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4931768 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Steck Andrea K AK Fouts Alexandra A Miao Dongmei D Zhao Zhiyuan Z Dong Fran F Sosenko Jay J Gottlieb Peter P Rewers Marian J MJ Yu Liping L
Diabetes technology & therapeutics 20160318 7
<h4>Background</h4>Relatives with single positive islet autoantibodies have a much lower risk of progression to diabetes than those with multiple autoantibodies.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>TrialNet subjects positive for single autoantibody to insulin (mIAA) (n = 50) or single autoantibody to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA) (n = 50) were analyzed using new electrochemiluminescence (ECL) assays (ECL-IAA and ECL-GADA, respectively) at their initial visit and longitudinally over time. Affinity ...[more]