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J Endocr Soc. 2019 Feb 20;3(6):1175-1184. doi: 10.1210/js.2018-00344. eCollection 2019 Jun 01.

Central Immune Tolerance of T and B Cells in Patients With Idiopathic Hypoparathyroidism, T1D, and Autoimmune Thyroiditis.

Journal of the Endocrine Society

Samrina Mahtab, Parmita Kar, Soma Saha, Vishnubhatla Sreenivas, Alessandra Sottini, Luisa Imberti, Ravinder Goswami

Affiliations

  1. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  2. Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  3. Diagnostic Department, Centro di Ricerca Emato-oncologica AIL, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

PMID: 31139764 PMCID: PMC6532674 DOI: 10.1210/js.2018-00344

Abstract

CONTEXT: Pathogenesis of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism (IH) is under investigation. Abnormalities in central immune tolerance have yet not been investigated in this condition. T-cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) and kappa-deleting recombination excision circles (KRECs), formed during receptor gene rearrangements, are tools to assess central T- and B-cell output.

OBJECTIVE: We assessed the number of circulating TRECs and KRECs in patients with IH, autoimmune type 1 diabetes (T1D), and autoimmune thyroiditis (ATs) and healthy controls (HCs).

DESIGN: Comparative case-control at tertiary care center.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Absolute and relative TRECs and KRECs were measured in DNA extracted from whole blood of patients with IH (n = 181, 22 of whom were reassessed after a decade of follow-up) and T1D (n = 133), AT (n = 53), and HC (n = 135) using a quantitative real-time PCR/TaqMan

RESULTS: Absolute and relative means of TRECs and KRECs in IH were comparable to HCs, and no differences were found between IH with and without calcium-sensing receptor antibodies or class I

CONCLUSION: Patients with IH showed TRECs and KRECs comparable to HCs, indicating an intact mechanism of T- and B-cell central immune tolerance. Interestingly, absolute TRECs were significantly higher in T1D than HCs, suggesting impaired central immune tolerance in T1D.

Keywords: CaSRAb; T-cell receptor excision circles; autoimmunity; idiopathic hypoparathyroidism; kappa-deleting recombination excision circles

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