Autoimmunity against pancreatic islets and other tissues before and after interferon-alpha therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus chronic infection.

C Betterle, P Fabris, R Zanchetta, B Pedini… - Diabetes …, 2000 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of clinical and latent
autoimmune diseases in Italian patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection before …

Epitope spreading and a varying but not disease-specific GAD65 antibody response in Type I diabetes

P Söhnlein, M Müller, K Syren, U Hartmann, BO Böhm… - Diabetologia, 2000 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis. The aim of this study was to analyse the conformational and linear epitope
profiles of glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (GAD65-ab)-positive sera to find disease …

Risk of type 1 diabetes development in children with incidental hyperglycemia: a multicenter Italian study

R Lorini, A Alibrandi, L Vitali, C Klersy… - Diabetes …, 2001 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—The aim of our study was to determine whether children with incidental
hyperglycemia are at an increased risk of develo** type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN …

The levels of circulating TRAIL at the onset of type 1 diabetes are markedly decreased in patients with ketoacidosis and with the highest insulin requirement

G Tornese, D Iafusco, L Monasta, C Agnoletto… - Acta …, 2014 - Springer
Experimental evidence in animal models suggests that TNF-related apoptosis-inducing
ligand (TRAIL), a member of the TNF superfamily, might play an important role in type 1 …

Anti-pancreatic autoimmunity and Graves' disease: study of a cohort of 600 Caucasian patients

D Maugendre, F Vérité, I Guilhem… - European journal of …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study was to investigate the frequencies of clinical diabetes and humoral
markers of anti-pancreatic autoimmunity in a homogeneous population of 600 Caucasian …

Glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody positivity is associated with an impaired insulin response to glucose and arginine in nondiabetic patients with autoimmune …

AL Lethagen, UB Ericsson, B Hallengren… - The Journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
To study whether antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADab) are associated with
subclinical β-cell damage and impaired insulin secretion, we screened 441 nondiabetic …

Low Frequency of Autoantibodies to Islet Cell, Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase, and Second‐Islet Antigen in Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Follow‐up …

A Lapolla, D Fedele, B Pedini… - Annals of the New …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of patients with gestational diabetes
mellitus (GDM) who have serological markers typical of autoimmune type 1 DM. The specific …

Italian Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AME) & Italian Association of Clinical Diabetologists (AMD) position statement: diabetes mellitus and thyroid disorders …

E Guastamacchia, V Triggiani, A Aglialoro, A Aiello… - Endocrine, 2015 - Springer
Thyroid disease and diabetes mellitus, the most common disorders in endocrine practice,
are not infrequently associated in the same subject. An altered thyroid function may affect …

Association of HELLP syndrome with autoimmune antibodies and glucose intolerance.

R Weitgasser, D Spitzer, I Kartnig, M Zajc… - Diabetes …, 2000 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE: HELLP syndrome is a severe form of preeclampsia, characterized by
hemolysis (H), elevated liver enzymes (EL), and low platelets (LP), whose pathogenesis is …

Normal values of first-phase insulin response to intravenous glucose in healthy Italian children and adolescents. The Prediabetes Study Group of the Italian Society for …

R Lorini, M Vanelli - … of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism: JPEM, 1996 - europepmc.org
This study reports the first-phase insulin response (FPIR) calculated on a wide pediatric
population. 138 non-obese, ICA-and GAD65 antibody-negative subjects, without family …