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Enterocyte actin autoantibody detection: a new diagnostic tool in celiac disease diagnosis: results of a multicenter study. (Articolo in rivista)
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- Enterocyte actin autoantibody detection: a new diagnostic tool in celiac disease diagnosis: results of a multicenter study. (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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- 2004-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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- 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.30296.x (literal)
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- M.G. Clemente; M.P. Musu; R. Troncone; U. Volta; M.Congia; C. Ciacci; E. Neri; T. Not; G. Maggiore; P. Strisciuglio; G.R. Corazza; G Gasbarrini; L. Cicotto; G. Sole; A. Fasano; S. De Virgiliis. (literal)
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- . Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Second Pediatrics Clinic, Cagliari University, Italy.
. Dept. of Pediatrics, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
. Dept. of Internal Medicine, Cardioangiology, Hepatology, S.Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic, Bologna University, Italy.
. Division of Gastroenterology, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
. Dept. of Pediatrics IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
. Dept. of Procreation and Developmental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy.
. Dept. of Paediatrics, University of Catanzaro \"Magna Graecia\", Italy
. Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Italy.
. Dept. of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Italy
. Mucosal Biology Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. (literal)
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- Enterocyte actin autoantibody detection: a new diagnostic tool in celiac disease diagnosis: results of a multicenter study. (literal)
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- Objectives. This study describes a new method to detect autoantibodies against actin filaments
(AAA) as a serological marker of intestinal villous atrophy (IVA) in celiac disease (CD), and
reports the results of an Italian double-blind multicenter study.
Methods. IgA-AAA were analysed by immunofluorescence using a newly developed method based
on intestinal epithelial cells cultured in presence of colchicine. IgA-AAA were blindly evaluated
prospectively in 223 anti-endomysial antibody (AEA) and/or anti- transglutaminase antibody
(TGA) positive subjects and in 78 AEA and TGA negative subjects. IgA-AAA positive patients
underwent an intestinal biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. Moreover, IgA-AAA were retrospectively
investigated in 84 biopsy-proven CD patients and in 2000 new consecutively collected serum
samples from AEA and TGA negative non-biopsied subjects.
Results. IgA-AAA were positive in 98.2% of the CD patients with flat mucosa, in 89% with
subtotal villous atrophy, and in 30% with partial villous atrophy. IgA-AAA were present in none of
the AEA and TGA negative non-biopsied controls. In AEA and/or TGA positive CD patients IgA-
AAA positivity significantly correlated with IVA (p<0.000 in the prospective study, p=0.005 in the
retrospective study). In the prospective study, the values of sensitivity, specificity, the positive
predictive value, the negative predictive value and the efficiency of the IgA-AAA test to identify
patients with IVA were, respectively, 83.9%, 95.1%, 97.8%, 69.2%, and 87.0%. Furthermore, a
significant correlation (p<0.0001) was found between the IgA-AAA serum titre and the degree of
IVA (rs 0.56).
Conclusions. The results of this multicenter study show that the new method for IgA-AAA
detection could represent a practical diagnostic tool in AEA and/or TGA positive subjects, which
would be especially useful when IVA shows a patchy distribution, when the histological picture is
difficult to interpret, or when a biopsy could represent a life-threatening risk. (literal)
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