Tissue transglutaminase antibodies in celiac disease: assessment of a commercial kit.
Am J Gastroenterol
; 95(9): 2318-22, 2000 Sep.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11007235
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Tissue transglutaminase was identified as the autoantigen eliciting endomysial antibody. A homemade enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based test was recently developed to determine quantitative titers of IgA antitissue transglutaminase antibody. Our objective in this study was to assess the suitability of a newly developed commercial kit for quantitative determination of antibody in patients with untreated celiac disease. MATERIALS We tested serum samples from 79 untreated celiac patients, 42 healthy blood donors, and 18 patients with nonceliac intestinal disorders evaluated in two different centers. Samples were tested for antitissue transglutaminase, and antiendomysial and antigliadin antibodies in the center where diagnosis was performed. To assess interlaboratory variability of methods, 24 samples randomly selected were blindly tested in both centers. Antitissue transglutaminase antibodies were determined using a commercial kit (INOVA Diagnostics, Inc., San Diego, CA).RESULTS:
Untreated celiac patients had significantly higher titers of antitissue transglutaminase than healthy and disease controls (p < 0.00001). According to the cut-off provided by the manufacturers (20 AU/mL), overall sensitivity was 92% (85% for one center and 100% for the other) and specificity was 98% (100% and 95%, respectively). Antiendomysial antibody was 86% sensitive and 100% specific. Discordance between antitissue transglutaminase and antiendomysial antibodies was detected in 13% of patients. Although two antitissue transglutaminase-negative cases had a positive antiendomysial antibody, the inverse situation was found in eight cases. A blind determination of antitissue transglutaminase on the same samples evidenced a good agreement (kappa statistic 0.66) between both centers when assessment was qualitative (based on the decision of positive or negative). Although correlation of titers for both determinations was highly significant (r 0.902, p < 0.00001), a very wide interlaboratory variability (median 50%) was detected when absolute values were considered.CONCLUSIONS:
The quantitative determination of antitissue transglutaminase using a commercial kit was highly sensitive and specific for detection of celiac disease. We observed an incomplete overlapping with antiendomysial antibody. The very high variability of values between laboratories still remains to be solved so as to propose the commercial ELISA assay for the screening of celiac disease.
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Temas:
ECOS
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Aspectos_gerais
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Autoanticorpos
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Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática
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Doença Celíaca
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Transglutaminases
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Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Gastroenterol
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Argentina