Serum sCTLA-4 level is not associated with type 1 diabetes or the coexistence of autoantibodies in children and adolescent patients from the southern region of Saudi Arabia

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Background: The soluble form of CTLA-4 (sCTLA-4) is associated with several autoimmune diseases. The aim of the study is to measure the serum sCTLA-4 levels in type I diabetic (T1DM) patients and to assess the presence of autoantibodies for a possible association. Methods: One hundred forty-two T1DM patients were enrolled in the study. Fifty of them were serologically positive for co-existing autoantibodies. One hundred and five subjects were enrolled in the study, as non-diabetic controls (1–17 years of age; median age—10 years). The serum samples of all the subjects were analyzed with ELISA to detect the concentration of sCTLA-4 and anti-GAD/IA2 IgG. Standard statistical analysis was conducted as required. Results: Ninety-four (66%) subjects of T1DM patients and five (4.7%) subjects of the non-diabetic group had antibodies positive for anti-GAD/IA2. Serum sCTLA-4 was low in most of the subjects of both the diabetic and control groups (p = 0.18). In the control group, nine individuals (8.6%) were positive for sCTLA-4. Similarly, only seven patients (4.9%) in the T1DM group had high levels of sCTLA-4, of which two were found to be double positive for anti-thyroid peroxidase and anti-thyroglobulin antibodies. In addition, among the T1DM patients, no significant relationships were observed between sCTLA-4 levels and age of onset (p = 0.43), disease duration (p = 0.09), or glycemic control (p = 0.32). Conclusion: Despite the previous findings of high sCTLA-4 levels in autoimmune diseases, serum levels of sCTLA-4 are not significantly different between T1DM patients and non-diabetic adolescents. Furthermore, we did not observe any association with autoantibody presence, glycemic control, or disease duration.

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Al-Hakami, A. (2020). Serum sCTLA-4 level is not associated with type 1 diabetes or the coexistence of autoantibodies in children and adolescent patients from the southern region of Saudi Arabia. Autoimmunity Highlights, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13317-020-00142-0

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