Strongly positive tissue transglutaminase antibody assays without celiac disease

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-28

  Freeman, Hugh James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Sprue like' intestinal disease; Celiac disease; Crohn's disease; Gluten sensitive enteropathy; Small intestinal biopsy; Specificity and sensitivity of serological tests; Tissue transglutaminase(tTG); Unclassified sprue

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUTAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 1442350539     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/912053     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Dieterich W, Ehnis T, Bauer M, et al. Identification of tissue transglutaminase as the auto-antigen of celiac disease. Nature Medicine 1997;3:792-801.
2. Dieterich W, Laag E, Schopper H, et al. Autoantibodies to tissue transglutaminase as predictors of celiac disease. Gastroenterology 1998;115:1317-21.
3. Sulkanen S, Halttunen T, Laurila K, et al. Tissue transglutaminase autoantibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in detecting celiac disease. Gastroenterology 1998;115:1322-8.
4. Gillett HR, Freeman HJ. Comparison of IgA endomysium antibody and IgA antibody to tissue transglutaminase in celiac disease. Can J Gastroenterol 2000;14:668-71.
5. Gillett PM, Gillett HR, Israel DM, et al. Increased prevalence of celiac disease in girls with Turner's syndrome detected using antibodies to endomysium and tissue transglutaminase. Can J Gastroenterol 2000;14:915-8.
6. Gillett PM, Gillett HR, Israel DM, et al. High prevalence of celiac disease in patients with type I diabetes detected by antibodies to endomysium and tissue transglutaminase. Can J Gastroenterol 2001;15:297-301.
7. Cataldo F, Lio D, Marino V, Picarelli A, Ventura A, Corazza GR. IgG(1) antiendomysium and IgG antitissue transglutaminase (anti-tTG) antibodies in coeliac patients with selective IgA deficiency. Working Groups on Celiac Disease of SIGEP and Club del Tenue. Gut 2000;47:366-9.
8. Kumar V, Jarzabek-Chorzelska M, Sulej J, Karnewska K, Farrell T, Jablonska S. Celiac disease and immunoglobulin A deficiency: How effective are the serological methods of diagnosis? Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2002; 9:1295-300.
9. Scoglio R, Di Pasquale G, Pagano G, Lucanto MC, Magazzu G, Sferlazzas C. Is intestinal biopsy always needed for diagnosis of celiac disease? Am J Gastroenterol 2003;98;1325-31.
10. Sblattero D, Berti I, Trevisiol C, et al. Human recombinant tissue transglutaminase ELISA: An innovative diagnostic assay for celiac disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2000;95:1253-7.
11. Maki M, Mustalahti K, Kokkonen J, et al. Prevalence of celiac disease among children in Finland. New Engl J Med 2003;348:2517-24.
12. Hansson T, Dahlbom I, Rogberg S, et al. Recombinant human tissue transglutaminase for diagnosis and follow-up of childhood celiac disease. Pediatr Res 2002;51:700-5.
13. Baldas V, Tommasini A, Trevisiol C, et al. Development of a novel rapid non-invasive screening test for celiac disease. Gut 2000;47:628-31.
14. Jabbari M, Wild G, Goresky CA, et al. Scalloped valvulae conniventes: an endoscopic marker of celiac sprue. Gastroenterology 1988;95:1518-22.
15. Freeman HJ. Small intestinal mucosal biopsy for investigation of diarrhea and malabsorption in adults. Gastroenterol Endo Clin North Am 2000;10:739-53.
16. Lewin KJ, Riddell RH, Weinstein WM. Small bowel mucosal disease. In: Gastrointestinal Pathology and its Clinical Implications. Tokyo: Igaku-Shoin, 1992:750-811.
17. Schuffler MD, Chaffee RG. Small intestinal biopsy in a patient with Crohn's disease of the duodenum. The spectrum of abnormal findings in the absence of granulomas. Gastroenterology 1979;76:1009-14.
18. Fabiani E, Catassi C, International Working Group. The serum IgA class anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies in the diagnosis and follow up of coeliac disease. Results of an international multi-centre study. International Working Group on Eu-tTG. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2001;13:659-65.
19. Maki M, Sulkanen S, Collin P. Antibodies in relation to gluten intake. Dig Dis 1998;16:330-2.
20. Burgin-Woff A, Dahlbom I, Hadziselimovic F, Petersson CJ. Antibodies against human tissue transglutaminase and endomysium in diagnosing and monitoring coeliac disease. Scand J Gastroenterol 2002;37:685-91.