title: [Autoantibodies against the exocrine pancreas and against intestinal goblet cells in the diagnosis of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis].
abstract: It was demonstrated by indirect immunofluorescence that Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are serologically distinct. In 59 patients with Crohn's disease, confirmed by endoscopy and histology, 23 (39%) had serum autoantibodies against exocrine pancreas; in 17 (29%) the titre was 1 : 100 or higher. In 46 patients with confirmed ulcerative colitis pancreas antibodies were demonstrated only twice, in 100 healthy control subjects only 3 times, with titres less than 1 : 100. Pancreas antibodies do not occur in high concentrations in pancreatitis; titres higher than 1 : 100 therefore suggest Crohn's disease. The pancreas antibodies of patients with Crohn's disease were predominantly immunoglobulins IgA and IgG, twice they were IgD and once IgM, never IgE. In 6 patients the pancreas antibodies fixed complement. Autoantibodies against intestinal goblet cells were found only in patients with ulcerative colitis (13 of 46 = 28%). The titres range was from 1 : 10 to 1 : 1000. The goblet-cell antibodies consisted only of IgA and IgG, never reacting with complement. These results indicate that determining pancreas and goblet-cell antibodies alone will make it possible to diagnose either Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis in more than a quarter of patients with chronic inflammatory intestinal disease.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004848:Epithelium / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000276:immunology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000276:immunology*; D012698:Serologic Tests; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D004338:Drug Combinations; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; C028423:Salazopyrine; D012460:Sulfasalazine; D005944:Glucosamine
vernacular_title: Autoantikörper gegen exokrines Pankreas und gegen intestinale Becherzellen in der Diagnostik des Morbus Crohn und der Colitis ulcerosa.