title: [Comparison of various types of islet cell antibodies in diabetes as a function of its cause and duration].
abstract: Three types of pancreatic islet cell antibodies (ICA) have been described in insulin-dependent diabetic patients: IgG-ICA directed against cytoplasmic antigens, complement-fixing antibodies (CF ICA) and islet cell surface antibodies (ICSA) directed against membrane antigens. They can be detected by indirect immunofluorescence methods using human pancreas sections for IgG-ICA and isolate rat live islet cells for ICSA. Distribution of these 3 types of antibodies and correlations within individual patients were investigated in non-diabetic controls, in patients with idiopathic diabetes of various duration and in patients whose diabetes was associated with autoimmune diseases, chronic pancreatitis or haemochromatosis. The respective incidences of IgG-ICA and ICSA were: 5.4% and 15.8% in controls, 67.3% and 64.3% in patients with recent onset diabetes, 22.6% and 21.5% in old-standing diabetes, 63% and 50% in auto-immune diabetes, 12.5% and 7.2% in diabetes from chronic pancreatitis, and 5.6% and 7.6% in diabetes from haemochromatosis. In contrast with these correlations within groups, individual concordances were only 67%. CF ICA were relatively rare and almost exclusively present in IgG-ICA positive patients (30% of all cases); they seem to constitute a sub-group of IgG-ICA. It is concluded that IgG-ICA and ICSA are equally frequent in each type or duration of insulin-dependent diabetes and that they are not associated with secondary diabetes. The lack of concordance in individual patients indicates that the anti-pancreatic immune response is not homogeneous.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000276:immunology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000276:immunology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G
vernacular_title: Comparaison de divers types d'anticorps anti-îlots dans le diabète en fonction de la cause et de la durée d'évolution.