Type B insulin resistance complicated with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Type B insulin resistance is characterized by the appearance of autoantibodies to the insulin receptor. We present a 59-year-old Japanese man with type B insulin resistance complicated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A high titer of anti-insulin receptor autoantibodies was revealed when SLE was defined as active disease. Intravenous boluses of cyclophosphamide (IVCY) with oral prednisolone and cyclosporin A induced remission of SLE, and a subsequent disappearance of anti-insulin receptor autoantibodies, followed by a recovery of glucose intolerance. This is a rare and important case report showing a clear correlation between anti-insulin receptor autoantibodies of type B insulin resistance and SLE disease activity.
Kawashiri
Shin-Ya
SY
Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University.
Kawakami
Atsushi
A
Fujikawa
Keita
K
Iwamoto
Naoki
N
Aramaki
Toshiyuki
T
Tamai
Mami
M
Nakamura
Hideki
H
Origuchi
Tomoki
T
Ida
Hiroaki
H
Eguchi
Katsumi
K
D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000276:immunology*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000276:immunology
D001323:Autoantibodies; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011239:Prednisolone; D011972:Receptor, Insulin