Endocrinology Research and Practice
Original Article

The Antibody Response to Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

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Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Çanakkale, Turkey

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Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Ankara, Turkey

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Trabzon Training and Research Hospital, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Trabzon, Turkey

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Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Antalya, Turkey

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Adana Education and Research Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Adana, Turkey

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Keçiören Education and Research Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara, Turkey

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Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara, Turkey

Endocrinol Res Pract 2013; 17: 53-56
DOI: 10.4274/Tjem.2151
Read: 2325 Downloads: 654 Published: 01 September 2013

ABSTRACT

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the presence of antibodies (Anti-BIP) against binding immunoglobulin protein (BIP), an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone with immune modulator and anti-apoptotic effects in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) patients.
Material and Method: We included sixty-two autoimmune thyroiditis patients, 20 with euthyroid autoimmune thyroiditis, 27 with subclinical hypothyroidism and 15 with hypothyroid, and a control group of 37 healthy subjects.
Results: No statistically significant difference was determined in anti-BIP levels among the HT subgroups or in comparison with the control group (p=0.889).
Discussion: Although BIP activation has been shown in vitro in thyroid cells, no difference was determined in our study in anti-BIP levels between the HT patient subgroups and the control group. This suggests that antibodies developing against BIP through apoptosis and/or T cell response are either not related to HT or at levels that cannot be determined by measuring serum. 

 

 

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