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HERV-W and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis Are at Play in Pediatric Patients at Onset of Type 1 Diabetes

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العنوان: HERV-W and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis Are at Play in Pediatric Patients at Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
المؤلفون: Marta Noli, Gianfranco Meloni, Pietro Manca, Davide Cossu, Mario Palermo, Leonardo A. Sechi
المصدر: Pathogens, Vol 10, Iss 9, p 1135 (2021)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: HERV-W, Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, antibodies, molecular mimicry, proinsulin, children T1D onset, Medicine
الوصف: The etiology of T1D remains unknown, although a variety of etiological agents have been proposed as potential candidates to trigger autoimmunity in susceptible individuals. Emerging evidence has indicated that endogenous human retrovirus (HERV) may play a role in the disease etiopathogenesis; although several epigenetic mechanisms keep most HERVs silenced, environmental stimuli such as infections may contribute to the transcriptional reactivation of HERV-Wand thus promote pathological conditions. Previous studies have indicated that also Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) could be a potential risk factor for T1D, particularly in the Sardinian population. In the present study, the humoral response against HERV-W envelope and MAP-derived peptides was analyzed to investigate their potential role in T1D etiopathogenesis, in a Sardinian population at T1D onset (n = 26), T1D (45) and an age-matched healthy population (n = 45). For the first time, a high serum-prevalence of anti-Map and anti-HERV-W Abs was observed in pediatric patients at onset of T1D compared to T1D patients and healthy controls. Our results support the hypothesis that external infections and internal reactivations are involved in the etiology of T1D, and that HERV-W activation may be induced by infectious agents such as MAP.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2076-0817
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/9/1135; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-0817
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10091135
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/ba30818d835a4a26b0ef78d1bed386f8
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.ba30818d835a4a26b0ef78d1bed386f8
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20760817
DOI:10.3390/pathogens10091135