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Introduction Several studies have found celiac disease may be associated with a variety of cardiac manifestations. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common arrhythmias that can cause significant morbidity. However, the risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with celiac disease according to epidemiological studies remains unclear. The aim of this meta-analysis study is to assess the risk of atrial fibrillation in patients diagnosed with celiac disease compared to controls. Methods A systematic literature review was conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane databases from inception through December 2017 to identify studies that evaluated the risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with celiac disease. We included randomized controlled trial, cross sectional and cohort studies that reported the odds ratio, relative risk, hazard ratio, and standardized incidence ratio comparing the risk of developing atrial fibrillation among patients with celiac disease, versus patients without celiac disease as control. The Newcastle-Ottawa scale was used to determine the quality of the studies. Effect estimates from individual studies were extracted and combined using random-effect, generic inverse variance method of DerSimonian and Laird. Results Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition. This inflammatory state predisposes patients to develop AF. After a review of the literature, four observational studies with a total of 64,397 participants were enrolled. The association between celiac disease and increased risk of atrial fibrillation was significant, with a pooled OR of 1.38 (95% CI: 1.01-1.88). No publication bias as assessed by the funnel plots and Egger's regression asymmetry test with p = 0.54. However, the heterogeneity of the included studies was high (I2 = 96). Conclusion A significant association between celiac disease and risk of atrial fibrillation was reported in this study. There is a 38% increased risk of atrial fibrillation. Additional studies are needed to clarify the mechanistic link between atrial fibrillation and celiac disease. Some of the limitations of this study are that all were observational studies, some were medical registry-based and there was high heterogeneity between studies.

The gluten-free diet is the only treatment available for gluten-related disorders, such as celiac disease, an autoimmune reaction to gluten, or non-celiac gluten or wheat sensitivity, a symptomatic reaction to wheat or gluten. However, gluten may not be the only culprit, and patients on a gluten-free diet have been suggested to symptomatically improve through the placebo effect, alterations in immune activity, and alterations in gut microbiota composition. It is unclear which of these mechanisms underlie symptoms in gluten-related disorders and well-designed clinical studies are needed to better understand them. This thesis aims to understand the mechanisms and symptomatic responses by which wheat and gluten affect individuals with gluten-related disorders. I hypothesize that patients with gluten-related disorders have increased psychological symptoms and immune reactivity which may be modulated by the gut microbiota. To test this, I conducted a clinical crossover trial to investigate whether whole wheat or gluten triggered symptoms versus gluten-free control, or nocebo, in irritable bowel syndrome patients adopting a gluten-free diet. Participants reacted similarly to each intervention, suggesting a strong 'nocebo effect' to be the main trigger of their symptoms. However, several participants did not comply to the protocol, muddying the results. Subsequent follow-up visits after disclosing personalized study results found no changes in participant beliefs, behaviours, and symptoms, and most remained on a gluten-free diet. Next, a systematic review of 65 observational studies found an elevated risk of IBD in celiac disease and vice versa. Finally, a systematic review of 6 RCTs found limited evidence that probiotics are safe and possibly therapeutic for ameliorating symptoms in celiac disease. Overall, the work presented in this thesis critically assesses the mechanisms by which gluten and wheat trigger symptoms in gluten-related disorders and highlights the importance of rigorous clinical trial design to control for psychological factors and patient compliance. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / Gluten, a wheat protein, is commonly associated with the autoimmune condition celiac disease, symptomatic worsening from gluten or wheat in non-celiac gluten/wheat sensitivity, and irritable bowel syndrome. This thesis strove to understand how gluten and other wheat proteins impact symptoms via psychological, immune, and/or bacteria-mediated pathways in gluten-related disorders. A clinical trial tested the effects of whole wheat, gluten, and gluten-free control on symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome patients on a gluten-free diet. We found no differences between interventions but discovered widespread diet non-compliance and that patient fears triggered symptoms. Informing patients of whether wheat, gluten, or gluten-free control triggered their symptoms did not change their dietary beliefs or behaviours. Additionally, two systematic reviews found a relationship between celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease, and a possible therapeutic effect of probiotics in celiac patients. Our findings provided insights into the content and quality of the clinical evidence for gluten-related disorders.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2009. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

INTRODUÇÃO: A Doença Celíaca pode ser definida como uma intolerância permanente ao glúten e proteínas relacionadas, em indivíduos geneticamente susceptíveis, com lesão não específica, porém característica da mucosa do intestino delgado e que apresenta melhora clínica e histológica com a dieta específica. A recente disponibilidade de testes sorológicos que demonstram alta sensibilidade e especificidade permitiu perceber que a Doença Celíaca evidencia-se mais prevalente do que antes imaginado. A utilização do anticorpo antiendomísio IgA (AAE) e do anticorpo anti-transglutaminase tecidual IgA(tTG) viabilizou a realização de estudos de prevalência em doadores de sangue. O objetivo geral dessa pesquisa visa estimar a prevalência da Doença Celíaca em adultos na cidade de São Paulo, através da investigação de marcadores sorológicos em doadores voluntários em banco de sangue. São Paulo representa uma das maiores metrópoles do mundo e a maior cidade do Brasil, sendo um centro urbano com grande variabilidade étnica e um importante pólo de migração interna, aumentando ainda mais a miscigenação da sua população, o que constitui uma fonte de estudo importante para a previsão de prevalência da doença celíaca em nosso país. O objetivo específico propõe correlacionar essa prevalência com a raça/cor dos doadores de sangue, visto que mantidos os fatores genéticos e ambientais, a prevalência da doença celíaca parece ser a mesma, independentemente da região de residência. METODOLOGIA: Aplicação de questionário demográfico, investigação de sintomas e inquérito sobre ancestralidade, aplicados aos doadores, em um total de 4000 voluntários. Foi realizado em toda a amostra o teste sorológico antitransglutaminase IgA, bem como o teste sorológico com anticorpos IgA antiendomísio. Como o padrão ouro na análise da Doença Celíaca ainda é a biópsia do intestino delgado, o diagnóstico foi confirmado com a realização de endoscopia digestiva alta, com biópsia de duodeno e avaliação dos fragmentos com base nos critérios de Marsh modificado por Oberhuber. RESULTADOS: A idade média dos doadores foi de 31 anos, com 1817 do gênero feminino e 2183 masculino. Quanto à ancestralidade, 29% referiram ascendência européia. Dos 4000 testes, houve concordância dos exames em 11 casos, além de 10 com tTG positivo mas sem correlação com AAE e 3 casos apresentando AAE positivo isoladamente. No exame histopatológico, houve confirmação diagnóstica com achados de atrofia de vilos em 14 casos. CONCLUSÃO: Na cidade de São Paulo a prevalência da Doença Celíaca em doadores de sangue comprovada por biópsia é de no mínimo 1:286, semelhante aos de países europeus e Estados Unidos / BACKGROUND: Celiac disease is a permanent enteropathy caused by the ingestion of gluten and leads to an immunologically mediated inflammation of the small intestine mucosa. The prevalence of celiac disease varies among different nations and ethnic backgrounds, and its diversity is determined by genetic and environmental factors. More recently, several serological population screenings have shown that the prevalence of the disease is more common than previously imagined. Sao Paulo city is one of the biggest cities in the world, with a large population and with an important history of migratory flow from other countries, mainly European ones, and from other Brazilian cities, also with an important miscegenation. Since Sao Paulo city can be thought as a reflection of ethnic and social characters of the Brazilian population, we have decided to study the prevalence of celiac disease in Sao Paulo city. The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of unrecognized adult celiac disease in Sao Paulo and correlate it with further information about ancestry of the population studied. METHODS: We have measured the prevalence of celiac disease by means of a survey of serum markers (IgA transglutaminase antibody-guinea pig and IgA endomysium antibody-human umbilical cord) in 4,000 volunteers donors in the central Blood Bank in Sao Paulo, Pro-Sangue Foundation. The antibody-positive subjects were asked to undergo small-bowel biopsy. RESULTS: There were 1817 female and 2183 male with mean age of 31 years. In the ancestry evaluation of the 4,000 volunteers, we had 68% subjects with Brazilian origin and the remaining from other countries, mainly Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Germany. Of the 4,000 subjects, twenty-four subjects had positive tests, with results of the two antibody tests concordant or not. Ten subjects were positive for IgA-class tissue transglutaminase only. Most donors diagnosed with celiac disease were asymptomatic and when symptomatic the most common symptoms were flatulence and constipation. So far, in 21 positive patients, duodenal biopsies were performed and in 14 patients the diagnosis of celiac disease was confirmed (Marsh criteria modified for Oberhuber). CONCLUSION: Among apparently healthy blood donors, the prevalence of celiac disease is at least 1: 286 donors, similar to that seen in the United States and Europe

INTRODUÇÃO: A Doença Celíaca pode ser definida como uma intolerância permanente ao glúten e proteínas relacionadas, em indivíduos geneticamente susceptíveis, com lesão não específica, porém característica da mucosa do intestino delgado e que apresenta melhora clínica e histológica com a dieta específica. A recente disponibilidade de testes sorológicos que demonstram alta sensibilidade e especificidade permitiu perceber que a Doença Celíaca evidencia-se mais prevalente do que antes imaginado. A utilização do anticorpo antiendomísio IgA (AAE) e do anticorpo anti-transglutaminase tecidual IgA(tTG) viabilizou a realização de estudos de prevalência em doadores de sangue. O objetivo geral dessa pesquisa visa estimar a prevalência da Doença Celíaca em adultos na cidade de São Paulo, através da investigação de marcadores sorológicos em doadores voluntários em banco de sangue. São Paulo representa uma das maiores metrópoles do mundo e a maior cidade do Brasil, sendo um centro urbano com grande variabilidade étnica e um importante pólo de migração interna, aumentando ainda mais a miscigenação da sua população, o que constitui uma fonte de estudo importante para a previsão de prevalência da doença celíaca em nosso país. O objetivo específico propõe correlacionar essa prevalência com a raça/cor dos doadores de sangue, visto que mantidos os fatores genéticos e ambientais, a prevalência da doença celíaca parece ser a mesma, independentemente da região de residência. METODOLOGIA: Aplicação de questionário demográfico, investigação de sintomas e inquérito sobre ancestralidade, aplicados aos doadores, em um total de 4000 voluntários. Foi realizado em toda a amostra o teste sorológico antitransglutaminase IgA, bem como o teste sorológico com anticorpos IgA antiendomísio. Como o padrão ouro na análise da Doença Celíaca ainda é a biópsia do intestino delgado, o diagnóstico foi confirmado com a realização de endoscopia digestiva alta, com biópsia de duodeno e avaliação dos fragmentos com base nos critérios de Marsh modificado por Oberhuber. RESULTADOS: A idade média dos doadores foi de 31 anos, com 1817 do gênero feminino e 2183 masculino. Quanto à ancestralidade, 29% referiram ascendência européia. Dos 4000 testes, houve concordância dos exames em 11 casos, além de 10 com tTG positivo mas sem correlação com AAE e 3 casos apresentando AAE positivo isoladamente. No exame histopatológico, houve confirmação diagnóstica com achados de atrofia de vilos em 14 casos. CONCLUSÃO: Na cidade de São Paulo a prevalência da Doença Celíaca em doadores de sangue comprovada por biópsia é de no mínimo 1:286, semelhante aos de países europeus e Estados Unidos / BACKGROUND: Celiac disease is a permanent enteropathy caused by the ingestion of gluten and leads to an immunologically mediated inflammation of the small intestine mucosa. The prevalence of celiac disease varies among different nations and ethnic backgrounds, and its diversity is determined by genetic and environmental factors. More recently, several serological population screenings have shown that the prevalence of the disease is more common than previously imagined. Sao Paulo city is one of the biggest cities in the world, with a large population and with an important history of migratory flow from other countries, mainly European ones, and from other Brazilian cities, also with an important miscegenation. Since Sao Paulo city can be thought as a reflection of ethnic and social characters of the Brazilian population, we have decided to study the prevalence of celiac disease in Sao Paulo city. The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of unrecognized adult celiac disease in Sao Paulo and correlate it with further information about ancestry of the population studied. METHODS: We have measured the prevalence of celiac disease by means of a survey of serum markers (IgA transglutaminase antibody-guinea pig and IgA endomysium antibody-human umbilical cord) in 4,000 volunteers donors in the central Blood Bank in Sao Paulo, Pro-Sangue Foundation. The antibody-positive subjects were asked to undergo small-bowel biopsy. RESULTS: There were 1817 female and 2183 male with mean age of 31 years. In the ancestry evaluation of the 4,000 volunteers, we had 68% subjects with Brazilian origin and the remaining from other countries, mainly Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Germany. Of the 4,000 subjects, twenty-four subjects had positive tests, with results of the two antibody tests concordant or not. Ten subjects were positive for IgA-class tissue transglutaminase only. Most donors diagnosed with celiac disease were asymptomatic and when symptomatic the most common symptoms were flatulence and constipation. So far, in 21 positive patients, duodenal biopsies were performed and in 14 patients the diagnosis of celiac disease was confirmed (Marsh criteria modified for Oberhuber). CONCLUSION: Among apparently healthy blood donors, the prevalence of celiac disease is at least 1: 286 donors, similar to that seen in the United States and Europe

Objetivo: estudiar la frecuencia de positividad de las pruebas serológicas en pacientes con biopsias compatible con enfermedad celiaca. Material y métodos: estudio transversal. Se incluyeron pacientes con biopsia duodenal histológicamente compatible con enfermedad celiaca y determinación de anticuerpos antigliadina, antiendomisio y antitransglutaminasa IgA. Definimos como caso de enfermedad celiaca a quienes tuvieran biopsia positiva y anticuerpos antiendomisio y/o antitransglutaminasa positivos. Resultados: 31 pacientes fueron incluidos de los cuales 6 fueron antiendomisio positivo, 5 fueron antitransglutaminasa positivo y antigliadina fue positivo en 14. Por lo tanto de 31 pacientes con cambios histológicos compatibles con enfermedad celiaca sólo 10 tuvieron serología diagnóstica. Sólo uno de los pacientes tuvo positividad tanto para antitransglutaminasa como para antiendomisio. Conclusiones: a) encontramos que la mayoría de biopsias de duodeno con un cuadro histológico sugerente de enfermedad celiaca no se corresponden con serología diagnóstica de esta enfermedad; b) encontramos baja coincidencia en la positividad serológica entre antiendomisio y antitransglutaminasa. / Objective: to study the frequency of positive serology for celiac disease (CD) in patients with duodenal biopsies suggestive of this disease. Material and methods: cross sectional study. We included patients with duodenal biopsies histologically compatible with CD and antigliadin, antiendomysial and IgA antitransglutaminase antibodies. We defined a “case” of CD if there was a positive biopsy and either antiendomisial or antitransglutaminase positive antibodies. Results: thirty one patients were included in our study. Six were antiendomysial positive and 5 antitransglutaminase positive while the antigliadin was positive in 14 cases. Therefore, out of 31 patients only 10 had a serology compatible with CD and only one had positive both antibodies, antiendomysial and antitransglutaminase. Conclusions: a) we have found that most of the duodenal biopsies compatible with CD are not diagnosed with positive serology; and b) we found a low correlation between serological diagnostic tests.

Existe un grupo de enteropatía conocidas como AVSN que pueden simular enfermedad celíaca. Objetivo: El objetivo de este estudio es describir los hallazgos histológicos y de inmunohistoquímica en pacientes con enfermedad celíaca y AVSN. Material y métodos: 15 biopsias de pacientes con enfermedad celíaca y 19 biopsias con AVSN fueron reexaminados. Se estudió características histológicas tales como atrofia severa, hiperplasia de criptas, número de células plasmáticas, número de eosinófilos y presencia de neutrófilos. Asimismo, a través de inmunohistoquímica se estudió la presencia de linfocitos CD4, CD8, CD3, CD56. Resultados: Se encontró diferencia significativa en la mayor presencia de hiperplasia de criptas (p=0,0348) y mayor número de células plasmáticas (p=0,0348) en las biopsias de enfermedad celíaca que en las catalogadas como AVSN. El número de linfocitos CD8, CD4, CD56 y su distribución fue similar en ambos grupos. El porcentaje de linfocitos intraepiteliales CD3 positivos (p=0,0144) fue mayor en pacientes con AVSN. Conclusión: Los hallazgos histológicos e inmunohistoquímicos muestran más similitudes que diferencias. La diferencia hallada en nuestro estudio sugiere mayor respuesta inmune humoral en pacientes con enfermedad celiaca que en AVSN. / There is a group of enteropathies recently known as seronegative villous atrophy (SNVA), which can simulate celiac disease. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe histological and immunohistochemical differences between a group of Celiac disease and SNVA patients. Material and methods: Microscopy reexamination and Immunohistochemistry study were performed for a group of 15 celiac patients and 19 SNVA patients. Histological features as severe atrophy, crypt hyperplasia, plasma cells number, eosinophils number, neutrophils presence were studied; CD4, CD8, CD3, and CD56 markers were studied through immunohistochemistry. Results: There was a significant difference between the frequency of observation of crypt hyperplasia (p=0.0348) and plasma cells (p=0.0348) in celiac disease patients than SNVA patients. In celiac disease was bigger. The number and distribution of CD 8, CD4 and CD56 lymphocytes was similar in both groups. The percentage of CD3 positive intraepithelial lymphocytes (p=0.0144) was higher in SNVA. Conclusion: Histological and immunohistochemical evaluation shows more similarities than differences. The differences found in this study suggest more humoral immune response in celiac disease than in SNVA.

8 Abstract Introduction: Celiac disease is indentified as the loss of oral tolerance to gluten, it is an organ-specific autoimmune disease in which both, adaptive and innate immunity participate. Monocytes are important part of immune system; they have many functions and express very diverse membrane receptors including Toll-like receptors (TLRs). TLRs are involved in the innate immune response, specifically TLR2 and TLR4 are crucial for recognition of bacterial components and TLR7 recognizes virus's ssRNA. Monocytes also produce prolaktin (PRL), which acts as a cytokine that modulates immune responses. To clarify the role of innate immunity and circulating monocytes in pathogenesis of celiac disease, we focused on changes in expression of selected Toll-like receptors (TLR2, TLR4, TLR7), prolactin, some pro- a anti-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6, IL-12, IL-10). We monitored the influence of the SNP - 1149 G/T on the expression of PRL mRNA. Another objective of this work was the introduction and optimization of in vitro methods for cultivation and stimulation of peripheral monocytes. Material and Methods: This pilot study includes 21 patients with celiac disease and 40 healthy controls. For determination of mRNA levels of the studied genes we isolated RNA from monocytes that were isolated by...

Os objetivos desse estudo foram: 1) Padronizar a pesquisa do anti-tTg, comparando-o com o anticorpo antiendomísio (AAE) e 2) Avaliar as interações da tTg com a fibronectina. 49 celíacos e 124 controles com AAE negativo foram avaliados. O AAE foi pesquisado por imunofluorescência indireta e a reatividade contra a tTg e a fibronectina por ELISA in house e com kits comerciais. O antitTg foi positivo em 46,9% e 100% dos celíacos com o ELISA in house e com kits comerciais, respectivamente. A adição de fibronectina não melhorou a sensibilidade do ELISA. Em conclusão: a detecção do antitTg por ELISA apresenta percentual elevado de falso-positivos, não podendo substituir a pesquisa do AAE / The aims of the current study were: to standardize the detection of anti-tTg antibodies, comparing them with antiendomysial antibodies (EMA) and to assess the interaction of tTg with fibronectin. 49 celiac patients and 124 controls were enrolled. EMA was detected by indirect immunofluorescence reaction and tTg and fibronectin reactivity by in house ELISA and with commercially available kits. Seropositivity to anti-tTG was found in 46.9% and 100% of patients by the in house technique and by commercial kits, respectively. Fibronectin addition did not improve the ELISA sensibility. In conclusion, ELISA for anti-tTG detection has a high rate of false positive results and does not replace EMA