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ArticleTurkish journal of medical sciences2022

The relationship between elevated plasma zonulin levels and Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

Esra Demir, Burak Önal, Hanişe Özkan, İrem Kıraç Utku, Berrak Şahtiyancı, Abdülbaki Kumbasar, Güven Yenmiş, Bülent Demir

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Article in Turkish journal of medical sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Esra DemirDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul Medipol University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Burak ÖnalDepartment of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Biruni University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Hanişe ÖzkanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, İstanbul, Turkey.
İrem Kıraç UtkuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Berrak ŞahtiyancıDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Abdülbaki KumbasarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Güven YenmişDepartment of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Biruni University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Bülent DemirDepartment of Cardiology, Turkish Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
İstanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TRBiruni University · TRIstanbul Medipol University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is one of the most prevalent autoimmune diseases. The intestine microbiota is strongly associated with autoimmune diseases. Zonulin, a modulator of tight junctions that controls the selective permeability of the intestine can induce an elevation in gut permeability. We aimed to investigate the association of plasma zonulin levels with HT.

methodsWe compared 77 HT patients with 66 age-gender and BMI-matched healthy individuals in the case of plasma zonulin levels. Plasma zonulin levels were measured by ELISA. The statistical analyses were performed using Student's t-test and chi-square tests. The predictive power was investigated using univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis.

resultsWe found that the increase in plasma zonulin levels in the HT group was statistically significant compared to the control group (p < 0.001). The regression analysis showed that urea, anti-thyroid peroxidase, aspartate aminotransferase, thyroid-stimulating hormone, free T3, and serum zonulin levels were found to be associated with HT in both univariate and multivariate models (p < 0.05). DISCUSSION: Zonulin is a possible biomarker candidate that may link intestinal permeability with the etiology of autoimmune diseases.

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Autoimmune DiseasesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHashimoto DiseaseHaptoglobinsHumansProtein PrecursorsHaptoglobinsProtein Precursorszonulinautoimmune diseasesgut permeabilityHashimoto thyroiditismicrobiotazonulin

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