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ReviewAntibodies (Basel, Switzerland)2023

The Usefulness of Thyroid Antibodies in the Diagnostic Approach to Autoimmune Thyroid Disease.

Hernando Vargas-Uricoechea, Juan Patricio Nogueira, María V Pinzón-Fernández, Diego Schwarzstein

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Review in Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hernando Vargas-UricoecheaMetabolic Diseases Study Group, Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad del Cauca, Carrera 6 N° 13N-50, Popayan 190001, Colombia.
Juan Patricio NogueiraCentro de Investigación en Endocrinología, Nutrición y Metabolismo (CIENM), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Formosa, Formosa P3600AZS, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-8764-4700
María V Pinzón-FernándezHealth Research Group, Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad del Cauca, Popayan 190001, Colombia.
Diego SchwarzsteinEndocrinology Service, Servidigest Clinic, 08006 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8386-0660
University of Cauca · CONational University of Formosa · AR

Funding

Colombian Association of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism (Funding number 003, 15 june 2023).
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) refers to a spectrum of various diseases, with two extremes of clinical presentation, hypothyroidism (Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and hyperthyroidism (Graves-Basedow disease (GBD)). Both conditions are characterized by presenting a cellular and humoral autoimmune reaction, with an increase in the synthesis and secretion of antibodies directed toward various thyroid antigens, together with a phenomenon of thyrocyte necrosis and apoptosis (in HT) and a persistent thyrotropin-receptor stimulation (in GBD). The diagnosis of both entities is based on clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings. Three major anti-thyroid antibodies have been described, those directed against the TSH receptor (TRAb), against thyroid peroxidase (TPOAb), and against thyroglobulin (TgAb). Each of these autoantibodies plays a fundamental role in the diagnostic approach of autoimmune thyroid disease. TRAbs are the hallmark of GBD, and additionally, they are predictors of response to disease treatment, among other utilities. Likewise, TPOAb and TgAb allow for identifying individuals with a higher risk of progression to hypothyroidism; the positivity of one or both autoantibodies defines the presence of thyroid autoimmunity. In this review, the usefulness of anti-thyroid antibodies in the diagnostic approach to autoimmune thyroid disease is described.

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antibodiesautoimmunityperoxidasereceptorthyroglobulinthyroidthyrotropin

Identifiers

PMID37489370
PMCPMC10366745
OpenAlexW4385202068

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