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01.02.2015 | Original Article - Observational Research
An investigation into the relationship between anti-Helicobacter pylori and anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies in patients with axial spondyloarthritis and Crohn disease
verfasst von:
Igor Kunze Rodrigues, Michele Andrigueti, Ione Dilma de Oliveira Gil, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Kenia Rodrigues de Andrade, Ivanio Alves Pereira, Gláucio Ricardo Werner de Castro, Adriana Fontes Zimmermann, Luciano Nascimento Saporiti, Maria Luiza Bazzo, Fabricio Souza Neves
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Rheumatology International
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Ausgabe 2/2015
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Abstract
Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a musculoskeletal inflammatory disease linked with immune responses to intestinal microbiota, and subclinical intestinal ulcerations that are closely related to inflammatory bowel diseases. Helicobacter pylori is a common cause of gastroduodenal ulceration, and anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA) are associated with intestinal inflammation in both Crohn disease (CD) and SpA. We investigated the relationship between H. pylori and ASCA. Ninety-one patients with axial SpA and forty with CD were included. ASCA IgG/IgA and anti-H. pylori IgG titers were assessed by ELISA. The proportion of ASCA+ patients in the positive and negative anti-H. pylori IgG groups with SpA and CD were compared using Chi-square tests, and correlations were evaluated using the Spearman’s coefficient. Anti-H. pylori IgG titers were significantly negatively correlated with the ASCA IgG (r = −0.563, p < 0.001) and IgA (r = −0.342, p = 0.019) titers in the axial SpA patients. The same pattern of negative correlation was also observed in the CD patients. Anti-H. pylori+ serology was significantly more frequent in axial SpA patients than in those with CD (52.4 vs. 18.4 %, p < 0.001), while ASCA+ serology was significantly more frequent in CD patients than in SpA patients. A negative correlation between the anti-H. pylori titers and ASCA was found for axial SpA and CD. Anti-H. pylori+ serology was more frequent in SpA than in CD, while ASCA positivity was more frequent in CD patients than in those with SpA. A possible influence of H. pylori on the development of ASCA needs further investigation.