ESPE Abstracts

Background: The etiology of Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs), including Graves’ disease (GD) and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is multifactorial and involves genetic and environmental factors. Family and population studies confirmed the strong genetic influence and inheritability in the development of AITD. Possible sex-related differences in overexpression of the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) gene, peptidyl arginine deiminase 4(PADI4) gene, the fat mass...

Background: Ghrelin and obestatin are two gastrointestinal peptides obtained by post-translational processing of a common precursor, preproghrelin. mRNA expression for preproghrelin was found in autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) in previous studies. There are papers, where a role of preproghrelin polymorphism on various immunological diseases was determined, but nothing is known about its influence on the AITDs.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of our ...

Background: Autoimmune thyroid diseases are multifactorial diseases with a genetic susceptibility and environmental factors. A potential role of the protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22 (PTPN22) gene, the interferon induced helicase domain 1 (IFIH1) gene, the TSH receptor (TSH-R) gene polymorphisms on autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) in children has not been established equivocally yet.Objective and hypotheses: To estimate the association...

Background: Autoimmune thyroid diseases are multifactorial diseases with a genetic susceptibility and environmental factors. A potential role of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA4) gene, Fc receptor-like 3 (FCRL3) gene, Fas apoptotic inhibitory molecule 2 (FAIM2) gene polymorphisms on autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) in children has not been established equivocally yet.Objective and hypotheses: To estimate the association of polymorphi...

Background: Type 1 Diabetes is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene polymorphism and The interferon induced helicase domain 1 (IFIH1) gene are known to be associated with T1DM, but have not been established in a Caucasian children population yet. The interleukin 13 (IL13) gene polymorphisms impact on the development of Type 1 DM in children has not been reported yet.Objective and hypotheses: To e...

Background: Many organs of human body are attacked by autoimmune processes and countless number of genes are involved in their pathogenesis. Diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1DM) attaching pancreas is a common autoimmune disease in childhood. Among autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) we can distinguish less frequent in children population- Graves’ disease (GD). Thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) gene encodes membrane protein responsible for thyroid metabolism. Interfero...

Introducion: Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs): Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and Graves’ disease (GD) are common chronic autoimmune endocrine disorders in children. The mechanisms leading to the development of these diseases remain unknown, however scientific reports indicate that in addition to environmental factors, genetic background plays an important role. In our previous studies, we showed that some polymorphisms of the genes for IL2RA, FAIM...

Background: Forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) is an important regulatory factor for the development and function of T regulatory cells (Tregs). Moreover it has been established that deficiency of the Foxp3 gene in Treg cells suppresses their regulatory function leading to the development of autoimmune diseases especially autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs).Objective and hypotheses: The aim of our study was to estimate the association of three polymorphism of FOXP3...

Introduction: Autoimmune thyroid diseases are multifactorial diseases with a genetic susceptibility and environmental factors. A potential role of the Fas apoptotic inhibitory molecule 2 (FAIM2) gene, the high-affinity alpha subunit (CD25) of the interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2RA) gene, the cytotoxic T cell antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene polymorphisms on autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) in children has not been established equivocally yet.Objective: To estimate...