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    Many People With Non-celiac Gluten Sensitivity Have Autoimmune Disease or Antinuclear Antibodies

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    Celiac.com 10/12/2015 - There's been a good deal of attention devoted to gluten sensitivity in people without celiac disease, but researchers still don't know much about potential risks associated with the condition.

    Photo: CC--Arjan RichterA research team recently looked at the prevalence of autoimmune diseases among patients with non-celiac wheat sensitivity (NCWS), and investigated whether they carry antinuclear antibodies (ANA). The research team included A. Carroccio, A. D'Alcamo, F. Cavataio, M. Soresi, A. Seidita, C. Sciumè, G. Geraci, G. Iacono, and P. Mansueto.

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    They are variously affiliated with the DiBiMIS University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; the department of Internal Medicine at Giovanni Paolo II Hospital in Sciacca, Italy; the DiBiMIS University of Palermo, in Palermo, Italy; the department of Pediatric Gastroenterology in ARNAS Di Cristina Hospital, Palermo, Italy; and the Surgery Department at the University of Palermo in Palermo, Italy.

    The research team conducted a retrospective study of 131 patients diagnosed with NCWS, 121 of whom were female. The average patient age was 29.1 years, and the study was conducted at 2 hospitals in Italy from January 2001 through June 2011.

    The team also collected data from 151 patients with celiac disease or irritable bowel syndrome, who served as control subjects. They reviewed patient medical records to identify those with autoimmune diseases. They then conducted a prospective study of 42 patients, 38 of whom were female, with an average age of 34 years, who had been diagnosed with NCWS from July 2011 through March 2014 at 3 hospitals in Italy.

    For the prospective study, one hundred age- and sex-matched subjects with celiac disease or IBS served as control subjects.

    The team collected serum samples from all subjects and measured ANA levels using immunofluorescence analysis. Participants completed a questionnaire and the team reviewed patient medical records to identify those with autoimmune diseases.

    In the retrospective analysis, about 30% of patients with either NCWS or celiac disease developed autoimmune diseases; mainly Hashimoto's thyroiditis, of which there were 29 cases. Compare this with about 4% of IBS who developed an autoimmune disease (P < .001).

    In the prospective study, 24% of patients with NCWS, 20% of patients with celiac disease, and 2% of patients with IBS developed autoimmune diseases (P < .001).

    In the retrospective study, serum samples tested positive for ANA in 46% of subjects with NCWS (median titer, 1:80), 24% of subjects with celiac disease (P < .001), and just 2% of subjects IBS (P < .001).

    In the prospective study, serum samples were positive for ANA in 28% of subjects with NCWS, 7.5% of subjects with celiac disease (P = .02), and 6% of subjects with IBS (P = .005 vs patients with NCWS).

    From these results, they conclude that positive ANA results are associated with the presence of the HLA DQ2/DQ8 haplotypes (P < .001).

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    I have NCWS and I also developed Hashimotos. Glad to see these studies continuing to yield data.

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    Since ANA antibodies were higher in NCGS patients than in celiac patients, I do not see how they concluded that positive ANA results are associated with DQ2/DQ8 haplotypes. There is no mention of how they associate NCGS exclusively with DQ2/DQ8, and I know that NCGS can be associated with DQ5, DQ6, DQ7 and DQ9 as well.

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    I have had NCGS and when tested for autoimmune issues I have, my ANA is lower than the number required for diagnoses of that disease. I the above article seems to have come from the same medical group that discovered that those of us with NCGS will never have results high enough. I can not find that research article. I have been diagnosed with Scleroderma, Sjogren's, Raynaud's, POTS and autoimmune hepatitis by head of dept at teaching hospital. Can you help me find it...on a celiac research paper less than a year ago. Have HLA DQA1. Thanks.

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