Detection of tsh binding inhibiting antibodies (TBI-ab) and thyroid adenylate cyclase stimulating antibodies (TS-ab) in sera of patients with Graves' disease |
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Authors: | V Lattanzi R Scardapane A Ciampolillo C Vincenti R Giorgino |
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Abstract: | In the sera of patients with Graves' disease have been demonstrated the immunoglobulins able to inhibit the binding of TSH to the human thyroid membrane (TBI-Ab) and the immunoglobulins stimulating the thyroid adenylate cyclase (TS-Ab). The present study was performed in 75 hyperthyroid Graves' patients to ascertain the pathophysiological significance of these immunoglobulins. TS-Ab and TBI-Ab prevalence appeared to be much higher in the untreated and in relapsing patients than in subjects in remission. When the results of TBI-Ab and TS-Ab were compared in each group of patients no correlation was found between the two activities. We conclude that the TBI-Ab and the TS-Ab are the markers of hyperthyroidism in Graves' disease but the two activities are not equivalent and probably reflect a different phenomenon concomitantly produced. |
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