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A pilot study on the effect of anti-thrombopoietin antibody on platelet count in patients with type 2 diabetes

Molecules, ISSN: 1420-3049, Vol: 25, Issue: 7
2020
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Thrombopoietin (THPO) is a circulatory cytokine that plays an important role in platelet production. The presence of anti-THPO antibody relates to thrombocytopenia and is rarely seen in hematopoietic and autoimmune diseases. To date, there had been no reports that focused on the anti-THPO antibody in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). To evaluate prevalence of the anti-THPO antibody in patients with T2DM and the relationship between anti-THPO antibody and platelet count, a cross-sectional study was performed on 82 patients with T2DM. The anti-THPO antibody was measured by ELISA using preserved sera and detected in 13 patients. The average platelet count was significantly lower in patients with the anti-THPO antibody than in those without the anti-THPO antibody. Multivariate linear regression analyses showed a significant relationship between the anti-THPO antibody and platelet count, after adjusting for other variables. To our best knowledge, this was the first report on the effect of the anti-THPO antibody on platelet count in patients with T2DM. Further investigation is needed to validate the prevalence and pathological significance of the anti-THPO antibody in patients with T2DM.

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Fukuda, Takuya; Hamaguchi, Masahide; Osaka, Takafumi; Hashimoto, Yoshitaka; Ushigome, Emi; Asano, Mai; Yamazaki, Masahiro; Fukuda, Eriko; Yamaguchi, Kei; Ogawa, Koji; Goshima, Naoki; Fukui, Michiaki

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Chemistry; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

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