Abstract
| Immunological Biomarkers in Postinfectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome Pike BL1, Paden KA1, Alcala AN1, Jaep KM1, Gormley RP1, Maue AC1, Christmann BS2, Elson CO2, Riddle MS1, Porter CK1. J Travel Med. 2015 Jun 8. doi: 10.1111/jtm.12218. [Epub ahead of print] |
| Author information 1Enteric Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA. 2Department of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA. Abstract BACKGROUND: There is a recognized need for biological markers to facilitate diagnoses of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and to distinguish it from other functional and organic disorders. As postinfectious IBS (PI-IBS) is believed to account for as many as one third of all IBS cases, here we sought to identify differences in specific cytokines and serologic responses across patients with idiopathic IBS and PI-IBS and healthy controls. METHODS: At total of 120 US military personnel were identified from the Defense Medical Surveillance System-based International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD9-CM) codes recorded during medical encounters and were grouped based on infectious gastroenteritis (IGE) episode (Shigella, Campylobacter, Salmonella, or an unspecified pathogen) followed by IBS, IBS without antecedent IGE, or IGE without subsequent IBS within 2 years of the IGE exposure. Sera from subjects were assayed for cytokine levels and antibodies against a panel of microbiome antigens. RESULTS: In total, 10 of 118 markers considered were shown to differ between IBS patients and healthy controls, including cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-8, IL-1β, and macrophage inflammatory protein-1β (MIP-1β), as well as antibody responses to microbial antigens. Antimicrobial antibody response profiles also differed between PI-IBS cases compared with IBS cases without an antecedent episode of acute IGE. Comparisons also suggest that immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG profiles may point to pathogen-specific origins among PI-IBS cases. CONCLUSION: Taken together, these results provide further evidence as to the molecular distinctness of classes of IBS cases and that serum biomarkers may prove useful in elucidating their pathobiological pathways. |
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