Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Abstract

4/2019 vol. 5
Original paper

IgG4 subclass and gamma-glutamyl transferase in children with ulcerative colitis with primary sclerosing cholangitis and without sclerosing cholangitis

Fatemeh Farahmand 1
,
Mitra Ahmadi 1
,
Ahmad Khodadad 1
,
Mehri Najafi 1
,
Gholamhossein Fallahi 1
,
Farzaneh Motamed 1
,
Masoud Movahedi 1
,
Asghar Aghamohammadi 2
,
Nima Rezaei 2, 3, 4
,
Hazhir Javaherizadeh 5
  1. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. Department of Immunology, School of Medicine; and Molecular Immunology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
  5. Alimentary Tract Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Clin Exp HEPATOL 2019; 5, 4: 285–288
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2019.89119
Online publish date: 2019/10/17
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Aim of the study

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease which could be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly ulcerative colitis (UC). The aim of this study was to compare GGT and IgG4 levels among children with UC with PSC and without PSC.

Material and methods

In this cross sectional study children with UC with PSC and UC without PSC were included. Serum immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) levels of the 90 UC patients with and without concomitant PSC were measured. Children with serum IgG4 concentration > 175 mg/dl were considered to have elevated IgG4.

Results

Elevated serum IgG4 was found in 8 of 30 (26.6%) patients with PSC vs. 3 of 60 (5.0%) patients without PSC. Compared with the group without symptoms of PSC, the group with PSC showed significantly higher levels of aspartate aminotransferases (AST; 22.5 U/l vs. 70.0 U/l, p < 0.001), alkaline phosphatase (ALP; 359.0 U/l vs. 602.0 U/l, p < 0.001), and IgG4 (56.0 vs. 73.0, p = 0.02). The odd ratio of the elevated IgG4 and GGT in predicting PSC was 6.9 (95% CI: 1.6-28.4) and 18 (95% CI: 5.7-55.9), respectively.

Conclusions

AST, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), GGT, ALP, and serum IgG4 were significantly higher in UC patients with sclerosing cholangitis (SC) compared to UC patients without SC. GGT and IgG-4 measurements are recommended for evaluation of UC.

Keywords

primary sclerosing cholangitis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, IgG4

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