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NATURE REVIEWS ENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 8, 期 5, 页码 306-316出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2011.245
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- Medical Research Council, UK [G07017632, G0900001]
- European Union [201167]
- Medical Research Council [G0701632, G0900390, G0900001] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [ACF-2007-01-004] Funding Source: researchfish
Autoimmune Addison disease is a rare autoimmune disorder with symptoms that typically develop over months or years. Following the development of serum autoantibodies to the key steroidogenic enzyme, 21-hydroxylase, patients have a period of compensated or preclinical disease, characterized by elevations in adrenocortocotropic hormone and renin, before overt, symptomatic adrenal failure develops. We propose that local failure of steroidogenesis, causing breakdown of tolerance to adrenal antigens, might be a key factor in disease progression. The etiology of autoimmune Addison disease has a strong genetic component in man, and several dog breeds are also susceptible. Allelic variants of genes encoding molecules of both the adaptive and innate immune systems have now been implicated, with a focus on the immunological synapse and downstream participants in T lymphocyte antigen-receptor signaling. With the exception of MHC alleles, which contribute to susceptibility in both human and canine Addison disease, no major or highly penetrant disease alleles have been found to date. Future research into autoimmune Addison disease, making use of genome-wide association studies and next-generation sequencing technology, will address the gaps in our understanding of the etiology of this disease.
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