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WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
卷 20, 期 3, 页码 714-723出版社
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i3.714
关键词
Autoantibody; Childhood; Helicobacter pylori; Fc gamma receptor; Immune thrombocytopenia; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Systemic lupus erythematosus
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- Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare [H23-Nanchi-Ippan-002]
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disease mediated by anti-platelet autoantibodies. There is growing evidence that the eradication of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) effectively increases platelet count in a considerable proportion of ITP patients infected with this bacterium. In the majority of ITP patients responding to H. pylori eradication therapy, the anti-platelet autoantibody response is completely resolved with no relapse for more than 7 years, indicating that the disease is cured. Therefore, adult patients with suspected ITP should be examined for H. pylori infection, and eradication therapy is recommended if the infection is present. Notably, however, the efficacy of H. pylori eradication therapy in ITP patients varies widely among countries, with a higher response rate in Japan compared with the United States and European countries other than Italy. The pathogenesis of H. pylori-associated ITP is still uncertain, although the mechanisms are known to involve multiple factors. H. pylori may modulate the Fc gamma receptor balance of monocytes/macrophages in favor of activating Fc gamma receptors, and H. pylori components may mimic the molecular makeup of platelet antigens. Further studies of the pathogenic process of H. pylori associated ITP may be useful for the development of new therapeutic strategies for ITP. (C) 2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited. All rights reserved.
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