[Prevalence and characteristics of serum autoantibodies in patients followed for infertility at Grenoble University Hospital]

C. Wackenheim, Wackenheim C, Chloé Wackenheim, Pascale Hoffman, Hoffman P, Dumestre-Pérard C, Chantal Dumestre-Pérard, Chantal Dumestre‐Pérard, Laurence Bouillet, Bouillet L, Nadia Alfaidy, Alban Deroux
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) · 2019 · vol. 48(11) , pp. e307–e315 · doi:10.1016/j.lpm.2019.10.002 · PMID:31727487 · W2988262675
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This study investigated the prevalence and characteristics of serum autoimmunity in infertile women treated at the Grenoble University Hospital Center.

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INTRODUCTION: Fertility disorders in autoimmune diseases are well described. However, little is known about the presence of a humoral serum autoimmunity in case of infertility (antinuclear antibodies, ACAN or antiphospholipid, APL) without criteria of autoimmune disease. METHODS: We studied the prevalence, associated factors, and efficacy of immunomodulatory therapy in patients with unexplained infertility. Two groups were created retrospectively among patients followed in medically assisted procreation (PMA) for infertility: a group with serum autoimmunity (AI+) (ACAN, APL or anti-thyroperoxidase antibodies) and a group without serum autoimmunity (HAVE-). Clinical, biological, and therapeutic data were collected. RESULTS: The prevalence of autoimmunity was 33% among consultant patients. One hundred patients were seen in internal medicine consultation, 70 were included in the AI+ group and 30 in the AI- group. In the AI+ group, 76% had ACANs, 29% had anti-TPOs and 23% had APLs. There was a significant correlation between ACAN level and the presence of endometriosis (P=0.048). Immunomodulatory therapy was introduced for 68 of the 70 women in the AI+ group; pregnancy occurred in 28 patients (40%) during the treatment period, compared with 7 in the "AI-" group (23%), with a tendency to significance (P=0.09). In conclusion, there is an increased prevalence of serum autoimmunity in patients with fertility disorders, possibly with the efficacy of an immunomodulatory treatment to confront prospective therapeutic studies.

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Autoantibodies Autoimmunity Autoimmunity Infertility, Female Antibodies, Antinuclear Antibodies, Antinuclear Antibodies, Antinuclear Antibodies, Antiphospholipid Antibodies, Antiphospholipid Antibodies, Antiphospholipid Autoantibodies Autoantibodies Autoantigens Autoantigens Autoantigens Embryo Implantation Embryo Implantation Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis

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