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Clinical and genetic characteristics of people with type 1 diabetes who have discrepancies in titers of anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody measured by radioimmunoassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Satoshi TakagiJunnosuke MiuraSari HoshinaYasuko UchigataTetsuya Babazono
Published in: Journal of diabetes investigation (2019)
The difference in the positivity for GADA-ELISA might reflect cytotoxicity toward pancreatic β-cells and preservation of endogenous insulin secretion in people with slowly progressive insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. We also suggest that the difference in the GADA-ELISA-specific epitope depends on the human leukocyte antigen genotype.
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