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Vitiligo and associated autoimmune disorders: A retrospective hospital-based study in Mumbai, India
S.A. Poojary
Department of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, K.J. Somaiya Medical College & Hospital, Mumbai, India
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during the years June 2002 to June 2008&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0010"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#40;2&#41;</span><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">To study demographic variables associated with patients having vitiligo&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0015"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#40;3&#41;</span><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">To study the coexistence of autoimmune disorders with vitiligo&#46;</p></li></ul></p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Materials and methods</span><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Records of 33&#44;252 new patients attending dermatology OPD between June 2002 and June 2008 were analysed retrospectively for the presence of vitiligo and coexistence of autoimmune disorders as per history and examination&#46; The decision to select time period was random&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Structured proforma was devised&#44; and standardised information about individual subject including demographic variables and associated autoimmune diseases was collected&#44; once the record showed the presence of vitiligo&#46; Since our department has a vitiligo clinic&#44; detailed information about all vitiligo patients is maintained in a register and was easily retrieved&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A master chart was prepared for detailed information about vitiligo patients&#46; To estimate overall prevalence of vitiligo in new patients attending dermatology OPD 95&#37; confidence interval of prevalence of vitiligo was calculated&#46; Patients were categorised as per their demographic variables&#44; i&#46;e&#46; age&#44; sex&#44; type of vitiligo&#44; presence of associated autoimmune disorders&#44; family history of vitiligo &#40;in first degree relatives&#41; and family history of associated autoimmune disorders&#46; Depending on the nature of associated autoimmune disorder&#44; information about necessary investigations &#40;e&#46;g&#46; skin biopsy&#44; hormonal tests&#41; was also scrutinised to confirm the diagnosis of the associated autoimmune disorder&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Results</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="lis0010"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0020"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">1&#46;</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Demographic characteristics</span>&#58; The total number of vitiligo patients studied was 204&#46; The proportion of vitiligo patients was 0&#46;61&#37; &#40;95&#37; confidence interval was 0&#46;53&#8211;0&#46;69&#37;&#41;&#46; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Age distribution</span>&#58; Age group of 10&#8211;20<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>years accounted for maximum number of patients &#40;30&#46;39&#37;&#41;&#46; Mean age was 24<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>years&#46; The youngest patient observed having vitiligo was six months old and the oldest patient observed was 79<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>years old&#46; Females &#40;104&#41; constituted 51&#37; and males &#40;100&#41; were 49&#37; &#40;M&#58;F ratio 1&#46;04&#58;1&#41;&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0025"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">2&#46;</span><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Family characteristics</span>&#58; Family history of vitiligo in first degree relatives was found in 3&#46;43&#37; of patients&#46; There was no family history of any autoimmune disorders&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0030"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">3&#46;</span><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Clinical features of vitiligo</span>&#58; 66&#37; cases were found to have localised vitiligo &#40;&#60;20&#37; of body surface involvement&#41;&#44; 15&#37; had generalised vitiligo&#46; 13&#37; had acral&#47;acromucosal&#47;mucosal vitiligo and the least common type observed was segmental vitiligo &#40;6&#37;&#41;&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0035"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">4&#46;</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Associated autoimmune disorders were present in 2&#46;94&#37; of the patients &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41;&#46; These were two cases of morphoea &#40;0&#46;98&#37;&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>&#41;&#44; and one case each of Graves&#8217; disease &#40;0&#46;49&#37;&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>&#41;&#44; alopecia areata &#40;0&#46;49&#37;&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0015">Fig&#46; 3</a>&#41;&#44; discoid lupus erythematosus &#40;0&#46;49&#37;&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0020">Fig&#46; 4</a>&#41;&#44; and pemphigus erythematosus &#40;0&#46;49&#37;&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0025">Fig&#46; 5</a>&#41;&#46; Of these&#44; two patients belonged to an older age group &#40;&#62;40<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>years&#41; and four patients belonged to younger age group &#40;&#60;20<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>years&#41;&#46; Three patients had localised vitiligo&#44; one patient had generalised vitiligo&#44; one patient had acromucosal vitiligo and one patient had mucosal vitiligo&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0005"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0015"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0020"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0025"></elsevierMultimedia></li></ul></p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Discussion</span><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Vitiligo is a multifactorial disorder&#44; autoimmune hypothesis being the most important in the pathogenesis of vitiligo&#46; The autoimmune hypothesis of vitiligo primarily focuses on&#58; &#40;1&#41; association with other autoimmune disorders&#59; &#40;2&#41; association with family history of vitiligo and autoimmune disorders&#59; &#40;3&#41; presence of autoantibodies to melanocytes and autoreactive T cells&#59; &#40;4&#41; presence of genetic factors&#44; i&#46;e&#46; MHC class II alleles&#44; cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 gene&#44; autoimmune susceptibility foci&#59; and &#40;5&#41; positive response to immunosuppressive therapeutic agents&#46;</p><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Vitiligo is associated with the following autoimmune diseases&#58; &#40;1&#41; autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome type 1 &#40;APS1&#41;&#44; type 2 &#40;APS2&#44; Schmidt syndrome&#41;&#44; type 3 and type 4&#46; Vitiligo is more frequently a component of APS 3&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> &#40;2&#41; Autoimmune thyroiditis&#44; Graves&#8217; disease&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10&#44;11</span></a> &#40;3&#41; Addison&#39;s disease&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> &#40;4&#41; Pernicious anaemia&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> &#40;5&#41; Myasthenia gravis&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> &#40;6&#41; Alopecia areata&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> &#40;7&#41; Pemphigus vulgaris and foliaceus&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13&#44;14</span></a> &#40;8&#41; Morphoea&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0075"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a> &#40;9&#41; diabetes mellitus type 1&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> &#40;10&#41; rheumatoid arthritis&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> and &#40;11&#41; systemic lupus erythematosus and discoid lupus erythematosus&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;16</span></a></p><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Alkhateeb et al&#46; reported at least 30&#37; of patients with vitiligo to be affected with at least one additional autoimmune disorder&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> His study on Caucasian probands and their families reported a significant increase in thyroid disorders&#44; Addison&#39;s disease and systemic lupus erythematosus in vitiligo probands as well as their families as compared to the population frequency&#44; while there was no significant increase in alopecia areata&#44; diabetes mellitus&#44; myasthenia gravis and rheumatoid arthritis&#46; The commonest association of vitiligo is with thyroid dysfunction&#44; 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thus reflecting an inherited genetic component of autoimmune susceptibility in these families&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0095"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a></p><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Apart from statistically significant association&#44; several immunogenetic factors provide a scientific basis of a true association of vitiligo with other autoimmune disorders&#58; &#40;1&#41; autoimmune susceptibility foci<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20&#44;21</span></a>&#58; genome analysis has mapped vitiligo to specific loci&#44; termed as autoimmune susceptibility loci&#58; AIS1 &#40;chromosome 1p31&#46;3&#8211;32&#46;2&#41;&#44; AIS2 &#40;chromosome 7&#41;&#44; AIS3 &#40;chromosome 8&#41;&#44; SLEV1 &#40;17p13 &#8211; a linkage signal detected in multiplex lupus families that included at least one case of vitiligo&#41;&#46; The linkage on chromosome 8 appears to derive from families with isolated vitiligo&#44; while 7 and 17p linkages appear to derive from families with other autoimmune disorders and may represent loci for susceptibility in general&#46; Association analysis across the 17p linkage region has also identified NALP1 as a major susceptibility gene for generalised vitiligo and other autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases associated with vitiligo&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0110"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22</span></a> NALP1 recruits the adaptor protein ASC&#44; caspase 1 and caspase 5 to a complex termed the NALP1 inflassome&#44; which activates IL&#946;&#46; Serum IL&#946; levels are elevated in patients with generalised vitiligo&#46; NALP1 also plays a role in caspase mediated cellular apoptosis&#46; If a definitive role for NALP1 and IL&#946; is confirmed&#44; IL&#946; inhibitors &#40;anakrina&#41; and caspase 1 inhibitors &#40;VX-765&#41; might be effective in the treatment or in the prevention of autoimmune disorders like vitiligo&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0115"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23&#44;24</span></a> &#40;2&#41; An increased frequency of heterozygous C4 and C2 deficiency has been reported in patients with vitiligo&#46; C4 and C2 deficiency is known to be associated with several autoimmune disorders&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0125"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">25</span></a> &#40;3&#41; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4&#58; Significant association with CTLA 4 polymorphic markers is only seen in patients of vitiligo who have concomitant autoimmune disease&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">26</span></a> &#40;4&#41; Autoimmune regulator&#58; mutations in the autoimmune regulator gene &#40;AIRE&#41; are responsible for autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1&#40;APS1&#41;&#44; a disease in which vitiligo is a common clinical manifestation&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> &#40;5&#41; Lymphoid protein tyrosinase phosphatase&#58; mutations in the gene &#40;PTPN22&#41; encoding lymphoid protein tyrosine phosphatase have an influence on the development of generalised vitiligo and have been associated with susceptibility to autoimmune disorders&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0135"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">27</span></a> All of these provide further evidence for autoimmunity as an aetiological factor in vitiligo&#46;</p><p id="par0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Our study shows a proportion of 0&#46;61&#37; of vitiligo patients amongst new patients&#46; This is similar to the prevalence of 0&#46;5&#37; reported by Das et al&#46; in Kolkata&#44; India&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0140"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">28</span></a> Shah et al&#46; reported an incidence of 1&#46;84&#37; amongst new patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> Mean age of the patients was 24<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>years and there was an equal proportion of males and females&#46; Family history was seen in 3&#46;43&#37; of patients&#44; which is less than that reported by Shajil et al&#46; &#40;13&#46;68&#37;&#41; and Gopal et al&#46; &#40;22&#37;&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0145"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">29&#44;30</span></a></p><p id="par0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Associated autoimmune diseases in our study constituted 2&#46;94&#37; and were mainly cutaneous associated autoimmune diseases and only one case of Grave&#39;s disease&#46; Amongst the cutaneous autoimmune diseases&#44; morphoea constituted 0&#46;98&#37;&#59; alopecia areata 0&#46;49&#37;&#59; pemphigus erythematosus 0&#46;49&#37;&#59; and discoid lupus erythematosus 0&#46;49&#37;&#46; Shah et al&#46; have reported autoimmune diseases in 1&#46;36&#37; of vitiligo patients&#46; Other studies have reported increased frequency of thyroid diseases especially Hashimoto&#39;s thyroiditis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;7&#44;17</span></a> Grave&#39;s disease has been reported in association with vitiligo by Moradi and Ghafarpoor&#44; Dave et al&#46; and Tanioka et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;7&#44;10</span></a> Gopal et al&#46; reported alopecia areata in 7&#46;4&#37; and Shah et al&#46; in 0&#46;55&#37; of vitiligo patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8&#44;30</span></a> To the best of our knowledge&#44; our case is the first case of pemphigus erythematosus to be reported in association with vitiligo&#44; although pemphigus foliaceus&#47;vulgaris and lupus erythematosus have been reported with vitiligo&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13&#44;14&#44;16</span></a></p><p id="par0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The associated autoimmune diseases were more in the younger age group &#40;&#60;20<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>years&#41; &#8211; four patients than in older age group &#8211; two patients &#40;&#62; 40<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>years&#41;&#46; Also&#44; three of these patients had localised vitiligo&#44; one patient had acromucosal vitiligo&#44; one patient had mucosal vitiligo and only one patient showed generalised vitiligo&#44; while other studies have shown increased frequency of autoimmune diseases in generalised vitiligo&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a></p><p id="par0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Our study has a relatively small sample size&#44; hence we cannot comment on the statistical significance of the associated autoimmune diseases&#46; Also it is a retrospective study&#46; If it had been a prospective study&#44; we could have also included a few basic investigations for other autoimmune disorders like thyroid disorders even in asymptomatic patients&#46; This probably explains the low proportion of thyroid disorders in our study&#46; Presently&#44; we have started screening all patients of vitiligo in our hospital for thyroid disorders &#40;T3&#44; T4&#44; and TSH&#41;&#46; Nevertheless&#44; our study once again emphasizes the autoimmune aetiology of vitiligo and a possible genetic basis of concurrent autoimmune diseases in such patients&#46;</p><p id="par0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We suggest that&#58;A genomic analysis should be done in patients of vitiligo with other autoimmune diseases&#44; but in a larger sample size in order to identify genes responsible for multiple autoimmune diseases including vitiligo in the Indian population&#46; This has the potential to yield novel insight into the pathogenesis of these diseases and may lead to identification of new targets for therapy and possibly prevention&#46;A detailed clinical examination should be carried out along with a few basic investigations and auto-antibodies especially&#44; antithyroid antibodies in patients with vitiligo for early detection of coexisting auto immune disorders&#44; especially thyroid diseases&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conflicting interest</span><p id="par0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have no conflict of interest to declare&#46;</p></span></span>"
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