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. 2021 Nov 6;26:100274. doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2021.100274

Table 6.

Involvement of the proteins that we found share local homology with thyroperoxidase in autoimmune disorders, as resulting from a PubMed search.

Protein No. of articles Citations Results
Fibrillin-1/Asprosin/Epididymis secretory sperm binding protein 11 Atanasova MA et al. 2011 [63] Increased anti-fibrillin-1 IgM antibodies in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss may contribute to the pathogenesis of this condition
Admou B et al. 2009 [64] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies may be present in systemic sclerosis patients
Grassegger A et al. 2008 [65] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies seem to have important roles in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis
Zhou X et al. 2005 [66] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies are specifically present in systemic sclerosis patients and may induce activation of normal dermal fibroblasts into a profibrotic phenotype, which resembles that of systemic sclerosis
Nicoloff G et al. 2005 [67] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies can be found in diabetic patients
Pandey JP et al. 2001 [68] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis patients are associated with specific KM and GM allotypes (genetic markers of immunoglobulin kappa and gamma chains, respectively)
Tan FK et al. 2000 [69] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis patients correlate with specific ethnic groups but not HLA alleles
Morse JH et al. 2000 [70] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies are present in primary pulmonary hypertension, other than in systemic sclerosis, CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia) syndrome, mixed connective tissue disease.
Lundberg I et al. 2000 [71] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies are present in CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia) syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease.
Arnett FC et al. 1999 [72] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies are present in patients with linear scleroderma or morphea.
Tan FK et al. 1999 [73] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies may be found in patients with systemic sclerosis, CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia) syndrome or mixed connective tissue disease.
Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (LRP-4) 12 Inoue H et al. 2020 [74] Case report of a patient affected by myasthenia gravis and autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 3, with autoantibodies to both acetylcholine receptor and low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 antibody
Park KH et al. 2018 [75] Analysis of multiple autoantibodies (including those to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4) in patients with myasthenia gravis
Ohnari K et al. 2018 [76] Report of a case of myasthenia gravis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, with autoantibodies to acetylcholine receptor and low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4
Kruger JM et al. 2017 [77] Report of a case of myasthenia gravis with autoantibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4, but not to acetylcholine receptor nor to muscle-specific kinase
Ishikawa H et al. 2017 [78] Report of two cases of myasthenia gravis and invasive thymoma, with autoantibodies to acetylcholine receptor and low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4
Li Y et al. 2017 [79] Identification of autoantibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 in Chinese patients with myasthenia gravis
Takahashi H et al. 2016 [80] Report of two cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with autoantibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4, who showed myasthenic symptoms
Marino M et al. 2015 [81] Analysis of the presence of autoantibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 in an Italian cohort of 101 myasthenic patients, 45 healthy blood donors and 40 patients with other neurological diseases
Zisimopoulou P et al. 2014 [82] Autoantibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 were found in 18.7% of about 800 patients with myasthenia gravis from 10 countries
Zouvelou V et al. 2013 [83] Report of two cases of myasthenia gravis with autoantibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4, but not to acetylcholine receptor nor to muscle-specific kinase
Motomura M et al. 2012 [84] Autoantibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 were found in 9/300 patients with generalized myasthenia gravis negative for anti- acetylcholine receptor autoantibodies
Higuchi O et al. 2011 [85] First report of the presence and pathogenetic role of autoantibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 in patients with myasthenia gravis
Fibrillin-3 1 Dolcino M et al. 2014 [86] The peptide TNRRGRGSPGAL, recognized by nearly all sera of patients with psoriatic arthritis, shows amino acid sequence homology and cross-reacts with some skin autoantigens, including fibrillin-3.
fibrillin 1 variant, partial 11 Atanasova MA et al. 2011 [63] Increased anti-fibrillin-1 IgM antibodies in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss may contribute to the pathogenesis of this condition
Admou B et al. 2009 [64] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies may be present in systemic sclerosis patients
Grassegger A et al. 2008 [65] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies seem to have important roles in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis
Zhou X et al. 2005 [66] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies are specifically present in systemic sclerosis patients and may induce activation of normal dermal fibroblasts into a profibrotic phenotype, which resembles that of systemic sclerosis
Nicoloff G et al. 2005 [67] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies can be found in diabetic patients
Pandey JP et al. 2001 [68] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis patients are associated with specific KM and GM allotypes (genetic markers of immunoglobulin kappa and gamma chains, respectively)
Tan FK et al. 2000 [69] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis patients correlate with specific ethnic groups but not HLA alleles
Morse JH et al. 2000 [70] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies are present in primary pulmonary hypertension, other than in systemic sclerosis, CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia) syndrome, mixed connective tissue disease.
Lundberg I et al. 2000 [71] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies are present in CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia) syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease.
Arnett FC et al. 1999 [72] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies are present in patients with linear scleroderma or morphea.
Tan FK et al. 1999 [73] Anti-fibrillin-1 autoantibodies may be found in patients with systemic sclerosis, CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia) syndrome or mixed connective tissue disease.
Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 2 (LRP-2) 5 Larsen CP et al. 2018 [87] Autoantibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 2 can be found in patients with ABBA disease, a kidney disease characterized by kidney antibrush border antibodies and renal failure.
Ooka S et al. 2003 [88] Autoantibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 2 were found in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (87%), systemic lupus erythematosus (40%), systemic sclerosis (35%), osteoarthritis (15%), Behçet's disease (3%)
Dinesh KP et al. 2019 [89] Report of a case of anti-LRP2 nephropathy/anti-brush border antibody disease
Yu X et al. 2001 [90] Detection of amino acid sequence homology and cross-reactivity between CD69 and low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 2
Illies F et al. 2004 [91] Report of a patient with autoimmune thyroiditis and membranous nephropathy; low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 2 (megalin) is expressed on thyroid cells in a TSH-dependent manner and could be a link between the two diseases
P-selectin (CD62P)/Granule membrane protein 140/Leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion molecule 3/Platelet activation dependent granule-external membrane protein 2 Jiang H et al. 1993 [92] Autoantibodies to granule membrane protein 140 were found in 13/46 patients with severe pregnancy-induced hypertension
Zhang S et al. 1995 [93] Autoantibodies to granule membrane protein 140 were found in 17/92 patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Nidogen-1/Entactin 9 Fukatsu A et al. 1987 [52] Rats injected with mercuric chloride develop autoantibodies to various components of the glomerular basement membrane, including emtactin
Saxena R et al. 1990 [53] Entactin is a possible autoantigen of the glomerular basement membrane, which could be involved in some types of human autoimmune glomerulonephritis (non-Goodpasture)
Saxena R et al. 1991 [54] Anti-entactin antibodies were found in extracapillary glomerulonephritis patients, although very few.
Saxena R et al. 1991 [55] Circulating anti-entactin antibodies are present in specific types of glomerulonephritis, but not in others nor in healthy subjects.
Wang J et al. 1994 [56] In the iris of rats with experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis, there is an increase in immunoreactivity of several proteins, including entactin
Saxena R et al. 1994 [57] Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus often have anti-entactin antibodies, which are more common in case of severe disease.
Saxena R et al. 1995 [58] Two of 40 patients with pulmonary renal syndrome had anti-entactin autoantibodies
Li QZ et al. 2005 [59] Autoantibodies to entactin are frequent in patients with lupus but not associated with disease activity
Cuadrado E et al. 2015 [60] IgG antibodies to several autoantigens, including entactin, are present in patients with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome, an autoimmune disorder with some similarities to systemic lupus erythematous which particularly targets the cerebral white matter.

Of the 47 TPO homologous proteins, 40 do not appear in the Table, because we retrieved no literature about their involvement in autoimmune disorders. These proteins are: Peroxidasin homolog/Melanoma-associated antigen MG50/Vascular peroxidase 1, Peroxidasin-like protein, Prostaglandin G/H synthase 2/Cyclooxygenase-2, Prostaglandin G/H synthase 1/Cyclooxygenase-1, Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor E2/EGF-like module receptor 2/CD312, Protocadherin Fat 4, Latent-transforming growth factor beta-binding protein 4 (LTBP4), Latent-transforming growth factor beta-binding protein 1 (LTBP-1), Seizure related 6-like protein 2, CUB and sushi domain-containing protein 1, C-type lectin domain family 14 member A/Epidermal growth factor receptor 5 (EGFR-5), Multiple epidermal growth factor-like domains protein 6, Seizure 6-like protein/KIAA0927 protein, Cadherin EGF LAG seven-pass G-type receptor 2/Cadherin family member 10/Flamingo homolog 3, EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix protein 2, Nephronectin/Preosteoblast EGF-like repeat protein with MAM domain/EGFL6-like, Complement component C1q receptor/CD93, Fibulin 5, Tolloid-like protein 1, EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix protein 1, Signal peptide, CUB and EGF-like domain-containing protein 1, Latent-transforming growth factor beta-binding protein 1 (LTBP1), KIAA1237 protein, partial, Vitamin K-dependent protein S, Protein HEG homolog 1, Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1B (LRP-1B), Fibulin-1, Fibulin 1, Protein kinase C-binding protein NELL2, NOTCH4 protein, complement receptor type 2, dual oxidase 2 precursor variant, partial, CSMD2 protein, Cysteine-rich with EGF-like Domains 2 (CRELD2) beta, Endosialin/CD248, Prolow-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1/Alpha-2-macroglobulin receptor/Apolipoprotein E receptor/CD91, CUB and sushi domain-containing protein 3, Thrombospondin-3, Epidermal growth factor-like protein 6, Mutant p53 binding protein 1 variant, partial.