Investigation of antihypothalamus and antipituitary antibodies in amateur boxers: is chronic repetitive head trauma-induced pituitary dysfunction associated with autoimmunity?

TANRIVERDİ, Fatih; DE BELLIS, Annamaria; BATTAGLIA, Marina; BELLASTELLA, Giuseppe; BIZZARRO, Antonio; SINISI, Antonio; BELLASTELLA, Antonio; ÜNLÜHİZARCI, KÜRŞAD; SELÇUKLU, AHMET; CASANUEVA, Felipe; KELESTIMUR, Fahrettin

doi:10.1530/eje-09-1024

Investigation of antihypothalamus and antipituitary antibodies in amateur boxers: is chronic repetitive head trauma-induced pituitary dysfunction associated with autoimmunity?

TANRIVERDİ F., DE BELLIS A., BATTAGLIA M., BELLASTELLA G., BIZZARRO A., SINISI A. A., ...Daha Fazla

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, cilt.162, sa.5, ss.861-867, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 162 Sayı: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2010
Doi Numarası: 10.1530/eje-09-1024
Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.861-867
Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Current data clearly demonstrate that sports-related chronic repetitive head trauma due to boxing might result in hypopituitarism. However, the mechanism of sports-related traumatic brain injury-induced pituitary dysfunction is still unclear. In order to understand whether autoimmune mechanisms could play a role in the pituitary dysfunction due to sports-related head trauma, we investigated the presence of antipituitary antibodies (APAs) and antihypothalamus antibodies (AHAs) in amateur boxers.