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Autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare form of chronic pancreatitis by an autoimmune inflammatory process. Autoimmune pancreatitis is clinically characterized by frequent presentation with obstructive jaundice with or without a pancreatic mass, histologically by a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate and fibrosis. Clinically and histologically, it has two distinct subsets: (1) type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis, which is a systemic disease, and (2) type 2 autoimmune pancreatitis without systemic involvement. Now, autoimmune pancreatitis is accepted as a unique clinical entity that is present predominantly in the Asian population. Like other autoimmune diseases, autoimmune pancreatitis is frequently associated with rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome, and inflammatory bowel disease.
Fig.1 Immunological interactions with autoimmune pancreatitis. (Hart, 2015)
Although it is well established that spontaneous resolution can occur in most cases with autoimmune pancreatitis, symptomatic patients are best treated with corticosteroid therapy (i.e., prednisolone), which appeared to be a standard treatment. An initial prednisolone dose of 0.6 mg/kg/day is recommended, reduced to a maintenance dose over 3-6 months. However, maintenance treatment with low-dose steroids reduces but does not eliminate relapses.
While steroids are considered the mainstay of initial treatment, there is emerging evidence on the use of immunomodulators (including azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine, and mycophenolate mofetil) as well as biological agents in maintaining remission in relapsing autoimmune pancreatitis. There is an FDA-approved chimeric monoclonal antibody against CD20 that can induce remission in autoimmune pancreatitis. In relapsing autoimmune pancreatitis, B-cell depletion therapy using anti-CD20 antibody is more efficient than immunomodulator drugs and shows better tolerance. Especially when glucocorticoid monotherapy ultimately fails to induce remission or control the disease and long-term toxicities pose a high risk to patients, the anti-CD20 antibody can induce remission.
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