A

Disease A

Slug:Autoimmune_Gastritis
B

Disease B

Slug:Hashimotos_Thyroiditis
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Causal Mechanism Graphs

Autoimmune Gastritis

graph LR
    Peripheral_Neuropathy["Peripheral Neuropathy"]
    Intrinsic_Factor_Deficiency_and_B12_Malabsorption["Intrinsic Factor Deficiency and B12 Malabsorption"]
    Atrophic_Gastritis["Atrophic Gastritis"]
    Gastric_Neuroendocrine_Tumor["Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumor"]
    Glossitis["Glossitis"]
    Pernicious_Anemia["Pernicious Anemia"]
    Hypergastrinemia["Hypergastrinemia"]
    Gastric_Adenocarcinoma["Gastric Adenocarcinoma"]
    Parietal_Cell_Destruction_and_Oxyntic_Atrophy["Parietal Cell Destruction and Oxyntic Atrophy"]
    Hypergastrinemia_and_ECL_Cell_Hyperplasia["Hypergastrinemia and ECL Cell Hyperplasia"]
    Somatostatin_Analog_Therapy["Somatostatin Analog Therapy"]
    CD4+_T_Cell_Mediated_Autoimmune_Response_Against_the_Gastric_Proton_Pump["CD4+ T Cell-Mediated Autoimmune Response Against the Gastric Proton Pump"]
    Iron_Deficiency_Anemia["Iron Deficiency Anemia"]
    Netazepide_Gastrin_CCK2_Receptor_Antagonist["Netazepide (Gastrin/CCK2 Receptor Antagonist)"]
    Endoscopic_Resection_of_Gastric_Neuroendocrine_Tumors["Endoscopic Resection of Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumors"]
    Achlorhydria["Achlorhydria"]

    CD4+_T_Cell_Mediated_Autoimmune_Response_Against_the_Gastric_Proton_Pump --> Parietal_Cell_Destruction_and_Oxyntic_Atrophy
    Parietal_Cell_Destruction_and_Oxyntic_Atrophy --> Atrophic_Gastritis
    Parietal_Cell_Destruction_and_Oxyntic_Atrophy --> Achlorhydria
    Parietal_Cell_Destruction_and_Oxyntic_Atrophy --> Iron_Deficiency_Anemia
    Parietal_Cell_Destruction_and_Oxyntic_Atrophy --> Intrinsic_Factor_Deficiency_and_B12_Malabsorption
    Parietal_Cell_Destruction_and_Oxyntic_Atrophy --> Hypergastrinemia_and_ECL_Cell_Hyperplasia
    Parietal_Cell_Destruction_and_Oxyntic_Atrophy --> Gastric_Adenocarcinoma
    Intrinsic_Factor_Deficiency_and_B12_Malabsorption --> Pernicious_Anemia
    Intrinsic_Factor_Deficiency_and_B12_Malabsorption --> Peripheral_Neuropathy
    Intrinsic_Factor_Deficiency_and_B12_Malabsorption --> Glossitis
    Hypergastrinemia_and_ECL_Cell_Hyperplasia --> Hypergastrinemia
    Hypergastrinemia_and_ECL_Cell_Hyperplasia --> Gastric_Neuroendocrine_Tumor
    Netazepide_Gastrin_CCK2_Receptor_Antagonist --> Gastric_Neuroendocrine_Tumor
    Endoscopic_Resection_of_Gastric_Neuroendocrine_Tumors --> Gastric_Neuroendocrine_Tumor
    Somatostatin_Analog_Therapy --> Gastric_Neuroendocrine_Tumor

    style Peripheral_Neuropathy fill:#fef3c7
    style Intrinsic_Factor_Deficiency_and_B12_Malabsorption fill:#dbeafe
    style Atrophic_Gastritis fill:#fef3c7
    style Gastric_Neuroendocrine_Tumor fill:#fef3c7
    style Glossitis fill:#fef3c7
    style Pernicious_Anemia fill:#fef3c7
    style Hypergastrinemia fill:#fef3c7
    style Gastric_Adenocarcinoma fill:#fef3c7
    style Parietal_Cell_Destruction_and_Oxyntic_Atrophy fill:#dbeafe
    style Hypergastrinemia_and_ECL_Cell_Hyperplasia fill:#dbeafe
    style Somatostatin_Analog_Therapy fill:#fce7f3
    style CD4+_T_Cell_Mediated_Autoimmune_Response_Against_the_Gastric_Proton_Pump fill:#dbeafe
    style Iron_Deficiency_Anemia fill:#fef3c7
    style Netazepide_Gastrin_CCK2_Receptor_Antagonist fill:#fce7f3
    style Endoscopic_Resection_of_Gastric_Neuroendocrine_Tumors fill:#fce7f3
    style Achlorhydria fill:#fef3c7
H

Hypotheses

Shared organ-specific autoimmune susceptibility - HLA class II haplotypes plus non-HLA loci such as PTPN22 - predisposes to both autoimmune gastritis and autoimmune thyroid disease, manifesting as thyrogastric polyautoimmunity rather than one condition causing the other.
PMID:34145262 (SUPPORT)
Source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
"We conduct a genome-wide association study meta-analysis in 2166 cases and 659,516 European controls from population-based biobanks and identify genome-wide significant signals in or near the PTPN22"
The PTPN22/HLA susceptibility architecture of pernicious anemia / autoimmune gastritis is shared with other organ-specific autoimmune diseases including autoimmune thyroid disease.
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Raw YAML

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name: com_Autoimmune_Gastritis__Hashimotos_Thyroiditis
creation_date: '2026-07-01T00:00:00Z'
curation_status: CANDIDATE
notes: >-
  Thyrogastric syndrome: the frequent co-occurrence of autoimmune (atrophic)
  gastritis and autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto thyroiditis) is the most
  characteristic polyautoimmune pairing for autoimmune gastritis, reflecting a
  shared organ-specific autoimmune susceptibility. Autoimmune gastritis also
  clusters with type 1 diabetes mellitus and vitiligo; those pairings could be
  captured as additional comorbidity entries.
disease_a:
  slug: Autoimmune_Gastritis
  preferred_term: Autoimmune Gastritis
  term:
    id: MONDO:0031014
    label: autoimmune gastritis
disease_b:
  slug: Hashimotos_Thyroiditis
  preferred_term: Hashimoto thyroiditis
  term:
    id: MONDO:0007699
    label: Hashimoto thyroiditis
directionality: BIDIRECTIONAL
literature_evidence:
- reference: PMID:31864909
  reference_title: "Thyro-entero-gastric autoimmunity: Pathophysiology and implications for patient management."
  supports: SUPPORT
  evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
  snippet: "autoimmune thyroid disorders, in particular Hashimoto's thyroiditis, may be frequently associated with other organ-specific, immune-mediated disorders, such as autoimmune atrophic gastritis or celiac disease."
  explanation: Establishes the frequent association of Hashimoto thyroiditis with autoimmune atrophic gastritis - the thyrogastric syndrome.
- reference: PMID:28102858
  reference_title: "Luminescent Immunoprecipitation System (LIPS) for Detection of Autoantibodies Against ATP4A and ATP4B Subunits of Gastric Proton Pump H+,K+-ATPase in Atrophic Body Gastritis Patients."
  supports: SUPPORT
  evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
  snippet: "prevalence of ~2% in the general population and up to 10% in patients with other autoimmune diseases, such as type I diabetes or autoimmune thyroid disease."
  explanation: Autoimmune gastritis prevalence rises to ~10% among patients with other autoimmune diseases, including autoimmune thyroid disease.
hypotheses:
- description: >-
    Shared organ-specific autoimmune susceptibility - HLA class II haplotypes plus
    non-HLA loci such as PTPN22 - predisposes to both autoimmune gastritis and
    autoimmune thyroid disease, manifesting as thyrogastric polyautoimmunity rather
    than one condition causing the other.
  evidence:
  - reference: PMID:34145262
    reference_title: "Genome-wide association study identifies five risk loci for pernicious anemia."
    supports: SUPPORT
    evidence_source: HUMAN_CLINICAL
    snippet: "We conduct a genome-wide association study meta-analysis in 2166 cases and 659,516 European controls from population-based biobanks and identify genome-wide significant signals in or near the PTPN22"
    explanation: The PTPN22/HLA susceptibility architecture of pernicious anemia / autoimmune gastritis is shared with other organ-specific autoimmune diseases including autoimmune thyroid disease.
Source:GitHub