HLA-DR4 SUBTYPE AND -B ALLELES IN DQB1*0302-POSITIVE HAPLOTYPES ASSOCIATED WITH IDDM

Autor: H. REIJONEN, S. NEJENTSEV, J. TUOKKO, S. KOSKINEN, E. TUOMILEHTO-WOLF, H. K. AKERBLOM, J. ILONEN, THE CHILDHOOD DIABETES IN FINLAND S GROUP
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: European Journal of Immunogenetics. 24:357-363
ISSN: 1365-2370
0960-7420
Popis: We determined the distribution of DR4 subtypes in 309 DQB1*0302-positive haplotypes found in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients and 70 control haplotypes present only in healthy family members. An increased frequency of DRB1*0401 allele (74.4% vs. 55.7%, P = 0.003) and a decrease of DRB1*0404 allele (23.6% vs. 40.0%, P = 0.0064) was revealed. A further analysis of extended haplotypes demonstrated strong linkages between various B alleles and DRB1*04 subtypes. HLA-B39 was more frequent in DRB1*0404-DQB1*0302-positive IDDM haplotypes compared with control ones (37.0% vs. 14.3%, P = 0.049), suggesting an involvement of the region telomeric to HLA-DRB1 in the susceptibility to IDDM.
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