HLA-DQA1 gene expression profiling in oligoarticular JIA

Autor: Carola Frank, Johannes Peter Haas, M. Metzler, R. Wassmuth, R. Haefner
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Autoimmunity. 42:389-391
ISSN: 1607-842X
0891-6934
DOI: 10.1080/08916930902832652
Popis: Polymorphisms in the upstream regulatory region of the HLA class II DQA1 gene are currently defined by 10 different alleles. Two of them carrying a Y-box mutation are associated with susceptibility to oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (OA-JIA). We investigated allele-dependent differences in HLA-DQA1 gene expression in OA-JIA patients. In cells from affected joints compared to peripheral blood, gene expression of HLA-DRA as well as total HLA-DQA1 was significantly upregulated. Differential analyses of HLA-DQA1 allelic expression showed DQA1*02 and *04 to be comparatively increased. Intra-articular upregulation of HLA-DQA1 was predominantly observed for the OA-JIA associated allele HLA-DQA1*04. Nevertheless, the Y-box mutation of the disease-associated allele DQA1*0401 was not a common denominator for expression behaviour.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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