The effect of HLA-DR genes on susceptibility to and severity of ankylosing spondylitis.
Arthritis Rheum
; 41(3): 460-5, 1998 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the effect of HLA-DR genes on susceptibility to and severity of ankylosing spondylitis (AS).METHODS:
Three hundred sixty-three white British AS patients were studied; 149 were carefully assessed for a range of clinical manifestations, and disease severity was assessed using a structured questionnaire. Limited HLA class I typing and complete HLA-DR typing were performed using DNA-based methods. HLA data from 13,634 healthy white British bone marrow donors were used for comparison.RESULTS:
A significant association between DR1 and AS was found, independent of HLA-B27 (overall odds ratio [OR] 1.4, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.1-1.8, P = 0.02; relative risk [RR] 2.7, 95% CI 1.5-4.8, P = 6 x 10(-4) among homozygotes; RR 2.1, 95% CI 1.5-2.8, P = 5 x 10(-6) among heterozygotes). A large but weakly significant association between DR8 and AS was noted, particularly among DR8 homozygotes (RR 6.8, 95% CI 1.6-29.2, P = 0.01 among homozygotes; RR 1.6, 95% CI 1.0-2.7, P = 0.07 among heterozygotes). A negative association with DR12 (OR 0.22, 95% CI 0.09-0.5, P = 0.001) was noted. HLA-DR7 was associated with younger age at onset of disease (mean age at onset 18 years for DR7-positive patients and 23 years for DR7-negative patients; Z score 3.21, P = 0.001). No other HLA class I or class II associations with disease severity or with different clinical manifestations of AS were found.CONCLUSION:
The results of this study suggest that HLA-DR genes may have a weak effect on susceptibility to AS independent of HLA-B27, but do not support suggestions that they affect disease severity or different clinical manifestations.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Espondilitis Anquilosante
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Antígenos HLA-DR
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arthritis Rheum
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido