Potential Involvement of Human Leukocyte Antigen-DR/DQ Polymorphisms with Schizophrenia Among Patients with Schizophrenia in Yemen.
Oman Med J
; 39(1): e590, 2024 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Objectives:
To evaluate the hypothesis that human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) confer susceptibility to schizophrenic disorders, by assessing their contribution to the risk of schizophrenia in a Yemeni population.Methods:
The researchers approached patients who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia at Al-Amal Hospital for Psychiatric Diseases, Sana'a. Controls were drawn randomly from the general population. The HLA class II alleles of the participants were examined. The genotypes of the HLA-DQB1 and HLA-DRB1 alleles were determined by polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific primers.Results:
The subjects comprised 110 patients with schizophrenia, matched by an equal number of controls. The prevalence of HLA-DRB1*04 was significantly higher among patients than among controls (7.3% vs. 0.0%; p =0.003), as was HLA-DRB1*07 (62.7% vs. 17.3%, odds ratio (OR) = 8.1, 95% CI 4.3-15.1; p < 0.001). HLA-DRBI*14 was significantly less prevalent among patients (0.9% vs. 11.8%, OR = 0.06, 95% CI 0.01-0.50, χ2 = 10.9; p < 0.001). HLA-DQB1*07 was the most common allele discovered in schizophrenia patients and was found to have a much higher incidence in patients than the control group (22.7% vs. 4.5%, OR = 6.2, 95%CI 2.3-16.8, χ2 = 15.4; p < 0.001).Conclusions:
The HLA-DQB1 and HLA-DRB1 gene loci are linked to schizophrenia in the Yemeni population, according to the current study's evidence.
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