ASSOCIATION OF TUBERCULOSIS AND M-TUBERCULOSIS-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY-LEVELS WITH HLA
ASSOCIATION OF TUBERCULOSIS AND M-TUBERCULOSIS-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY-LEVELS WITH HLA
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/159.3.549
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发表时间:
1989-03-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
IVANYI, J
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作者:
BOTHAMLEY, GH;BECK, JS;IVANYI, J
In the search for HLA-linked immune response genes that control susceptibility to tuberculosis, we performed HLA typing and measured antibody titers to well-defined Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigenic determinants in 101 patients with sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis and 64 healthy controls from Surabaya, Indonesia. HLA-DR2 and DQw1 were associated with sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (attributable risk - 36% and 39%, respectively), while DQw3 was associated even more strongly with the control group (preventive fraction - 57%). Antibody titers to the TB71 and TB72 epitopes of the 38-kDa protein, present only on tubercle bacilli, were strongly associated with DR2 (Pcorr = 0.001 and 0.024 respectively). The association of both the disease and the antibody response to the 38-kDa antigen of M. tuberculosis with Class II HLA genes HLA-DR2 indicates that Ir-gene-mediated regulation of the immune response to this antigen may be of pathogenic significance for the development of sputum smear-positive tuberculosis.