HLA-DRB1 alleles of susceptibility and protection in Iranians with autoimmune hepatitis
HLA-DRB1 alleles of susceptibility and protection in Iranians with autoimmune hepatitis
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DOI:
10.1016/j.humimm.2016.01.007
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发表时间:
2016-04-01
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2.7
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Tajik, Nader
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作者:
Baharlou, Rasoul;Faghihi-Kashani, Amirhossein;Tajik, Nader
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is an uncommon autoimmune liver disease of unknown etiology. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of HLA-DRB1 alleles in Iranian patients with AIH and investigate the association between HLA alleles and the different types of the disease. Fifty-four AIH patients and 100 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were subjected to low resolution HLA-DRB typing performed by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) technique. The results revealed higher frequencies of HLA-DRB1*03, and DRB1*13 alleles in patients with AIH compared to controls. However, DRB1*11 was less frequent in AIH patients. In type I AIH patients HLA-DRB1*03, HLA-DRB1*04, HLA-DRB1*08, and HLA-DRB1*13 were the most frequent alleles. While in type II, the most frequent alleles were HLA-DRB1*07 and HLA-DRB1*13. The seronegative patients showed more frequency of HLA-DRB1*03 and HLA-DRB3. In contrary, the frequency of HLA-DRB1*11, HLA-DRB1*15 and HLA-DRB5 in type 1 was less than healthy individuals. These findings indicate the role of HLA-DRB haplotypes in AIH susceptibility and protection, in the Iranian population. (C) 2016 American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.