Shared genetic risk factors in autoimmune liver disease
Shared genetic risk factors in autoimmune liver disease
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DOI:
10.1023/a:1005670111068
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发表时间:
2001-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Moore, SB
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作者:
Czaja, AJ;Santrach, PJ;Moore, SB
To determine if shared genetic risk factors for autoimmune liver disease affect clinical manifestations, we evaluated 271 patients and 92 normal subjects by DNA-based techniques. Genetic risk factors were intermixed in all conditions, and frequency varied according to disease type. DR4 distinguished autoimmune hepatitis (P = 0.0002) and primary biliary cirrhosis (P = 0.004) from primary sclerosing cholangitis. DR52 distinguished primary sclerosing cholangitis from autoimmune hepatitis (P = 0.0007) and primary biliary cirrhosis (P = 0.00007) and DR3 distinguished autoimmune hepatitis (P = 0.002) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (P = 0.0005) from primary biliary cirrhosis. Only the occurrence of DR4 in primary sclerosing cholangitis was lower than in normal subjects (P = 0.02). Patients with mixed genetic risk factors did not have distinctive features or manifestations of hybrid conditions. We conclude that patients with shared genetic risk factors do not have characteristic features nor do they have overlap syndromes. DR4 may be protective against primary sclerosing cholangitis.