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Yao, Z. et al.

HLA class II genes and antibodies against recombinant U1-nRNP proteins in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. SLE Study Group.

To investigate a possible involvement of HLA-class II alleles in the genetic predisposition for the formation of anti-U1-nRNP antibody-in systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE), genomic DNA of 178 patients was typed for the DRB1, DQA1 and DQB1 alleles using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and non-radioactive-oligonucleotide typing. Antibodies against recombinant U1-nRNP proteins (U1-A-, U1-C- and 70K-protein) were determined by ELISA. Anti-U1-C antibody was found in 26 (14.7%), anti-U1-A in 34 (19.2%) and anti-70K in 17 (9.6%) patients. A joint occurrence was observed for these antibodies against the recombinant U1-nRNP proteins: anti-U1-C and anti-U1-A antibodies occurred together more frequently than alone and than together with anti-U1-70K antibodies. The frequency of DRB1*04 was slightly increased in the patients with anti-U1-C as compared to the patients without anti-U1-C (P < 0.05, Pcorr = n.s., RR = 2.4). The DQA1*0301 allele, which is in linkage disequilibrium with DRB1*04, is found more frequently in anti-U1-C-positive than in antibody-negative patients. The DQB1*0303 allele, detected in 12 of 176 SLE patients, was absent in the patients with any of the antibodies against the U1-nRNP proteins. All these deviations may be due to chance alone. We concluded that the presence of antibodies against recombinant U1-nRNP proteins was not significantly associated with any HLA DRB1, DQA1 and DQB1 allele in our group of SLE patients.[1]

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HLA class II genes and antibodies against recombinant U1-nRNP proteins in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. SLE Study Group. Yao, Z., Seelig, H.P., Ehrfeld, H., Renz, M., Hartung, K., Deicher, H., Keller, E., Nevinny-Stickel, C., Albert, E.D. Rheumatol. Int. (1994) [Pubmed]

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