Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
HLA Polymorphisms and Clinical Manifestations in IgA Vasculitis. |
| Authors: |
Held, Martina1 (AUTHOR) martina.held@mef.hr, Stingl Jankovic, Katarina2 (AUTHOR) zorana.grubic@kbc-zagreb.hr, Sestan, Mario1 (AUTHOR), Sapina, Matej3 (AUTHOR) sapina.matej@yahoo.com, Kifer, Nastasia1 (AUTHOR), Srsen, Sasa4 (AUTHOR) ssrsen@kbsplit.hr, Frkovic, Marijan1 (AUTHOR), Gagro, Alenka5 (AUTHOR) alenka.gagro@gmail.com, Grubic, Zorana2 (AUTHOR), Jelusic, Marija1 (AUTHOR) marija.jelusic@mef.hr |
| Source: |
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Jan2024, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p882. 12p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*SYMPTOMS, *HLA histocompatibility antigens, *IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, *ALLELES, *VASCULITIS, *CHILD patients |
| Abstract: |
Studies concerning the genetic background of IgA vasculitis (IgAV), a small-vessel vasculitis occurring predominantly in childhood, have confirmed that the HLA-DRB1 gene showed a strong association with disease susceptibility. The objective was to investigate human leukocyte antigen (HLA) polymorphisms among Croatian patients with IgAV and their influence on disease susceptibility and clinical heterogeneity. Thus, 130 children with IgAV and 202 unrelated healthy individuals were enrolled in the study. Genomic DNA was extracted from whole peripheral blood, and HLA-A, -B, -DRB1 and -DQB1 gene polymorphism analysis was performed. HLA-A*03 (21.4% vs. 12.38%, p = 0.0092), HLA-B*37 (2.9% vs. 0.2%, p = 0.0054) and HLA-DRB1*12 (3.1% vs. 0.7%, p = 0.0216) alleles were significantly more frequent in IgAV patients than in controls. High-resolution typing revealed significantly higher frequency of HLA-DRB1*10:01 and -DRB1*11:03 among IgAV patients with gastrointestinal manifestations of the disease in comparison to controls (p = 0.0021 and p = 0.0301, respectively), while HLA-DRB1*14:01P occurred significantly more often in the group of patients who developed nephritis during the course of the disease (17.5% vs. 4.5%, p = 0.0006). Our results demonstrated that there is an association of HLA-A*03, HLA-B*37 and HLA-DRB1*12 alleles with susceptibility to IgAV in the examined Croatian pediatric population. Studies which aim to determine the HLA profile may contribute to the elucidation of the genetic background of autoimmune diseases, including IgAV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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