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Severe systemic sclerosis with anti-topoisomerase I antibodies is associated with an HLA-DRw11 allele.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7928439     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
SSc is an autoimmune connective tissue disease in which strong HLA associations have not been described. Anti-topo I antibodies are recognized, in general, in SSc patients with diffuse cutaneous involvement, whereas anti-ACAs are found in individuals with limited cutaneous involvement. We studied 95 Caucasian SSc patients, 44 with anti-topo I antibodies and 51 with neither anti-topo I nor ACA, for HLA-DR associations by using DNA typing techniques. We analyzed 181 normal Caucasian individuals in the same fashion. A significant association was observed in the anti-topo-I-positive patients with DRw11 (p = 1.7 x 10(-6), RR 4.2). The distribution of DRw11 alleles in these patients was significantly different from that observed in controls and could be accounted for by an increase in the frequency of the DRB1*1104 allele (p = 1.2 x 10(-9), RR 9.5). The DRw11 alleles were also associated with SSc with more tendon friction rubs (p = 0.006), which is a marker of more severe disease. In addition, a strong association was observed with anti-topo I antibodies and a particular sequence (aa 71-77) of the DQB1 chain (p = 0.02, RR 2.2). HLA associations in the case of SSc patients with anti-topo I antibodies are complex and involve at least two genes: HLA-DRw11, which appears to play a major role in determining the severity of the disease, and a DQ sequence, which associates with the development of the anti-topo I antibodies.
Authors:
P A Morel; H J Chang; J W Wilson; C Conte; S L Saidman; J D Bray; D J Tweardy; T A Medsger
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Human immunology     Volume:  40     ISSN:  0198-8859     ISO Abbreviation:  Hum. Immunol.     Publication Date:  1994 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-11-14     Completed Date:  1994-11-14     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8010936     Medline TA:  Hum Immunol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  101-10     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Alleles
Autoantibodies / immunology*
DNA Topoisomerases, Type I / immunology*
Female
Gene Frequency
HLA-DQ Antigens / genetics*
HLA-DR Antigens / genetics*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Scleroderma, Systemic / genetics*,  immunology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
2P30 CA47904/CA/NCI NIH HHS; AM21393/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS; N01 AI 15115/AI/NIAID NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Autoantibodies; 0/HLA-DQ Antigens; 0/HLA-DR Antigens; EC 5.99.1.2/DNA Topoisomerases, Type I

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