Molecular genetic studies of major histocompatibility complex genes in children with juvenile dermatomyositis: increased risk associated with HLA-DQA1 *0501.

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Journal Article

Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDMS) is an inflammatory disease associated with HLA-DR3. We therefore undertook molecular genetic studies of HLA region genes to determine whether HLA-DR3 itself confers susceptibility to JDMS or whether susceptibility is conferred by alleles in linkage disequilibrium with HLA-DR3. Our results indicate that JDMS is associated with the HLA-DQA1 allele DQA1 *0501 on non-DR3 haplotypes in Caucasian JDMS. Furthermore, the reported of association between the C4A gene deletion and JDMS is likely due to linkage disequilibrium with HLA-DR3.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Reed, AM; Pachman, L; Ober, C

Published Date

  • December 1991

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 32 / 4

Start / End Page

  • 235 - 240

PubMed ID

  • 1783570

Pubmed Central ID

  • 1783570

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0198-8859

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/0198-8859(91)90085-n

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • United States