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Bai L, Borjigin L, Sato H, Takeshima SN, Asaji S, Ishizaki H, Kawashima K, Obuchi Y, Sunaga S, Ando A, Inoko H, Wada S, Aida Y. Kinetic Study of BLV Infectivity in BLV Susceptible and Resistant Cattle in Japan from 2017 to 2019. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10101281. [PMID: 34684230 PMCID: PMC8537920 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10101281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is the causative agent of enzootic bovine leukosis. Polymorphism in bovine lymphocyte antigen (BoLA)-DRB3 alleles is related to susceptibility to BLV proviral load (PVL), which is a useful index for estimating disease progression and transmission risk. However, whether differential BoLA-DRB3 affects BLV infectivity remains unknown. In a three-year follow-up investigation using a luminescence syncytium induction assay for evaluating BLV infectivity, we visualized and evaluated the kinetics of BLV infectivity in cattle with susceptible, resistant and neutral BoLA-DRB3 alleles which were selected from 179 cattle. Susceptible cattle showed stronger BLV infectivity than both resistant and neutral cattle. The order of intensity of BLV infectivity was as follows: susceptible cattle > neutral cattle > resistant cattle. BLV infectivity showed strong positive correlation with PVL at each testing point. BLV-infected susceptible cattle were found to be at higher risk of horizontal transmission, as they had strong infectivity and high PVL, whereas BLV-infected resistant cattle were low risk of BLV transmission owing to weak BLV infection and low PVL. Thus, this is the first study to demonstrate that the BoLA-DRB3 polymorphism is associated with BLV infection.
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- Lanlan Bai
- Photonics Control Technology Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Saitama, Japan; (L.B.); (S.-N.T.); (S.W.)
- Viral Infectious Diseases Unit, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Saitama, Japan; (L.B.); (H.S.)
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- Viral Infectious Diseases Unit, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Saitama, Japan; (L.B.); (H.S.)
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- Viral Infectious Diseases Unit, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Saitama, Japan; (L.B.); (H.S.)
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- Photonics Control Technology Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Saitama, Japan; (L.B.); (S.-N.T.); (S.W.)
- Viral Infectious Diseases Unit, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Saitama, Japan; (L.B.); (H.S.)
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Jumonji University, 2-1-28 Sugasawa, Niiza 352-8510, Saitama, Japan
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- GenoDive Pharma Inc., 4-14-1 Naka-cho, Atsugi 243-0018, Kanagawa, Japan; (S.A.); (A.A.); (H.I.)
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- Grazing Animal Unit, Division of Grassland Farming, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, 768 Senbonmatsu, Nasushiobara 329-2793, Tochigi, Japan;
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- Tobu and General Agricultural Office Livestock Hygiene Division, Ota 373-0805, Gunma, Japan;
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- Department of Agriculture Dairy and Livestock Division, Maebashi 371-8570, Gunma, Japan; (Y.O.); (S.S.)
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- Department of Agriculture Dairy and Livestock Division, Maebashi 371-8570, Gunma, Japan; (Y.O.); (S.S.)
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- GenoDive Pharma Inc., 4-14-1 Naka-cho, Atsugi 243-0018, Kanagawa, Japan; (S.A.); (A.A.); (H.I.)
- Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara 259-1119, Kanagasa, Japan
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- GenoDive Pharma Inc., 4-14-1 Naka-cho, Atsugi 243-0018, Kanagawa, Japan; (S.A.); (A.A.); (H.I.)
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- Photonics Control Technology Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Saitama, Japan; (L.B.); (S.-N.T.); (S.W.)
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- Viral Infectious Diseases Unit, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Saitama, Japan; (L.B.); (H.S.)
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Jumonji University, 2-1-28 Sugasawa, Niiza 352-8510, Saitama, Japan
- Laboratory of Global Infectious Diseases Control Science, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-3-5841-5383
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Kongmaroeng C, Romphruk A, Puapairoj C, Leelayuwat C, Kulski JK, Inoko H, Dunn DS, Romphruk AV. HLA alleles and haplotypes in Burmese (Myanmarese) and Karen in Thailand. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 86:199-204. [PMID: 26265055 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
This is the first report on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) allele and haplotype frequencies at three class I loci and two class II loci in unrelated healthy individuals from two ethnic groups, 170 Burmese and 200 Karen, originally from Burma (Myanmar), but sampled while residing in Thailand. Overall, the HLA allele and haplotype frequencies detected by polymerase chain reaction sequence-specific primer (PCR-SSP) at five loci (A, B, C, DRB1 and DRQB1) at low resolution showed distinct differences between the Burmese and Karen. In Burmese, five HLA-B*15 haplotypes with different HLA-A and HLA-DR/DQ combinations were detected with three of these not previously reported in other Asian populations. The data are important in the fields of anthropology, transplantation and disease-association studies.
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- C Kongmaroeng
- Department of Blood Bank, Faculty of Medical Technology, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, Samut Prakarn, Thailand
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Sciences, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.,The Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Blood Transfusion Center, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Sciences, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.,The Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Centre for Forensic Science, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
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- Department of Genetic Information, Division of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
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- The Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.,Blood Transfusion Center, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Ohata C, Ishii N, Niizeki H, Shimomura Y, Furumura M, Inoko H, Mitsunaga S, Saiki M, Shigeta M, Fujiwara S, Yamakawa K, Kobayashi S, Kamata M, Inaba M, Ito T, Uhara H, Watanabe R, Ohtoshi S, Ohashi T, Tanaka T, Suzuki M, Sitaru C, Kárpáti S, Zone J, Hashimoto T. Unique characteristics in Japanese dermatitis herpetiformis. Br J Dermatol 2015; 174:180-3. [DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- C. Ohata
- Department of Dermatology Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology 67 Asahimachi Kurume Fukuoka 830‐0001 Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology 67 Asahimachi Kurume Fukuoka 830‐0001 Japan
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- Department of Dermatology National Center for Child Health and Development Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory of Genetic Skin Diseases Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Niigata Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology 67 Asahimachi Kurume Fukuoka 830‐0001 Japan
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- GenoDive Pharma Inc. Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Molecular Life Science Tokai University School of Medicine Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Nagano Municipal Hospital Nagano Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Faculty of Medicine Oita University Oita Japan
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- Division of Dermatology Seibo International Catholic Hospital Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Faculty of Medicine University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Nippon Medical School Hospital Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Shizuoka Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Shinshu University School of Medicine Nagano Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Faculty of Medicine University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Fukushima Medical University Fukushima Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Shiga University of Medical Science Shiga Japan
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- Department of Dermatology Jichi Medical University Tochigi Japan
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- Department of Dermatology University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatooncology Semmelweis University Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Dermatology University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City UT USA
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- Department of Dermatology Kurume University School of Medicine, and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology 67 Asahimachi Kurume Fukuoka 830‐0001 Japan
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Boraska V, Franklin CS, Floyd JAB, Thornton LM, Huckins LM, Southam L, Rayner NW, Tachmazidou I, Klump KL, Treasure J, Lewis CM, Schmidt U, Tozzi F, Kiezebrink K, Hebebrand J, Gorwood P, Adan RAH, Kas MJH, Favaro A, Santonastaso P, Fernández-Aranda F, Gratacos M, Rybakowski F, Dmitrzak-Weglarz M, Kaprio J, Keski-Rahkonen A, Raevuori A, Van Furth EF, Slof-Op 't Landt MCT, Hudson JI, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Knudsen GPS, Monteleone P, Kaplan AS, Karwautz A, Hakonarson H, Berrettini WH, Guo Y, Li D, Schork NJ, Komaki G, Ando T, Inoko H, Esko T, Fischer K, Männik K, Metspalu A, Baker JH, Cone RD, Dackor J, DeSocio JE, Hilliard CE, O'Toole JK, Pantel J, Szatkiewicz JP, Taico C, Zerwas S, Trace SE, Davis OSP, Helder S, Bühren K, Burghardt R, de Zwaan M, Egberts K, Ehrlich S, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, Herzog W, Imgart H, Scherag A, Scherag S, Zipfel S, Boni C, Ramoz N, Versini A, Brandys MK, Danner UN, de Kovel C, Hendriks J, Koeleman BPC, Ophoff RA, Strengman E, van Elburg AA, Bruson A, Clementi M, Degortes D, Forzan M, Tenconi E, Docampo E, Escaramís G, Jiménez-Murcia S, Lissowska J, Rajewski A, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Slopien A, Hauser J, Karhunen L, Meulenbelt I, Slagboom PE, Tortorella A, Maj M, Dedoussis G, Dikeos D, Gonidakis F, Tziouvas K, Tsitsika A, Papezova H, Slachtova L, Martaskova D, Kennedy JL, Levitan RD, Yilmaz Z, Huemer J, Koubek D, Merl E, Wagner G, Lichtenstein P, Breen G, Cohen-Woods S, Farmer A, McGuffin P, Cichon S, Giegling I, Herms S, Rujescu D, Schreiber S, Wichmann HE, Dina C, Sladek R, Gambaro G, Soranzo N, Julia A, Marsal S, Rabionet R, Gaborieau V, Dick DM, Palotie A, Ripatti S, Widén E, Andreassen OA, Espeseth T, Lundervold A, Reinvang I, Steen VM, Le Hellard S, Mattingsdal M, Ntalla I, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Navratilova M, Gallinger S, Pinto D, Scherer SW, Aschauer H, Carlberg L, Schosser A, Alfredsson L, Ding B, Klareskog L, Padyukov L, Courtet P, Guillaume S, Jaussent I, Finan C, Kalsi G, Roberts M, Logan DW, Peltonen L, Ritchie GRS, Barrett JC, Estivill X, Hinney A, Sullivan PF, Collier DA, Zeggini E, Bulik CM. A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa. Mol Psychiatry 2014; 19:1085-94. [PMID: 24514567 PMCID: PMC4325090 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Revised: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex and heritable eating disorder characterized by dangerously low body weight. Neither candidate gene studies nor an initial genome-wide association study (GWAS) have yielded significant and replicated results. We performed a GWAS in 2907 cases with AN from 14 countries (15 sites) and 14 860 ancestrally matched controls as part of the Genetic Consortium for AN (GCAN) and the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 3 (WTCCC3). Individual association analyses were conducted in each stratum and meta-analyzed across all 15 discovery data sets. Seventy-six (72 independent) single nucleotide polymorphisms were taken forward for in silico (two data sets) or de novo (13 data sets) replication genotyping in 2677 independent AN cases and 8629 European ancestry controls along with 458 AN cases and 421 controls from Japan. The final global meta-analysis across discovery and replication data sets comprised 5551 AN cases and 21 080 controls. AN subtype analyses (1606 AN restricting; 1445 AN binge-purge) were performed. No findings reached genome-wide significance. Two intronic variants were suggestively associated: rs9839776 (P=3.01 × 10(-7)) in SOX2OT and rs17030795 (P=5.84 × 10(-6)) in PPP3CA. Two additional signals were specific to Europeans: rs1523921 (P=5.76 × 10(-)(6)) between CUL3 and FAM124B and rs1886797 (P=8.05 × 10(-)(6)) near SPATA13. Comparing discovery with replication results, 76% of the effects were in the same direction, an observation highly unlikely to be due to chance (P=4 × 10(-6)), strongly suggesting that true findings exist but our sample, the largest yet reported, was underpowered for their detection. The accrual of large genotyped AN case-control samples should be an immediate priority for the field.
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- V Boraska
- 1] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK [2] University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- 1] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK [2] William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- 1] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK [2] Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (WTCHG), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK [3] Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM), Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Section of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- Section of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- 1] INSERM U894, Centre of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Paris, France [2] Sainte-Anne Hospital (CMME), University of Paris-Descartes, Paris, France
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- 1] Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands [2] Altrecht Eating Disorders Rintveld, Zeist, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- 1] Department of Psychiatry and CIBERON, University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain [2] Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1] Genomics and Disease Group, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain [2] Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain [3] Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain [4] Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- 1] Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland [2] Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland [3] Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland [2] Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Center for Eating Disorders Ursula, Leidschendam, The Netherlands [2] Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- 1] Center for Eating Disorders Ursula, Leidschendam, The Netherlands [2] Molecular Epidemiology Section, Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, USA
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- 1] Department of Genetics, Environment and Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway [2] Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Genetics, Environment and Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- 1] Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy [2] Chair of Psychiatry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- 1] Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada [2] Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Eating Disorders Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- 1] The Center for Applied Genomics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA [2] The Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, The Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- The Center for Applied Genomics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- The Center for Applied Genomics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine and The Scripps Translational Science Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- 1] Department of Psychosomatic Research, National Institute of Mental Health, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan [2] School of Health Sciences at Fukuoka, International University of Health and Welfare, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Psychosomatic Research, National Institute of Mental Health, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- 1] Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia [2] Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- 1] Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia [2] Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Seattle University College of Nursing, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences - Inserm U894, Paris, France
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- Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- 1] Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK [2] Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, UCL Genetics Institute, London, UK
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Clinics RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- 1] Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany [2] Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- 1] Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany [2] Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Clinics RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Departments of Psychosocial and Internal Medicine, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Parklandklinik, Bad Wildungen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Universitätsklinikum Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine VI, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- INSERM U894, Centre of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Paris, France
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- INSERM U894, Centre of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Paris, France
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- INSERM U894, Centre of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Paris, France
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- 1] Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands [2] Altrecht Eating Disorders Rintveld, Zeist, The Netherlands
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- Altrecht Eating Disorders Rintveld, Zeist, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- 1] Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA [2] Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- 1] Altrecht Eating Disorders Rintveld, Zeist, The Netherlands [2] Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Woman and Child Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Woman and Child Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Woman and Child Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- 1] Genomics and Disease Group, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain [2] Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain [3] Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain [4] Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- 1] Genomics and Disease Group, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain [2] Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain [3] Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain [4] Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- 1] Department of Psychiatry and CIBERON, University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain [2] Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- M. Sklodowska-Curie Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Molecular Epidemiology Section, Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- 1] Molecular Epidemiology Section, Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands [2] Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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- Eating Disorders Unit, 1st Department of Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
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- Adolescent Health Unit (A.H.U.), 2nd Department of Pediatrics - Medical School, University of Athens 'P. & A. Kyriakou' Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Psychiatry, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatrics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Psychiatry, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- 1] Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada [2] Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 1] Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada [2] Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 1] Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA [2] Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Eating Disorders Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Eating Disorders Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Eating Disorders Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Eating Disorders Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- 1] Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany [2] Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany [3] Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Klinikum der Medizinischen Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- 1] Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany [2] Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Klinikum der Medizinischen Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- 1] Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany [2] Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- CNRS 8090-Institute of Biology, Pasteur Institute, Lille, France
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- McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Columbus-Gemelly Hospitals, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- Unitat de Recerca de Reumatologia (URR), Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unitat de Recerca de Reumatologia (URR), Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1] Genomics and Disease Group, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain [2] Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain [3] Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain [4] Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- Genetic Epidemiology Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- 1] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK [2] The Finnish Institute of Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland [3] The Program for Human and Population Genetics, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- 1] The Finnish Institute of Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland [2] Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] The Finnish Institute of Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland [2] Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
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- NORMENT, K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- 1] NORMENT, K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway [2] Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- 1] Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway [2] Kavli Research Centre for Aging and Dementia, Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, Bergen, Norway [3] K.G. Jebsen Centre for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- 1] Department of Clinical Science, K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Norwegian Centre For Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway [2] Dr Einar Martens Research Group for Biological Psychiatry, Center for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- 1] Department of Clinical Science, K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Norwegian Centre For Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway [2] Dr Einar Martens Research Group for Biological Psychiatry, Center for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- NORMENT, K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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- 1] University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada [2] Mount Sinai Hospital, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Departments of Psychiatry, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Seaver Autism Center, and the Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- The Centre for Applied Genomics and Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine at the Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine at the Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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- 1] Inserm, U1061, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France [2] Department of Emergency Psychiatry, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- 1] Inserm, U1061, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France [2] Department of Emergency Psychiatry, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- 1] Inserm, U1061, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France [2] Department of Emergency Psychiatry, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- 1] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK [2] European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- 1] Genomics and Disease Group, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain [2] Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain [3] Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain [4] Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- 1] Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA [2] Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- 1] Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK [2] Eli Lilly and Company, Erl Wood Manor, Windlesham, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- 1] Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA [2] Department of Nutrition, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Ando A, Imaeda N, Ohshima S, Miyamoto A, Kaneko N, Takasu M, Shiina T, Kulski JK, Inoko H, Kitagawa H. Characterization of swine leukocyte antigen alleles and haplotypes on a novel miniature pig line, Microminipig. Anim Genet 2014; 45:791-8. [DOI: 10.1111/age.12199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- A. Ando
- Department of Molecular Life Science; Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine; Tokai University School of Medicine; Isehara 259-1193 Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine; Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences; Gifu University; Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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- Department of Molecular Life Science; Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine; Tokai University School of Medicine; Isehara 259-1193 Japan
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- Department of Molecular Life Science; Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine; Tokai University School of Medicine; Isehara 259-1193 Japan
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- Fuji Micra Inc.; Fujinomiya 418-0005 Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine; Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences; Gifu University; Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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- Department of Molecular Life Science; Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine; Tokai University School of Medicine; Isehara 259-1193 Japan
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- Department of Molecular Life Science; Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine; Tokai University School of Medicine; Isehara 259-1193 Japan
- Centre for Forensic Science; The University of Western Australia; Nedlands WA 6008 Australia
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- Department of Molecular Life Science; Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine; Tokai University School of Medicine; Isehara 259-1193 Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine; Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences; Gifu University; Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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Kulski JK, Shigenari A, Inoko H. Variation and linkage disequilibrium between a structurally polymorphic Alu located near the OR12D2 gene of the extended major histocompatibility complex class I region and HLA-A alleles. Int J Immunogenet 2013; 41:250-61. [PMID: 24305111 DOI: 10.1111/iji.12102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2013] [Revised: 09/28/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We investigated the genetic structure and population frequency of an Alu repeat dimorphism (absence or presence) located near the OR12D2 gene within the olfactory receptor gene region telomeric of the alpha HLA class I region (HLA-J, -A, -G, -F). The structurally polymorphic Alu insertion (POALIN) locus rs33972478 that we designated as AluOR and its allele and haplotype frequencies and association with HLA-A and six other structurally polymorphic retroelements (3 Alu, 2 SVA and an HERVK9) were determined in 100 Japanese, 174 Caucasians and 100 African American DNA samples. The AluOR insertion varied in population frequency between 14.4% and 31.5% with significant differences between the Japanese and Caucasians, but not between the Caucasian and African Americans. Although AluOR is located 600 kb from the HLA-A gene, there was a significant linkage disequilibrium between the two loci and a high percentage association of the AluOR insertion with HLA-A29 (79%) in Caucasians and HLA-A31 (69.4%) in Japanese. Inferred haplotypes among three-locus to eight-locus haplotype structures showed maximum differences between the populations with the eight-locus haplotypes. The most frequent multilocus haplotype shared between the populations was the HLA-A2 allele in combination with the AluHG insertion. The AluOR whether investigated alone or together with the HLA class I alleles and other dimorphic retroelements is an informative ancestral marker for the identification of lineages and variations within the same and/or different populations and for examining the linkage and crossing-over between the HLA and OR genomic regions in the extended MHC.
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- J K Kulski
- Centre for Forensic Science, The University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Ozaki Y, Suzuki S, Shigenari A, Okudaira Y, Kikkawa E, Oka A, Ota M, Mitsunaga S, Kulski JK, Inoko H, Shiina T. HLA-DRB1, -DRB3, -DRB4 and -DRB5 genotyping at a super-high resolution level by long range PCR and high-throughput sequencing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 83:10-6. [PMID: 24355003 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Super high-resolution single molecule sequence-based typing (SS-SBT) is a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DNA typing method to the field 4 level of allelic resolution (formerly known as eight-digit typing) to efficiently detect new and null alleles without phase ambiguity by combination of long ranged polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies. We previously reported the development and application of the SS-SBT method for the eight classical HLA loci, A, B, C, DRB1, DQA1, DQB1, DPA1 and DPB1. In this article, we describe the development of the SS-SBT method for three DRB1 linked loci, DRB3, DRB4 and DRB5 (DRB3/4/5) and characterization of DRB1-DRB3/4/5 haplotype structures to the field 4 level. Locus specific PCR primers for DRB3/4/5 were designed to amplify the gene regions from intron 1 to exon 6 [3' untranslated region (3'UTR)]. In total 20 DRB1 and 13 DRB3/4/5 allele sequences were determined by the SS-SBT to the field 4 level without phase ambiguity using 19 DR51, DR52 and DR53 positive genomic DNA samples obtained from Japanese. Moreover, 18 DRB1-DRB3/4/5 haplotypes were estimated to the field 4 level by the SS-SBT method in contrast to 10 haplotypes estimated by conventional methods to the field 1 level (formerly known as two digit typing). Therefore, DRB1-DRB3/4/5 haplotyping by SS-SBT is expected to provide informative data for improved HLA matching in medical research, transplantation procedures, HLA-related disease studies and human population diversity studies.
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- Y Ozaki
- Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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Kato T, Meguro A, Nomura E, Uemoto R, Nomura N, Ota M, Kashiwagi K, Mabuchi F, Iijima H, Kawase K, Yamamoto T, Nakamura M, Negi A, Sagara T, Nishida T, Inatani M, Tanihara H, Aihara M, Araie M, Fukuchi T, Abe H, Higashide T, Sugiyama K, Kanamoto T, Kiuchi Y, Iwase A, Chin S, Ohno S, Inoko H, Mizuki N. Association study of genetic variants on chromosome 7q31 with susceptibility to normal tension glaucoma in a Japanese population. Eye (Lond) 2013; 27:979-83. [PMID: 23743525 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2013.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The caveolin 1 to caveolin 2 (CAV1-CAV2) gene region on chromosome 7q31 has been reported to be associated with susceptibility to primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and normal tension glaucoma (NTG) in previous studies. We investigated whether genetic variants in the CAV1-CAV2 region are associated with NTG in Japanese patients. Two hundred and ninety-two Japanese patients with NTG and 352 Japanese healthy controls were recruited. We genotyped three single-nucleotide polymorphisms; that is, rs1052990, rs4236601, and rs7795356, in the CAV1-CAV2 gene region and assessed the allelic diversity among cases and controls. The frequency of the minor allele (G) of rs1052990 was significantly decreased in NTG cases compared with controls (P=0.014, OR=0.71), whereas NTG or POAG cases had a significantly higher frequency of the allele than controls in previous studies. Conversely, rs7795356 did not show any significant association with NTG cases, and rs4236601 was monomorphic in the Japanese study population. Our findings did not correspond with previous positive results, suggesting that CAV1-CAV2 variants studied in the present study are not important risk factors for NTG susceptibility in all populations. Further studies are needed to elucidate the possible contribution of the CAV1-CAV2 region to the development of glaucoma.
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- T Kato
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Shiina T, Suzuki S, Ozaki Y, Taira H, Kikkawa E, Shigenari A, Oka A, Umemura T, Joshita S, Takahashi O, Hayashi Y, Paumen M, Katsuyama Y, Mitsunaga S, Ota M, Kulski JK, Inoko H. Super high resolution for single molecule-sequence-based typing of classical HLA loci at the 8-digit level using next generation sequencers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 80:305-16. [PMID: 22861646 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2012.01941.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2012] [Accepted: 07/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Current human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DNA typing methods such as the sequence-based typing (SBT) and sequence-specific oligonucleotide (SSO) methods generally yield ambiguous typing results because of oligonucleotide probe design limitations or phase ambiguity for HLA allele assignment. Here we describe the development and application of the super high-resolution single-molecule sequence-based typing (SS-SBT) of HLA loci at the 8-digit level using next generation sequencing (NGS). NGS which can determine an HLA allele sequence derived from a single DNA molecule is expected to solve the phase ambiguity problem. Eight classical HLA loci-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers were designed to amplify the entire gene sequences from the enhancer-promoter region to the 3' untranslated region. Phase ambiguities of HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 and -DQB1 were completely resolved and unequivocally assigned without ambiguity to single HLA alleles. Therefore, the SS-SBT method described here is a superior and effective HLA DNA typing method to efficiently detect new HLA alleles and null alleles without ambiguity.
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- T Shiina
- Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Kulski JK, Shigenari A, Inoko H. Genetic variation and hitchhiking between structurally polymorphic Alu insertions and HLA-A, -B, and -C alleles and other retroelements within the MHC class I region. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 78:359-77. [PMID: 21988723 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2011.01776.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We investigated structurally polymorphic Alu insertions (POALINs) at five loci in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genomic region to determine their allele and haplotype frequencies and associations with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A, -B, and -C genes in three populations, the Australian Caucasians, Japanese, and African Americans. The POALINs varied in allelic frequency between 0% and 42.3% with significant differences between populations at three of the five loci. The linkage disequilibrium (LD) between Alu insertions and the HLA-A, -B, or -C alleles and previously published polymorphic retroelements (four SVA and human endogenous retrovirus type 9 (HERVK9) loci) within the class I region of the MHC were calculated in pairwise analyses of haplotypes to show strong allelic associations and possible crossing-over events between some loci. Each POALIN was in significant LD with a variety of HLA-A, -B, or -C two-digit alleles probably as a result of hitchhiking. The POALINs helped to further stratify the HLA-A:B:C haplotypes into different POALIN:HLA-A:B:C haplotype frequencies. Of the multilocus haplotype analyses, the seven- and eight-locus haplotypes showed the largest number of differences between the populations, and fewer matched haplotypes between populations that ranged, for example, from 49% for HLA-B:HLA-A haplotypes to 7% for AluMICB:HLA-B:HLA-C:AluTF:AluHJ:HLA-A:AluHG:AluTF haplotypes in the Japanese. This comparative study of multilocus POALINs in the HLA class I region of three ethnic populations shows that POALINs alone or together with the HLA class I alleles and other retroelements are informative ancestral markers for assessing the interrelationship of HLA class I haplotype lineages, LD, and genetic diversity within the same and/or different populations.
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- J K Kulski
- Centre for Forensic Science, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6008, Australia.
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Mitsunaga S, Suzuki Y, Kuwana M, Sato S, Kaneko Y, Homma Y, Narita A, Kashiwase K, Okudaira Y, Inoue I, Kulski JK, Inoko H. Associations between six classical HLA loci and rheumatoid arthritis: a comprehensive analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 80:16-25. [PMID: 22471586 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2012.01872.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Although the HLA region contributes to one-third of the genetic factors affecting rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there are few reports on the association of the disease with any of the HLA loci other than the DRB1. In this study we examined the association between RA and the alleles of the six classical HLA loci including DRB1. Six HLA loci (HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DQB1 and -DPB1) of 1659 Japanese subjects (622 cases; 488 anti-cyclic citrullinated peptides (CCP) antibody (Ab) positive (82.6%); 103 anti-CCP Ab negative (17.4%); 31 not known and 1037 controls) were genotyped. Disease types and positivity/negativity for CCP autoantibodies were used to stratify the cases. Statistical and genetic assessments were performed by Fisher's exact tests, odds ratio, trend tests and haplotype estimation. None of the HLA loci were significantly associated with CCP sero-negative cases after Bonferroni correction and we therefore limited further analyses to using only the anti CCP-positive RA cases and both anti-CCP positive and anti-CCP negative controls. Some alleles of the non-DRB1 HLA loci showed significant association with RA, which could be explained by linkage disequilibrium with DRB1 alleles. However, DPB1*02:01, DPB1*04:01 and DPB1*09:01 conferred RA risk/protection independently from DRB1. DPB1*02:01 was significantly associated with the highly erosive disease type. The odds ratio of the four HLA-loci haplotypes with DRB1*04:05 and DQB1*04:01, which were the high-risk HLA alleles in Japanese, varied from 1.01 to 5.58. C*07:04, and B*15:18 showed similar P-values and odds ratios to DRB1*04:01, which was located on the same haplotype. This haplotype analysis showed that the DRB1 gene as well as five other HLA loci is required for a more comprehensive understanding of the genetic association between HLA and RA than analyzing DRB1 alone.
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- S Mitsunaga
- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Chiba T, Matsuzaka Y, Warita T, Sugoh T, Miyashita K, Tajima A, Nakamura M, Inoko H, Sato T, Kimura M. NFKBIL1 confers resistance to experimental autoimmune arthritis through the regulation of dendritic cell functions. Scand J Immunol 2011; 73:478-85. [PMID: 21284685 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02524.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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We and others have reported that human NF-κB inhibitor-like-1 (NFKBIL1) was a putative susceptible gene for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, its precise role in the pathogenesis of RA is still largely unknown. In this study, we generated transgenic mice expressing human NFKBIL1 (NFKBIL1-Tg) and examined whether NFKBIL1 plays some role(s) in the development of autoimmune arthritis. In both a collagen-induced arthritis model and a collagen antibody-induced arthritis model, NFKBIL1-Tg mice showed resistance to arthritis compared to control mice, indicating that the gene product of NFKBIL1 was involved in the control of thusly induced arthritis. Total spleen cells of NFKBIL1-Tg mouse showed decreased proliferation to mitogenic stimuli, consistent with its resistance to arthritis. Unexpectedly, purified T cells of NFKBIL1-Tg mouse showed increased proliferation and cytokine production. This apparent discrepancy was accounted for by the impaired functions of antigen-presenting cells of NFKBIL1-Tg mouse; both T/B cell-depleted spleen cells and bone marrow-derived dendritic cells of the Tg mouse induced less prominent proliferation and IL-2 production of T cells. Furthermore, dendritic cells (DCs) derived from NFKBIL1-Tg mouse showed lower expression of co-stimulatory molecules and decreased production of inflammatory cytokines when they were activated by lipopolysaccharide. Taken together, these results indicated that NFKBIL1 affected the pathogenesis of RA at least in part through the regulation of DC functions.
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- T Chiba
- Department of Immunology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Ando A, Shigenari A, Ota M, Sada M, Kawata H, Azuma F, Kojima-Shibata C, Nakajoh M, Suzuki K, Uenishi H, Kulski JK, Inoko H. SLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 genotyping by the PCR-SSOP-Luminex method. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 78:49-55. [PMID: 21506937 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2011.01669.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A simple and novel genotyping method was developed to detect alleles at the swine leukocyte antigen (SLA)-DRB1 and -DQB1 class II loci by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-fluorescently labeled sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes (SSOPs) and Luminex 100 xMAP detection. The PCR-SSOP-Luminex method exhibited accuracy of 95% for both SLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 in 6 homozygous and 16 heterozygous pig samples as confirmed by sequencing the PCR products of the same samples. In addition, 12 low-resolution SLA class II haplotypes consisting of 7 and 9 DRB1 and DQB1 alleles were identified, respectively, in one population of 283 Landrace pigs. This genotyping method facilitates the rapid and accurate identification of two- or four-digit alleles at the SLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 loci.
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- A Ando
- Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Murase T, Lee S, Kurland B, Chai X, Hansen J, Flowers M, Onizuka M, Toyosaki M, Inoko H, Ando K. Plasma Cytokine Concentrations According to Chronic GVHD Subtype. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.12.509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Murase M, Nishida T, Onizuka M, Inamoto Y, Sugimoto K, Imahashi N, Murata M, Miyamura K, Kodera Y, Inoko H, Naoe T. Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 haplotype correlates with relapse and survival after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 2010; 46:1444-9. [PMID: 21170090 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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CTLA-4 is a negative regulator of activated T cells and the association of CTLA-4 polymorphisms with autoimmune diseases and transplant outcome has been reported. We evaluated the effect of donor CTLA-4 polymorphisms on outcome after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT (HSCT). We analyzed 147 Japanese HLA-matched sibling recipients and their donors who had undergone allogeneic HSCT. Genotyping of three single-nucleotide polymorphisms in CTLA-4 (-318, +49, CT60) was performed using TaqMan-PCR. According to the international HapMap database, only these three CTLA-4 haplotypes, classified as C-G-G, C-A-A and T-A-G, are present in the Japanese population. In this study, percentage expression of the C-G-G, C-A-A and T-A-G haplotypes was 59.5, 30.6 and 9.9%, respectively. Recipients of the C-A-A haplotype donor showed a significantly lower risk of relapse (HR: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.30-0.97, P=0.040) and a trend toward higher OS (HR: 0.61, 95% CI: 0.36-1.0, P=0.054) than did recipients of a donor without the C-A-A haplotype. The presence or absence of the C-A-A haplotype did not affect GVHD or non-relapse mortality. As the presence of the C-A-A haplotype reduced relapse risk and improved survival after allogeneic HSCT, this CTLA-4 haplotype may provide useful information for donor selection.
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- M Murase
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Onizuka M, Kunii N, Toyosaki M, Machida S, Ohgiya D, Ogawa Y, Kawada H, Inoko H, Ando K. Cytochrome P450 genetic polymorphisms influence the serum concentration of calcineurin inhibitors in allogeneic hematopoietic SCT recipients. Bone Marrow Transplant 2010; 46:1113-7. [PMID: 21102498 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Calcineurin inhibitors are necessary as immunosuppressants during hematopoietic SCT (HSCT) to prevent alloreactivity, but have unfortunate toxicities. So, we investigated the association of gene polymorphisms with the initial calcineurin inhibitor concentration and the subsequent drug dose from day 1 to day 28 among patients who underwent HSCT at a single institution. We analyzed 58 serial cases of Japanese patients receiving GVHD prophylaxis with CsA (21 cases) or tacrolimus (37 cases). We investigated eight single-nucleotide polymorphisms: rs4244285 (CYP2C19), rs15524, rs4646450, rs3800959, rs776746 (CYP3A5), rs1128503, rs2032582 and rs1045642 (MDR1). The CsA concentration was significantly higher when the genotype of CYP3A5 rs15524 was T/T (P=0.044) or rs776746 was G/G (P=0.027). The CYP3A5 rs776746 and rs4646450 genotypes were also associated with tacrolimus concentration (P=0.013 and P=0.0058, respectively). The dosage of tacrolimus was remarkably reduced from day -1 to day 28 when the patient had the CYP3A5 rs4646450 C/C and/or rs776746 G/G genotype (P=0.0010 and P=0.0021, respectively). In this study, we show that genetic variation has a predictable effect on the pharmacological responses to calcineurin inhibitors in HSCT patients.
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- M Onizuka
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Matsuzaka Y, Kikuti YY, Izumi S, Suzuki T, Cai LY, Goya K, Inoko H, Makino T, Kulski JK, Kimura M. Mapping of susceptibility locus for endometriosis within the HLA region using microsatellite markers in Japanese women. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 75:65-7. [PMID: 20196820 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01391.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Endometriosis is a female disorder characterized by the presence of uterine endometrial tissue in ectopic loci. Previous studies reported a higher prevalence of particular human leukocyte antigen (HLA) in endometriosis. In order to confirm the association between endometriosis and the HLA region, 15 polymorphic microsatellite markers distributed in the HLA class II to class III region were subjected to association analysis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based DNA typing of 89 patients and 136 healthy controls. Statistical analysis of the allelic frequency at each microsatellite locus showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the allele frequency distributions between the cases and controls. This finding suggests that the etiology of endometriosis does not involve the HLA class II genomic region and a portion of class III genomic region in the Japanese population.
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- Y Matsuzaka
- Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Kulski JK, Shigenari A, Shiina T, Inoko H. Polymorphic major histocompatibility complex class II Alu insertions at five loci and their association with HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 in Japanese and Caucasians. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 76:35-47. [PMID: 20403137 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01465.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We investigated polymorphic Alu insertion (POALIN) frequencies at five loci in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II genomic region to determine their allele and haplotype frequencies and associations with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 and -DQB1 genes for 100 Japanese, 174 Australian Caucasians and 67 HLA reference cell lines obtained from different ethnic groups. The POALINs varied in frequency between 11% and 57% with significant differences between the Japanese and Caucasians at three loci. One POALIN locus deviated significantly from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) and four POALIN loci were in significant linkage disequilibrium and had a high percentage association with a variety of HLA-DRB1 or -DQB1 two-digit alleles. Inferred haplotype analysis among two-locus, five-locus and seven-locus haplotype structures showed maximum differences between the Japanese and Caucasians with the seven-locus haplotypes. The most common multilocus haplotype in Caucasians was DRB1*1501/DQB1*0602/AluDQ1/AluDRB1/AluORF10/AluDPB2 (6.7%), whereas the second most common allele HLA-DRB1*15 (17.5%) in Japanese was associated with three or four Alu insertions. The HLA class II POALINs also differentiated within and between HLA-DRB1 super-haplotypes DR1, DR8, DR51, DR52 and DR53. This is the first comparative population study of multilocus POALINs in the HLA class II region, which shows that POALINs whether investigated alone or together with the HLA class II alleles are informative genetic markers for the identification of allele and haplotype lineages and variations within the same and/or different populations.
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- J K Kulski
- Centre for Forensic Science, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
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Kamio M, Meguro A, Ota M, Nomura N, Kashiwagi K, Mabuchi F, Iijima H, Kawase K, Yamamoto T, Nakamura M, Negi A, Sagara T, Nishida T, Inatani M, Tanihara H, Aihara M, Araie M, Fukuchi T, Abe H, Higashide T, Sugiyama K, Kanamoto T, Kiuchi Y, Iwase A, Ohno S, Inoko H, Mizuki N. Investigation of the association between the GLC3A locus and normal tension glaucoma in Japanese patients by microsatellite analysis. Clin Ophthalmol 2009; 3:183-8. [PMID: 19668563 PMCID: PMC2708983 DOI: 10.2147/opth.s4727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Purpose: To investigate whether the GLC3A locus harboring the CYP1B1 gene is associated with normal tension glaucoma (NTG) in Japanese patients. Materials and Methods: One hundred forty-two Japanese patients with NTG and 101 Japanese healthy controls were recruited. Patients exhibiting a comparatively early onset were selected as this suggests that genetic factors may show stronger involvement. Genotyping and assessment of allelic diversity was performed on 13 highly polymorphic microsatellite markers in and around the GLC3A locus. Results: There were decreased frequencies of the 444 allele of D2S0416i and the 258 allele of D2S0425i in cases compared to controls (P = 0.022 and P = 0.034, respectively). However, this statistical significance disappeared when corrected (Pc > 0.05). We did not find any significant association between the remaining 11 microsatellite markers, including D2S177, which may be associated with CYP1B1, and NTG (P > 0.05). Conclusions: Our study showed no association between the GLCA3 locus and NTG, suggesting that the CYP1B1 gene, which is reportedly involved in a range of glaucoma phenotypes, may not be an associated factor in the pathogenesis of NTG.
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- M Kamio
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Kongmaroeng C, Romphruk A, Ruangwerayut R, Paupairoj C, Leelayuwat C, Inoko H, Romphruk A. HLA-B*15 subtypes in Burmese population by sequence-based typing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 74:164-7. [PMID: 19497038 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01281.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*15 encompasses an increasing number of subtypes of more than 150. Frequency studies and a strong genetic association between HLA subtypes and susceptibility to drug hypersensitivity have been reported in different ethnic populations. To identify HLA-B*15 subtypes in Burmese using sequence-based typing (SBT) method, we selected 65 HLA-B*15-positive samples from 170 unrelated healthy Burmese who were genotyped HLA-B* by polymerase chain reaction with the sequence-specific primer method. The frequency of HLA-B*15 in Burmese was found to be 38.2%. By the SBT method, results showed 10 alleles of HLA-B*15 subtypes. Four common alleles, B*1502 (45.2%), B*1532 (16.4%), B*1525 (12.3%), and B*1501 (8.2%), were found in 82.1% of HLA-B*15-positive Burmese. Whereas the B*1501 was the highest in the Caucasians, Koreans, and Japanese, the highest frequency of HLA-B*15 alleles in Burmese was B*1502 (45.2%) that is similar to the frequency found in northeastern Thais and Vietnamese. This study is the first report of HLA-B*15 subtypes in Burmese. These results will provide the basic data in the further study in transplantations, genetic association with diseases, and drug hypersensitivity.
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- C Kongmaroeng
- PhD Program in Biomedical Science, Faculty of Graduate School, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
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Horie Y, Meguro A, Ota M, Kitaichi N, Katsuyama Y, Takemoto Y, Namba K, Yoshida K, Song YW, Park KS, Lee EB, Inoko H, Mizuki N, Ohno S. Association of TLR4 polymorphisms with Behcet's disease in a Korean population. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2009; 48:638-42. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Takemoto Y, Naruse T, Namba K, Kitaichi N, Ota M, Shindo Y, Mizuki N, Gul A, Madanat W, Chams H, Davatchi F, Inoko H, Ohno S, Kimura A. Re-evaluation of heterogeneity in HLA-B*510101 associated with Behçet’s disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 72:347-53. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01111.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Akiyama M, Yatsu K, Ota M, Katsuyama Y, Kashiwagi K, Mabuchi F, Iijima H, Kawase K, Yamamoto T, Nakamura M, Negi A, Sagara T, Kumagai N, Nishida T, Inatani M, Tanihara H, Ohno S, Inoko H, Mizuki N. Microsatellite analysis of the GLC1B locus on chromosome 2 points to NCK2 as a new candidate gene for normal tension glaucoma. Br J Ophthalmol 2008; 92:1293-6. [DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.139980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Shichi D, Matsumori A, Naruse TK, Inoko H, Kimura A. HLA-DPbeta chain may confer the susceptibility to hepatitis C virus-associated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Int J Immunogenet 2008; 35:37-43. [PMID: 18186799 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2007.00733.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heart muscle disease characterized by hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction of cardiac ventricles. It is suggested that one possible aetiology of HCM is the hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but molecular mechanisms underlying development of HCV-associated HCM (HCV-HCM) remains unknown. Because the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) molecule is involved in the control of progression/suppression of viral infection, extensive HLA allelic diversity may modulate the post-infectious course of HCV and pathogenesis of HCV-HCM. Here we undertook a case-control study with 38 patients with HCV-HCM and 132 unrelated healthy controls to reveal the potential impact of polymorphisms in seven classical and two non-classical HLA genes on the pathogenesis of HCV-HCM. It was found that DPB1*0401 and DPB1*0901 were significantly associated with increased risk to HCV-HCM in dominant model (P < 0.028, OR = 3.94, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.19, 13.02) and in recessive model (P < 0.007, OR = 9.85, 95% CI = 1.83, 53.04), respectively. The disparity in the gene-dose effect by two susceptible DPB1 alleles may be attributable to the difference between the susceptible (36 A and 55 A) and resistant (8L, 9F, 11G, 57E and 76M) residue-combination consisting of DPbeta anchor pocket for antigenic peptide-binding. These results implied that the HLA-DP molecules with specificity pocket appropriate for HCV antigen(s) might confer the progressive process of HCM among the HCV-infected individuals.
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- D Shichi
- Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Hui J, Oka A, James A, Palmer LJ, Musk AW, Beilby J, Inoko H. A genome-wide association scan for asthma in a general Australian population. Hum Genet 2008; 123:297-306. [PMID: 18253752 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-008-0477-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2007] [Accepted: 01/25/2008] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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To date, almost every chromosome has been implicated in genetic susceptibility to asthma to some degree. When compared with single nucleotide polymorphism, microsatellite markers exhibit high levels of heterozygosity and therefore provide higher statistical power in association. The objective of this study was to perform a genome-wide association study using 23,465 in-house microsatellite markers to detect asthma susceptibility regions in the Busselton population. In this study, three separate pooled DNA screenings yielded 18 markers with significantly different estimated frequencies in the three separate "case and control" pools: each pool consisting of 60 males and 60 females. These markers were evaluated by individual typing in 360 cases and 360 controls. Two markers showed significant differences between cases and controls (P = 0.001 and P = 0.003). Regions surrounding the two markers were subjected to high-density association mapping with a total of 14 additional markers. We were able to confirm and fine map the association in these two regions by typing 14 additional microsatellite markers (1805A09 (D18S0325i), P = 0.002; 1806D05 (D18S0181i), P = 0.001). Each region contains a predicted gene that showed strong associations with asthma. Further studies are underway to characterize the novel candidate asthma susceptibility genes identified in this genome-wide study.
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- J Hui
- Western Australian Institute for Medical Research and UWA Centre for Medical Research, B Block, QEII Medical Centre, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia.
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Ito A, Ota M, Katsuyama Y, Inoko H, Ohno S, Mizuki N. Lack of association of Toll-like receptor 9 gene polymorphism with Beh�et?s disease in Japanese patients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 70:423-6. [PMID: 17854429 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00924.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play an important role in the induction of defense mechanisms of the innate and adaptive immune responses to microbial pathogens. Genetic polymorphisms within the TLR9 gene have been reported to be associated with a variety of inflammatory and infectious diseases. Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic inflammatory disease, and the etiology of BD has yet to be fully elucidated. We investigated the potential association of the TLR9 gene with susceptibility to BD by analyzing the frequency of nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a population of 200 Japanese BD patients and 102 randomized controls. Our results showed that SNPs in the TLR9 gene were not significantly associated with susceptibility to BD.
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- A Ito
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Meguro A, Ota M, Katsuyama Y, Oka A, Ohno S, Inoko H, Mizuki N. Association of the toll-like receptor 4 gene polymorphisms with Behcet's disease. Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 67:725-7. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.079871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Dunn DS, Inoko H, Kulski JK. The association between non-melanoma skin cancer and a young dimorphic Alu element within the major histocompatibility complex class I genomic region. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 68:127-34. [PMID: 16866882 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00631.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) susceptibility locus within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I region was previously identified telomeric of the HLA-C gene using high-density microsatellite markers. Here, we have extended the previous microsatellite study by using the same DNA samples obtained from 154 NMSC patients and 213 normal controls from the town of Busselton in Western Australia and examined the relationship between five polymorphic Alu insertions (POALINs) within the MHC class I region and their association with NMSC. The genotype distribution of the AluyTF insertion that is located within the NMSC susceptibility region telomeric of the HLA-C gene was significantly increased according to the Fisher's exact test in the NMSC patients, and it was not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in the control group. There was no difference between the cancer patients and controls for the genotypes of the AluyMICB locus within intron 1 of the MICB gene and the other three POALINs (AluyHJ, AluyHG and AluyHF) that are located within the genomic region of the HLA-A, -G and -F gene cluster. The test for significant linkage disequilibrium for 10 pairs of POALIN loci and estimations of two locus POALIN haplotype frequencies also revealed AluyTF differences between the cases and controls. In conclusion, the MHC class I POALIN, AluyTF, that is located within the NMSC susceptibility locus and near the HLA-C gene was strongly associated with NMSC. This finding, using five different polymorphic Alu insertion markers, supports the previous microsatellite association study that one or more genes located in close proximity to the AluyTF insertion has a potential role in NMSC.
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- D S Dunn
- Centre for Bioinformatics and Biological Computing, School for Information Technology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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Itoh Y, Inoko H, Kulski JK, Sasaki S, Meguro A, Takiyama N, Nishida T, Yuasa T, Ohno S, Mizuki N. Four-digit allele genotyping of the HLA-A and HLA-B genes in Japanese patients with Behcet's disease by a PCR-SSOP-Luminex method. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 67:390-4. [PMID: 16671946 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00586.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The present study represents the first four-digit allele genotyping of HLA-A and -B in Japanese Behcet's disease (BD) patients and controls using a new genotyping method (named the PCR-SSOP-Luminex method) to determine the association of certain HLA-A or -B alleles with BD. Peripheral blood lymphocytes were collected from 180 Japanese BD patients and 170 healthy controls. The genotype frequency of HLA-B*5101 was significantly increased in the patients (61.7%) as compared with the controls (15.9%) (Pc = 1 x 10(-16), OR = 8.5). When we recalculated the phenotype frequencies after excluding the HLA-B*51-positive patients and controls to account for the effects of the linkage disequilibrium and the abundance of the HLA-B*51 allele, the frequencies of HLA-A*2602 and HLA-B*3901 had a weak association in the patient group without HLA-B*51 as compared with the control group without HLA-B*51 (A*2602; Pc = 0.130, OR = 4.3, B*3901; Pc = 0.099, OR = 3.5). This study confirmed on the basis of using a new and more accurate genotyping method that Japanese BD patients have a strong primary association with HLA-B*5101. The significant increase of HLA-A*2602 and B*3901 in the patient group without HLA-B*51 suggests that these two alleles might also have some secondary influence on the onset of BD.
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- Y Itoh
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan
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Sano K, Shiina T, Kohara S, Yanagiya K, Hosomichi K, Shimizu S, Anzai T, Watanabe A, Ogasawara K, Torii R, Kulski JK, Inoko H. Novel cynomolgus macaque MHC-DPB1 polymorphisms in three South-East Asian populations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 67:297-306. [PMID: 16634866 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00577.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis, Mafa), alias the crab-eating monkeys or long-tailed macaques, live across a vast range of South-East Asia. These non-human primates have emerged as important animal models in infectious and chronic diseases and transplantation studies, necessitating a more extensive characterization of their major histocompatibility complex polymorphic regions. The current information on the polymorphic variation or diversity of the Mafa-DPB1 locus is largely limited in comparison with the more commonly studied rhesus macaque DPB1 locus. In this article, to better elucidate the degree and types of polymorphisms and genetic differences of Mafa-DPB1 locus among three South-East Asian populations and to investigate how the allele differences between macaques and humans might affect their respective immune responses, we identified 40 alleles within exon 2 of the Mafa-DPB1 locus by DNA sequencing using 217 individuals. We also performed evolutionary and population analyses using these sequences to reveal some population-specific alleles and trans-species allelic conservation between the cynomolgus macaques and the rhesus macaques. Of the 40 new alleles, eight belong to a newly identified lineage group not previously found in the rhesus macaque species. This allele information will be useful for medical researchers using the cynomolgus macaques in disease and immunological studies.
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- K Sano
- Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1143, Japan
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Renard C, Hart E, Sehra H, Beasley H, Coggill P, Howe K, Harrow J, Gilbert J, Sims S, Rogers J, Ando A, Shigenari A, Shiina T, Inoko H, Chardon P, Beck S. The genomic sequence and analysis of the swine major histocompatibility complex. Genomics 2006; 88:96-110. [PMID: 16515853 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2006.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2005] [Revised: 01/18/2006] [Accepted: 01/18/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We describe the generation and analysis of an integrated sequence map of a 2.4-Mb region of pig chromosome 7, comprising the classical class I region, the extended and classical class II regions, and the class III region of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), also known as swine leukocyte antigen (SLA) complex. We have identified and manually annotated 151 loci, of which 121 are known genes (predicted to be functional), 18 are pseudogenes, 8 are novel CDS loci, 3 are novel transcripts, and 1 is a putative gene. Nearly all of these loci have homologues in other mammalian genomes but orthologues could be identified with confidence for only 123 genes. The 28 genes (including all the SLA class I genes) for which unambiguous orthology to genes within the human reference MHC could not be established are of particular interest with respect to porcine-specific MHC function and evolution. We have compared the porcine MHC to other mammalian MHC regions and identified the differences between them. In comparison to the human MHC, the main differences include the absence of HLA-A and other class I-like loci, the absence of HLA-DP-like loci, and the separation of the extended and classical class II regions from the rest of the MHC by insertion of the centromere. We show that the centromere insertion has occurred within a cluster of BTNL genes located at the boundary of the class II and III regions, which might have resulted in the loss of an orthologue to human C6orf10 from this region.
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- C Renard
- LREG INRA CEA, Jouy en Josas, France
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Shichi D, Kikkawa EF, Ota M, Katsuyama Y, Kimura A, Matsumori A, Kulski JK, Naruse TK, Inoko H. The haplotype block, NFKBIL1-ATP6V1G2-BAT1-MICB-MICA, within the class III-class I boundary region of the human major histocompatibility complex may control susceptibility to hepatitis C virus-associated dilated cardiomyopathy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 66:200-8. [PMID: 16101831 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00457.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Cardiomyopathy is a heart muscle disease with impaired stretch response that can result in severe heart failure and sudden death. A small proportion of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients may be predisposed to develop dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The molecular mechanisms involved in the predisposition remain unknown due in part to the lack of information on their genetic background. Because the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region has a pivotal role in controlling the susceptibility to HCV-induced liver disease, we hypothesized that particular HLA alleles and/or non-HLA gene alleles within the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genomic region might control the predisposition to HCV-associated DCM (HCV-DCM) and/or HCV-associated HCM (HCV-HCM). Here, we present mapping results of the MHC-related susceptibility gene locus for HCV-associated cardiomyopathy by analyzing microsatellite and single nucleotide polymorphism markers. To delineate the susceptibility locus, we genotyped 44 polymorphic markers scattered across the entire MHC region in a total of 59 patients (21 HCV-DCM and 38 HCV-HCM) and 120 controls. We mapped HCV-DCM susceptibility to a non-HLA gene locus spanning from NFKBIL1 to MICA gene loci within the MHC class III-class I boundary region. Our results showed that HCV-DCM was more strongly associated with alleles of the non-HLA genes rather than the HLA genes themselves. In addition, no significant association was found between the MHC markers and HCV-HCM. This marked difference in the MHC-related disease susceptibility for HCV- associated cardiomyopathy strongly suggests that the development of HCV- DCM and HCV-HCM is under the control of different pathogenic mechanisms.
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- D Shichi
- Department of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Kulski JK, Anzai T, Inoko H. ERVK9, transposons and the evolution of MHC class I duplicons within the alpha-block of the human and chimpanzee. Cytogenet Genome Res 2005; 110:181-92. [PMID: 16093671 DOI: 10.1159/000084951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2003] [Accepted: 10/21/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The genomic sequences within the alpha-block (approximately 288-310 kb) of the human and chimpanzee MHC class I region contains ten MHC class I genes and three MIC gene fragments grouped together within alternating duplicated genomic segments or duplicons. In this study, the chimpanzee and human genomic sequences were analyzed in order to determine whether the remnants of the ERVK9 and other retrotransposon sequences are useful genomic markers for reconstructing the evolutionary history of the duplicated MHC gene families within the alpha-block. A variety of genes, pseudogenes, autologous DNA transposons and retrotransposons such as Alu and ERVK9 were used to categorize the ten duplicons into four distinct structural groups. The phylogenetic relationship of the ten duplicons was examined by using the neighbour joining method to analyze transposon sequence topologies of selected Alu members, LTR16B and Charlie9. On the basis of these structural groups and the phylogeny of the duplicated transposon sequences, a duplication model was reconstructed involving four multipartite tandem duplication steps to explain the organization and evolution of the ten duplicons within the alpha-block of the chimpanzee and human. The phylogenetic analysis and inferred duplication history suggests that the Patr/HLA-F was the first MHC class I gene to have been fixed and not required as a precursor for further duplication within the alpha-block of the ancestral species.
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- J K Kulski
- Centre for Bioinformatics and Biological Computing, School of Information Technology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia.
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Suzuki K, Tanaka H, Sahara H, Tanaka N, Tamura Y, Naruse T, Inoko H, Tsushima K, Kubo K, Abe S, Sato N. HLA class II DPB1, DQA1, DQB1, and DRB1 genotypic associations with occupational allergic cough to Bunashimeji mushroom. Tissue Antigens 2005; 65:459-66. [PMID: 15853900 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00402.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We previously reported that two-third of workers in a Bunashimeji mushroom (Hypsizigus marmoreus) farm complained of respiratory allergic symptoms, but one-third workers did not suffer from such symptoms even when working for a long period. CD4+ T-helper (Th) cells increased, and Th2/Th1 ratio increased in the allergic workers. To address these immunological backgrounds, we have investigated whether there is any relationship between mushroom allergy and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II alleles of DPB1, DQA1, DQB1, and DRB1 by using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and sequencing-based typing methods. We observed that the allele frequencies of DQA1*0103, DQB1*0601, and DRB1*0803 were significantly higher in the workers having no allergic symptoms than allergic workers (DQA1*0103: 57 vs 25%, DQB1*0601: 49 vs 14%, and DRB1*0803: 29 vs 0%). However, this phenomenon was not seen in workers producing another kind of mushroom, Honshimeji (Lyophyllum aggregatum). The HLA-DRB1*0803 allele alone, the DRB1*0803, DQA1*0103, DQB1*0601 haplotype, or both were negatively associated with allergy to Bunashimeji, and these alleles might be involved in the prevention of Bunashimeji mushroom-specific respiratory allergy.
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- K Suzuki
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan.
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The human major histocompatibility (MHC) genomic region at chromosomal position 6p21 encodes the six classical transplantation HLA genes and many other genes that have important roles in the regulation of the immune system as well as in some fundamental cellular processes. This small segment of the human genome has been associated with more than 100 diseases, including common diseases--such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, asthma and various autoimmune disorders. The MHC 3.6 Mb genomic sequence was first reported in 1999 with the annotation of 224 gene loci. The locus and allelic information of the MHC continue to be updated by identifying newly mapped expressed genes and pseudogenes based on comparative genomics, SNP analysis and cDNA projects. Since 1999, new innovations in bioinformatics and gene-specific functional databases and studies on the MHC genes have resulted in numerous changes to gene names and better ways to update and link the MHC gene symbols, names and sequences together with function, variation and disease associations. In this study, we present a brief overview of the MHC genomic structure and the recent information that we have gathered on the MHC gene loci via LocusLink at the National Centre for Biological Information (http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/.) and the MHC genes' association with various diseases taken from publications and records in public databases, such as the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man and the Genetic Association Database.
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- T Shiina
- Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Shimokasuya, Isehara, Japan
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Farjadian S, Naruse T, Kawata H, Ghaderi A, Bahram S, Inoko H. Molecular analysis of HLA allele frequencies and haplotypes in Baloch of Iran compared with related populations of Pakistan. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 64:581-7. [PMID: 15496201 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00302.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The extreme polymorphism in different loci of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system has been used as an invaluable tool for anthropological studies. Determination of HLA allele and haplotype frequencies in different ethnic groups is useful for population genetic analyses and the study of genetic relationships among them. In the present study, molecular analysis of HLA-A, -B, -C, -DQA1, -DQB1, and -DRB1 genes has been used to assign HLA allele and haplotype frequencies in 100 unrelated healthy individuals from the Baloch ethnic group of Iran. The results were compared with Baloch and other ethnic groups in the neighboring Pakistan. The results of this study showed that the most frequent HLA class I alleles were A*02011 (20.2%), B*4006 (11.1%), and C*04011 (28.6%). The most common HLA class II alleles were DQA1*0101/2 (42.5%), DQB1*0201 (32%), and DRB1*0301 (29%). Three-locus haplotype analysis revealed that A*11011-B*4006-C*15021 (5.8%) and DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201-DRB1*0301 (22.1%) were the most common HLA class I and II haplotypes, respectively, in this population. Neighbor-joining tree based on DA genetic distances and correspondence analysis according to HLA-A, -B, -DQB1, and -DRB1 allele frequencies showed that Baloch of Iran are genetically very close to Baloch and Brahui of Pakistan. This may reflect an admixture of Brahui and Baloch ethnic groups of Pakistan in the Balochistan province of Iran.
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- S Farjadian
- Immunology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Gourraud PA, Mano S, Barnetche T, Carrington M, Inoko H, Cambon-Thomsen A. Integration of microsatellite characteristics in the MHC region: a literature and sequence based analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 64:543-55. [PMID: 15496197 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00317.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Reviews of microsatellite markers in the human leukocyte antigen region have been very useful in addressing the needs of the immunogenetics community. Nevertheless, characterization of the same microsatellite loci in different laboratories can lead to seemingly contradictory results, particularly in terms of nomenclature. Here we provide an update of previous reports, as well as a standardized characterization of primers for microsatellites located within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). A uniform and extended inventory of 378 primer pairs from published reports was performed as well as a standardized characterization of the corresponding microsatellite loci according to the extended full-length consensus sequence of MHC region. The literature-based approach was complemented by a sequence-based analysis of each reported microsatellite locus. Iterative electronic polymerase chain reaction runs and an original algorithm that characterizes patterns of repeats within sequence were used. The sequence of primers was corrected according to the consensus sequence. Table of synonymous names for individual microsatellite loci is provided.
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Romphruk AV, Romphruk A, Choonhakarn C, Puapairoj C, Inoko H, Leelayuwat C. Major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A in Thai psoriasis patients: MICA association as a part of human leukocyte antigen-B-Cw haplotypes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 63:547-54. [PMID: 15140030 DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-2815.2004.00238.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder. Although the aetiology and pathogenesis of psoriasis are unproven, it is hypothesised that the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) gene/haplotype contributes to the susceptibility of psoriasis in many populations. MHC class I chain-related gene A (MICA), located 46-kb centromeric of HLA-B, is expressed on keratinocytes and fibroblasts. MICA is in linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B and is involved in natural killer-cell functions. To investigate the relative contribution of the MICA gene in the pathogenesis of psoriasis, extracellular polymorphisms of MICA were studied by polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers in 128 Thai psoriasis patients (87 and 41 were Types I and II, respectively) from Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University. The control group included 255 healthy, unrelated Northeast Thais. We observed 11 MICA alleles (or groups of alleles) in the patients. A comparison of the psoriasis patients and the control group revealed that MICA*010 and MICA*017 were associated with Type I psoriasis whereas only MICA*010 was associated with Type II. The haplotype analysis revealed that MICA*008-HLA-B*13-Cw*0602 and MICA*010-HLA-B*4601-Cw*01 were significantly increased in both Types I and II, whereas MICA*002-HLA-B*38-Cw*07 (01-03) and MICA*017-HLA-B*57-Cw*0602 were elevated only in Type I. MICA*010 was in strong linkage with Cw*01. Analysis of independent association of MICA*010 in individuals lacking Cw*01 failed to maintain an association. Our results suggest that a significant increase of the MICA alleles in the patient group is a part of HLA-B-Cw haplotypes. It is conceivable that an unknown susceptibility gene, on certain HLA-B-Cw haplotypes, is responsible for the development of psoriasis.
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- A V Romphruk
- Blood Transfusion Center, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Li S, Kawata H, Katsuyama Y, Ota M, Morishima Y, Mano S, Kulski JK, Naruse T, Inoko H. Association of polymorphic MHC microsatellites with GVHD, survival, and leukemia relapse in unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplant donor/recipient pairs matched at five HLA loci. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 63:362-8. [PMID: 15009808 DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-2815.2004.00200.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In order to determine whether matching/mismatching for microsatellite polymorphism provides useful information on acute graft-vs-host disease (GVHD), survival, and leukemia relapse in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation, we genotyped for polymorphisms at 13 microsatellite loci within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) of 100 unrelated HSC transplant donor-recipient pairs who were matched at five classical human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci. A high percentage of allele matching was obtained for five microsatellite loci, DQCARII (96%), MICA (93%), MIB (89%), C1-3-1 (93%), and D6S510 (97%), that are localized within 100 kb of the HLA-DR, HLA-DQ, HLA-B, HLA-C, or HLA-A locus. In contrast, the other eight microsatellites are located farther away from the HLA classical loci and have much lower percentages of allele matching [e.g. tumor necrosis factor a (TNFa) (73%), TNFd (74%), D6S273 (64%), C3-2-11 (46%), C5-3-1 (50%), C5-4-5 (63%), C5-2-7 (68%), and D6S265 (81%)]. Therefore, there were at least eight microsatellite markers with relatively high percentages of mismatches in the donor/recipient pairs with acute or chronic GVHD, poor graft survival, and leukemia relapse. However, there were no statistically significant associations between mismatched donor-recipient pairs at the 13 microsatellite loci and acute or chronic GVHD, graft survival, and leukemia relapse. Nevertheless, allele matching at the microsatellite TNFd locus near the TNFa gene was found by the Fisher's exact double-sided test to be significantly associated with decreased survival in the grade III/IV acute GVHD group. Overall, these results suggest that the matching of microsatellite polymorphisms within the HLA region, especially the ones farthest from the classical HLA loci, was not useful indicator for the outcome of HSC transplantation from unrelated donors. In this regard, the future determination of the genome-wide microsatellite genotypes in HLA-matched donor-recipient pairs, outside the MHC, may be a better possibility for identifying minor histocompatibility genes in linkage disequilibria with microsatellites as potential predictive markers for the occurrence of acute GVHD and survival rate in HSC transplantation.
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- S Li
- Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
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The maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) is one of the most popular ways to estimate haplotype frequencies of a population with genotype data whose linkage phases are unknown. The MLE is commonly implemented in the use of the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm. It is known that the EM algorithm carries the risk that an estimator may converge erroneously to one of the local maxima or saddle points of the likelihood surface, resulting in serious errors in the MLE of haplotype frequencies. In this note, by theoretical treatments we present the necessary and sufficient conditions that the local maxima or saddle points on the likelihood surface appear. As a rule of thumb, that the difference between the coupling and repulsive haplotype frequencies in phase known individuals is 3/2 times larger than the frequency of phase ambiguous individuals is the sufficient condition that the likelihood surface is unimodal. Moreover, we present the analytic solution to the biallelic two-locus problem, and construct a general algorithm to obtain the global maximum.
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- S Mano
- Biological Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hui J, Oka A, Tomizawa M, Tay GK, Kulski JK, Penhale WJ, Iaschi SPA, Makino S, Tamiya G, Inoko H. Identification of two new C4 alleles by DNA sequencing and evidence for a historical recombination of serologically defined C4A and C4B alleles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 63:263-9. [PMID: 14989717 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.0175.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Nucleotide polymorphisms of the C4 genes were investigated by direct sequencing of seven different homozygous typing cells from the 10IHW panels. Two novel sequences were identified within the C4d region of the C4 genes. Our sequencing analyses extend previous findings suggesting that a recombination hot spot is likely to have occurred between codon positions 1157 and 1186 within the C4d region. The classification of electrophoretically defined C4A and C4B alleles can be further subtyped by sequencing. Because the central major histocompatibility complex region that carries various copies of the C4 gene has been associated with a range of disorders; further analysis at the sequence level within the C4 locus may provide informative genetic markers for the investigation of disease-associated polymorphisms.
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- J Hui
- School of Surgery and Pathology, Division of Pathology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
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Takeshima S, Saitou N, Morita M, Inoko H, Aida Y. The diversity of bovine MHC class II DRB3 genes in Japanese Black, Japanese Shorthorn, Jersey and Holstein cattle in Japan. Gene 2004; 316:111-8. [PMID: 14563557 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(03)00744-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We sequenced exon 2 of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II DRB3 gene from 471 individuals in four different Japanese populations of cattle (201 Japanese Black, 101 Holstein, 100 Japanese Shorthorn, and 69 Jersey cattle) using a new method for sequence-based typing (SBT). We identified the 34 previously reported alleles and four novel alleles. These alleles were 80.0-100.0% identical at the nucleotide level and 77.9-100.0% identical at the amino acid level to the bovine MHC (BoLA)-DRB3 cDNA clone NR1. Among the 38 alleles, eight alleles were found in only one breed in this study. However, these alleles did not form specific clusters on a phylogenetic tree of 236-base pairs (bp) nucleotide sequences. Furthermore, these breeds exhibited similar variations with respect to average frequencies of nucleotides and amino acids, as well as synonymous and non-synonymous substitutions, in all pairwise comparisons of the alleles found in this study. By contrast, analysis of the frequencies of the various BoLA-DRB3 alleles in each breed indicated that DRB3*1101 was the most frequent allele in Holstein cattle (16.8%), DRB3*4501 was the most frequent allele in Jersey cattle (18.1%), DRB3*1201 was the most frequent allele in Japanese Shorthorn cattle (16.0%) and DRB3*1001 was the most frequent allele in Japanese Black cattle (17.4%), indicating that the frequencies of alleles were differed in each breed. In addition, a population tree based on the frequency of BoLA-DRB3 alleles in each breed suggested that Holstein and Japanese Black cattle were the most closely related, and that Jersey cattle were more different from both these breeds than Japanese Shorthorns.
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- S Takeshima
- Retrovirus Research Unit, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Dunn DS, Ota M, Inoko H, Kulski JK. Association of MHC dimorphic Alu insertions with HLA class I and MIC genes in Japanese HLA-B48 haplotypes. Tissue Antigens 2003; 62:259-62. [PMID: 12956881 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00092.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A large proportion of Japanese with the HLA-B48 allele have a MICA gene deletion associated with a MICB null allele within the class I region of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC). Here, we report for the first time a novel positive association between the presence of a polymorphic Alu insertion, AluyMICB, within the first intron of the MICB gene and the MICAdel/MICBnull/HLA-B48 haplotype for five of six well-characterized Japanese cell-lines. The AluyMICB insertion was found to be present at a frequency of 0.242 in 86 Japanese tissue donors and in four of the five individuals with the HLA-B48 allele. The AluyMICB insertion was also associated with at least three different MICB alleles, *0102, *0107N and *0105, and three different HLA-B alleles, B13, B48 and B57, respectively, in the seven Workshop cell-lines (the 4th Asia-Oceania Histocompatibility Workshop, and the 10th International Histocompatibility Workshop) and the six Japanese cell-lines that were selected for this study. Based on the analysis of associations between different polymorphic markers within the beta block, the MICB*0102 allele was inferred to be the ancestral form of the MICB*0105 and MICB*0107N alleles. The AluyMICB polymorphism can now be used to further investigate its relationship with other MICB alleles and consequently their origins. In addition, we have examined the absence and presence of three other polymorphic Alu markers distributed within the alpha block of the class I region of the HLA-B48/AluyMICB haplotype. We conclude that the extended HLA-B haplotypes are best defined by considering multiple genomic sites including the four polymorphic Alu insertions described in this study.
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- D S Dunn
- Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Computing, School for Information Technology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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Romphruk AV, Oka A, Romphruk A, Tomizawa M, Choonhakarn C, Naruse TK, Puapairoj C, Tamiya G, Leelayuwat C, Inoko H. Corneodesmosin gene: no evidence for PSORS 1 gene in North-eastern Thai psoriasis patients. Tissue Antigens 2003; 62:217-24. [PMID: 12956875 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00056.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Psoriasis vulgaris, a common inflammatory skin disorder, is known to be associated with the HLA-Cw*06 allele. It has been recently suggested by microsatellite mapping that a real susceptible gene for psoriasis resides in the approximately 100-kb genomic region telomeric of the HLA-C gene. In this respect, the corneodesmosin (CDSN) gene 160-kb telomeric of HLA-C is a strong candidate because of its location and its functional role in corneocyte cohesion and desquamation. In fact, a significant association between CDSN polymorphism and psoriasis was recently recognized in Caucasian populations. However, this association has not been replicated in other studies, being still controversial. In this study, we investigated the genetic polymorphism of the CDSN gene in 139 psoriasis patients and 144 healthy controls in the North-eastern Thai population. By direct sequencing technique, a total of 28 polymorphic sites were found, consisting of 26 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and two indels (insertion/deletion). Among them, six SNPs have not been previously reported. Through this analysis, as many as 28 different SNP/indel haplotypes within the CDSN gene were identified. Seven SNPs and one indel, namely 9C, 614 A, 722T, 971T, 1215G, 1243C, 1331G and 1606AAG (deletion), revealed significant deviation in the allelic frequencies of the patients from those of the healthy controls. However, none of them are likely to be responsible for controlling the susceptibility of psoriasis, but these associations can be explained by a linkage disequilibrium to a real pathogenic allele of a nearby gene. Further, the large variations between the CDSN SNP/indel haplotypes and the psoriatic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) haplotypes also make it unlikely that CDSN is a major psoriasis-susceptible gene.
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- A V Romphruk
- Blood Transfusion Center, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic inflammatory disorder. Although the cause and pathogenesis of BD are still unclear, there is evidence for genetic, immunologic and infectious factors at the onset or in the course of BD. This review focuses on the functional genomics and immunology of BD. HLA-B51 is the major disease susceptibility gene locus in BD. An increased number of gammadelta T cells in the peripheral blood and in the involved tissues have been reported. However, the T cells at the sites of inflammation appear to be a phenotypically distinct subset. There is also a significant gammadelta T cell proliferative response to mycobacterial 65-kDa heat shock protein peptides. Homologous peptides derived from the human 60-kDa heat shock protein were observed in BD patients. There is evidence that natural killer T cells may also play a role in BD.
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- M Zierhut
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Schleichstrasse 12, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
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Taniguchi Y, Sato M, Tanaka O, Sekiguchi M, Inoko H, Kimura M. HOXD3 regulates expression of JAGGED1, a ligand for Notch receptors. Nucleic Acids Res Suppl 2003:43-4. [PMID: 12836255 DOI: 10.1093/nass/1.1.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We generated transgenic mouse embryos expressing the human HOXD3 homeobox gene in the central nervous system (CNS) utilizing the Wnt1 expression vector. Whole mount in situ hybridization analysis revealed that the transgenic embryos at 10.5 days post coitum (dpc) expressed the HOXD3 gene in dorsal aspects of the CNS from the diencephalon to the spinal cord. Histological observation of sections showed that, in the spinal cord of the transgenic embryos at 10.5 dpc, there were few neuronal progenitor cells stretching from a luminal to basal side. This implies that Notch signaling which is involved in determining the courses of differentiation in the progenitors was disturbed within the CNS of the transgenic embryos. To elucidate what effects HOXD3 has on Notch signaling, we examined gene expression of Notch receptors and ligands using human erythroleukemia HEL and K562 cells transfected with the HOXD3 gene. Consequently, HOXD3 promoted expression of JAGGED1, a ligand for Notch receptors, in both the transfectants, suggesting that the JAGGED1 gene is a downstream target of HOXD3.
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- Y Taniguchi
- Department of Genetic Information, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
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Taniguchi Y, Suzuki H, Ohtsuka M, Kikuchi N, Kimura M, Inoko H. Isolation and characterization of three genes paralogous to mouse Ring3. Nucleic Acids Res Suppl 2003:247-8. [PMID: 12836357 DOI: 10.1093/nass/1.1.247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Syntenic chromosomal areas share paralogous genes which are believed to have been generated by repeated duplication of an ancestral gene. The human RING3 gene is known to have paralogous relationships with the ORFX, BRDT, and HUNK1 genes. In addition to the mouse Ring3 cDNA clones previously reported, we isolated mouse Orfx, Brdt, and Hunk1 cDNA clones using mouse testis RNA. Among these four paralogous genes, structure and expression profiles were compared. The proteins encoded by these genes exhibited similar amino acid sequences including two conserved bromodomains. While the Ring3, Orfx, and Hunk1 genes were ubiquitously expressed in various tissues of adult mouse, the Ring3, Orfx, and Brdt genes produced testis-specific transcripts and the Hunk1 gene produced a striated muscle-specific transcript. The diversification of expression patterns of Ring3-related genes during evolution may reflect nucleotide variations in regulatory elements associated with ubiquitous or tissue-specific gene expression.
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- Y Taniguchi
- Department of Genetic Information, Division of Molecular Life Science, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
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Niizeki H, Yokoyama M, Inamoto N, Nishikawa T, Naruse T, Inoko H, Hashigucci K. Lack of association of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene with palmoplantar pustulosis in Japanese. Eur J Immunogenet 2003; 30:249-52. [PMID: 12919285 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2003.00403.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We analysed a polymorphism of the interleukin (IL)-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN) gene in 93 Japanese patients with palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP). None of the IL1RN alleles was significantly increased in the patients compared with controls. Because PPP has been reported to be associated with the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) region, we examined the association between the TNF and IL1RN genes. There was a difference in IL1RN*2 positivity between patients with and without the AA genotype of the TNF gene. In contrast, such a difference was not found in controls. These data indicate a possible epistatic effect between TNF and IL1RN linked genes for susceptibility to the pathogenesis of PPP.
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- H Niizeki
- Department of Dermantolgy and Clinical Research Institute, National Tokyo Medical Center, Japan
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Nomura E, Sato M, Suemizu H, Watanabe T, Kimura T, Yabuki K, Goto K, Ito N, Bahram S, Inoko H, Mizuki N, Ohno S, Kimura M. Hyperkeratosis and leukocytosis in transgenic mice carrying MHC class I chain-related gene B (MICB). Tissue Antigens 2003; 61:300-7. [PMID: 12753668 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00014.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I chain-related gene A and B (MICA and MICB) are located very close to HLA-B. MICA is reported to be strongly associated with Behçet's disease (BD), a multisysytemic inflammation disorder characterized by oral apthous ulcers, skin lesions and genital ulcers. These two molecules are highly conserved at the amino acid levels. To determine the function of MICB in vivo and the relationship between the expression of MICB and BD experimentally, we produced several transgenic mouse lines (termed CAG-MICB) expressing human MICB cDNA under a ubiquitous promoter. They exhibited a 50% increase in the number of white blood cells compared with their non-transgenic littermates, and also exhibited a 10-20% reduction in body weight compared with non-transgenic littermates. Exfoliation of the skin first appeared around 7 days after birth and disappeared after 2 weeks of age. This was repeatedly observed in the transgenic offspring of two independent CAG-MICB lines examined. Histopathological analysis of skin of young mice exhibiting skin abnormalities revealed hyperkeratosis of the epidermis and thickening of the granular layer with slight infiltration of inflammatory cells in the dermis without any vasculitis. Other remarkable abnormalities associated with BD have not been observed in the CAG-MICB lines. Furthermore, fluorescein angiography of eyes of the CAG-MICB lines was performed, but there were no marked changes of BD-related uveitis in the ocular fundus. These findings suggest that (i) MICB expression is related to temporary skin inflammation, and (ii) expression of MICB is not directly associated with BD.
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- E Nomura
- Department of Genetic Information, Division of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Oka A, Hayashi H, Tomizawa M, Okamoto K, Suyun L, Hui J, Kulski JK, Beilby J, Tamiya G, Inoko H. Localization of a non-melanoma skin cancer susceptibility region within the major histocompatibility complex by association analysis using microsatellite markers. Tissue Antigens 2003; 61:203-10. [PMID: 12694569 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00007.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is known to have a role in the development of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), although the genes and mechanisms involved have yet to be determined. To identify the susceptibility locus for NMSC within the MHC, we used a collection of well-defined polymorphic microsatellite markers from the Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) region for an association analysis of 150 cases with NMSC and 200 healthy controls selected from the Busselton population in Western Australia. High-resolution mapping was undertaken using a total of 40 highly polymorphic markers located at regular intervals across the HLA region (3.6Mb). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis was initially performed on pooled DNA markers to detect those markers that showed different allele profiles. Statistically significant differences in allelic frequencies (differentiating alleles) were found between cases and controls at three polymorphic microsatellite loci within a 470-kb genomic susceptibility region ranging between 6 kb centromeric of the HLA-B gene and intron 5 of the DDR gene. Interestingly, this genome region corresponded completely with the psoriasis-susceptibility locus. The three differentiating alleles and another four markers outside the susceptibility region were then PCR tested by individual genotyping of cases and controls. The newly identified susceptibility locus for NMSC within the MHC was found to be significantly different between the cases and controls by comparisons of allele frequencies at the three differentiating loci estimated from DNA pools and then confirmed by individual genotyping. This is the first study using high density microsatellite markers to localize a NMSC susceptibility region within the human genome.
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- A Oka
- Department of Genetic Information, Division of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
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