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Song CJ, Liu XS, Zhu Y, Chen LH, Jia W, Li YN, Cao YX, Xie X, Zhuang R, Zhu CS, Jin BQ. Expression of TRAIL, DR4, and DR5 in kidney and serum from patients receiving renal transplantation. Transplant Proc 2005; 36:1340-3. [PMID: 15251327 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Renal transplantation is the best treatment of some end-stage renal diseases. Unfortunately, not every transplant is successful due to the rejection or dysfunction of the transplanted kidney. Many cytokines participate in rejection by inducing inflammation or apoptosis. In this study, the expressions of TRAIL, DR4, and DR5 in rejected renal tissue and of serum soluble TRAIL (sTRAIL) in patients with kidney rejection were investigated by immunohistochemical staining and sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. The results showed that the expression of TRAIL, DR4 and DR5, and serum sTRAIL levels were markedly upregulated among renal transplant patients. Since both membrane and soluble forms of TRAIL can induce apoptosis of DR4/DR5-expressing cells via recruiting FADD and caspase 8, elevated TRAIL and its receptors may participate in renal graft rejection.
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- C J Song
- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, P. R. People's Republic of China
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Delage R, Jacques L, Massinga-Loembe M, Poulin J, Bilodeau D, Mignault C, Leblond PF, Darveau A. Persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis: further evidence for a genetic disorder associated with B-cell abnormalities. Br J Haematol 2001; 114:666-70. [PMID: 11552996 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2001.02975.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 11/20/2022]
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Persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (PPBL) is an intriguing disorder diagnosed predominantly in women, usually cigarette smokers, characterized by an increase in the number of polyclonal B lymphocytes. Abnormality of the B-cell population is also evidenced by the presence of multiple bcl-2/Ig gene rearrangements and the finding of an additional long arm chromosome 3q+ (i3)(q10) within a significant proportion of B cells. The physiopathology of PPBL is unknown but its association with the HLA DR7 phenotype suggests a possible genetic disorder. To further determine whether PPBL has a genetic predisposition, we have undertaken an extensive study in a large family of a patient diagnosed with PPBL. Three individuals among the first-degree relatives presented all the criteria for a diagnosis of PPBL. A slight increase in serum IgM without evidence of B-cell proliferation was shown in two additional siblings. Multiple bcl-2/Ig gene rearrangements, a typical feature of PPBL, were identified in 8/10 individuals among first-degree relatives. A statistically significant association was found between the presence of these rearrangements and of a paternal HLA haplotype. We conclude that PPBL has a familial occurrence suggesting an underlying genetic defect. The development of the complete syndrome probably relies on unidentified additional co-factors.
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- R Delage
- Centre d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie Clinique, Hôpital du St-Sacrement, Laval University, 1050 Chemin Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada.
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OBJECTIVE We have previously shown that Adenovirus-p53 (Ad-p53) is a potent inducer of apoptosis in myeloma cells expressing nonfunctional p53 and low levels of bcl-2 and that Apo2L/TRAIL is a potent inducer of apoptosis, independent of bcl-2. A study was designed to test the synergy between Ad-p53 and Apo2L/TRAIL in the induction of apoptosis in relation to the expression of DR4/DR5 and DcR1, in cells undergoing Ad-p53-induced apoptosis. METHODS Replication deficient Ad-p53 and human recombinant Apo2L/TRAIL were used. Myeloma cells with mutated/w.t. p53 and varying expression of bcl-2 were used to test the effect of Ad-p53, Apo2L/TRAIL, or both, on apoptosis, measured by annexin V. RESULTS Treatment with Ad-p53 resulted in a dose-dependent apoptosis concomitant with a dose-dependent increase in the expression of DR4/DR5 and a decrease in the expression of DcR1, in Ad-p53-sensitive cell lines. In these cells, addition of Apo2L/TRAIL to cells treated with Ad-p53 resulted in a dose-dependent increase in apoptosis. Myeloma cells resistant to Ad-p53 had high levels of DR4/DR5 and high levels of DcR1 and treatment with Ad-p53 did not reduce the expression of DcR1. Also, addition of Apo2L/TRAIL to Ad-p53 did not affect the level of apoptosis beyond the level of apoptosis observed with Apo2L/TRAIL alone. CONCLUSIONS 1) Cotreatment with Ad-p53 and Apo2L/TRAIL resulted in additive apoptosis in myeloma cells expressing nonfunctional p53 and low levels of bcl-2. 2) Resistance to Ad-p53 or to the combination of Ad-p53 and Apo2L/TRAIL was not due to the lack of adenovirus receptor (CAR) or low expression of DR4/DR5 but rather due to the relatively high expression of DcR1 receptor.
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- Q Liu
- University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Tex., USA
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Familial Kaposi's sarcoma and familial Paget's disease of bone have not previously been reported to occur in the one patient or the one family. We report on an 82-year-old female of Lebanese descent who was recently diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma and Paget's disease. Of the patient's eight siblings, seven had Paget's disease and two of these also had Kaposi's sarcoma. Histocompatibility leucocyte antigen (HLA) class I and II typing of the patient showed: A2, A3; B35, Bx; Bw6; Cw4; DR beta 1*1101 (an HLA-DR5 subtype), DR beta 3 and DQ beta 1*0301. Previous reports have described possible associations of familial Kaposi's sarcoma with HLA-DR5 and Paget's disease with DR2. DR beta 1*1104, DP beta 1*04 and DQw1. Genetic factors and possible viral aetiologies for each condition are reviewed.
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- L R Hale
- Dermatology Unit, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
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Kirk AD, Heisey DM, D'Alessandro AM, Knechtle SJ, Odorico JS, Rayhill SC, Sollinger HW, Pirsch JD. Clinical hepatitis after transplantation of hepatitis C virus-positive kidneys: HLA-DR3 as a risk factor for the development of posttransplant hepatitis. Transplantation 1996; 62:1758-62. [PMID: 8990357 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199612270-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Exposure to hepatitis C virus (HCV) and subsequent infection after renal transplantation lead to significant clinical hepatitis in approximately 50% of graft recipients. METHODS One hundred thirty-two consecutive renal allotransplant patients, who underwent transplantation of kidneys from HCV-positive cadaveric donors, were studied to investigate the relationship between donor and recipient HLA type and the risk of developing clinical hepatitis. Specific attention was directed toward the DR3 and DR4 alleles, as these had previously been associated with worse prognoses in autoimmune and viral hepatitis. RESULTS Overall, 42% of patients receiving kidneys from donors seropositive for HCV developed clinical hepatitis. This was unrelated to preoperative recipient HCV serum reactivity (P=0.65). Patients receiving kidneys from seropositive donors with HCV RNA as detected by PCR were more likely to develop hepatitis than those receiving kidneys from PCR-negative donors (56% vs. 11%; P=0.005). The presence of the DR3 allele was associated with a significant risk of clinical hepatitis (P=0.025); 80% of DR3-positive recipients (n=34) progressed to hepatitis compared with 42% of DR3-negative patients. No other recipient HLA type was significantly related to prognosis. All patients receiving a donated kidney that expressed the B41 allele developed hepatitis, compared with 55% of recipients of non-B41 grafts (P=0.039). No association between the development of clinical hepatitis and HLA compatibility was found. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that both HLA type and viral presence as assayed by polymerase chain reaction, influence the risk of disease progression after transplantation of HCV-positive kidneys. Application of these associations may decrease the relative risk of a recipient contracting HCV hepatitis after cadaveric renal transplantation.
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- A D Kirk
- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison 53792, USA
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Human leukocyte antigens (HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DR loci) and possible associations with occupational allergy to laboratory animals and atopy indicators were studied in laboratory animal workers with airway symptoms (n = 92) and in those who were symptom free (n = 27), as well as in a population reference group of blood donors in good health (n = 123). The laboratory animal workers, but not the population reference group, were allergologically examined with skin prick testing to common environmental and animal allergens together with measurement of total serum IgE levels. Seven HLA antigens, i.e., HLA-A9, -B5, -B12, -B16, -DR4, -DR5, and -Drw6, suggested possible associations with symptoms and/or atopy indicators. When correcting the p-values for the number of studied antigens, only the HLA-B16 differences remained statistically significant. HLA-B16 was elevated in symptom-free subjects compared to the population reference group and in subjects with serum IgE < 10 kU/L. Subjects with serum IgE > 100 kU/L and sensitized against environmental and/or laboratory animals, including LAA asthmatics, lacked HLA-B16. It is suggested that HLA-B16 or an immunosuppressive gene linked to HLA-B16 reduce the risk of producing IgE antibodies against animal protein allergens. However, our a priori hypothesis of a possible risk associated with HLA B15-DR4 could not be confirmed.
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- L Sjöstedt
- Department of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Chen S, Shen N, Yang H. [Is mixed connective tissue disease a distinct rheumatic disease]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 1996; 35:694-7. [PMID: 9592332] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) as a distinct clinical entity is still controversial. To address the issue, the authors observed the evolution of 50 patients diagnosed as MCTD at our clinic, evaluated the reliability of three different diagnostic criteria proposed by Sharp, Alarcon-Segovia and Kasukawa respectively and performed HLA-A, -B and -DR antigen typing in 38 of the patients. The results showed that: (1) 13 (26.9%) of the 50 MCTD patients subsequently developed other connective tissue disease (OCTD) including 7 systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and 6 progressive systemic scleroderma (PSS). (2) among 23 of the MCTD patients fulfilling Sharp's criteria, 1 (4.3%) developed PSS, but among 23 of the patients fulfilling Kasukawa's, not Sharp's, 7 (30.4%) developed OCTD and among 27 of the patients fulfilling Alarcon-Segovia's, not Sharp's, 12 (44.4%) developed OCTD. (3) in the frequencies of DR, and DR5, there were significant differences between patients fulfilling Sharp's (60.9%, 56.5%) and the normal controls (24.3%, P < 0.005, RR = 4.7 and 21.4%, P < 0.005, RR = 4.6%), but no significant differences between the patients not fulfilling Sharp's and normal controls (P > 0.05). We concluded that: (1) MCTD is a distinct rheumatic disease. (2) Sharp's criteria is the most reliable for diagnosis of MCTD.
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- S Chen
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai
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Fishback N, Koss M. Update on lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis. Curr Opin Pulm Med 1996; 2:429-33. [PMID: 9363179] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis (LIP) involves a clinicopathologic pattern of pulmonary disease characterized by diffuse interstitial reactive lymphoid infiltrates. In adults, it occurs most commonly in autoimmune diseases, such as Sjögren's syndrome (0.9% of these patients) and primary biliary cirrhosis, whereas in children it is usually seen in HIV infection. Dysproteinemias (hyper- and hypogammaglobulinemia) are found in more than 60% of patients. Children can show CD8-lymphocytosis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, lung tissue, peripheral blood, and salivary gland, associated with HLA-DR5 haplotype. Radiographically, most patients with LIP have reticulonodular infiltrates, with or without patchy areas of consolidation. CT scans can show both small nodular and ground glass patterns, patterns that are diagnostically nonspecific. Reduced lung volumes and diffusing capacities are consistent and sensitive indicators of disease in LIP. In an experimental model, diffusing capacity was the single most sensitive functional index of disease progression. Microscopically, LIP is part of a spectrum of pulmonary lymphoid proliferations, ranging from follicular bronchitis-bronchiolitis and pulmonary lymphoid hyperplasia (the latter in AIDS patients), proliferations largely limited to airways, to low-grade malignant lymphoma. These patterns may be difficult to differentiate from each other. It appears that LIP sometimes evolves to lymphoma; the frequency of this evolution is probably low but is difficult to assess because low-grade lymphomas may mimic LIP. A relatively high frequency of LIP patients have Epstein-Barr virus DNA in their lungs but not all patients with LIP show this finding, suggesting other possible etiologies.
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- N Fishback
- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., USA
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Vargas-Alarcon G, Granados J, Bekker C, Alcocer-Varela J, Alarcón-Segovia D. Association of HLA-DR5 (possibly DRB1*1201) with the primary antiphospholipid syndrome in Mexican patients. Arthritis Rheum 1995; 38:1340-1. [PMID: 7575732 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780380925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- G Vargas-Alarcon
- Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán Mexico City, Mexico
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Kaloterakis A, Papasteriades C, Filiotou A, Economidou J, Hadjiyannis S, Stratigos J. HLA in familial and nonfamilial Mediterranean Kaposi's sarcoma in Greece. Tissue Antigens 1995; 45:117-9. [PMID: 7792757 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1995.tb02427.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [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: 01/27/2023]
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Fifty-four (54) unrelated patients with Mediterranean Kaposi's sarcoma (MKS) and 8 patients members of 4 unrelated families with familial MKS were serotyped for HLA-A,B and DR antigens. The diagnosis was histologically confirmed and all patients were negative for anti-HIV antibodies. An increased frequency of HLA-B18 (44.4% vs 14.2% in the controls, p < 0.001, RR = 4.8) and HLA-DR5 (57.6% vs 37.2% in the controls, p < 0.025, RR = 2.29) was observed in the group of patients with MKS. Seven (7) of the 8 family members with FMKS possessed HLA-DR5, and the affected members in the 3 families shared a common haplotype which included HLA-DR5. These findings support the hypothesis that genetic factors linked to HLA-DR5 antigen may contribute to the pathogenesis of MKS.
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- A Kaloterakis
- Second Department of Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Greece
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Sungur C, Bozdogan O, Sungur A, Oymak O, Yasavul U, Turgan C, Caglar S. Lymphadenopathic aggressive Kaposi's sarcoma in a renal transplant recipient with HLA-DR2 and HLA-DR5 antigens. Nephron Clin Pract 1995; 69:122-3. [PMID: 7891790 DOI: 10.1159/000188387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Vargas-Alarcón G, Granados J, Ibañez de Kasep G, Alcocer-Varela J, Alarcón-Segovia D. Association of HLA-DR5 (DR11) with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) in Mexican patients. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1995; 13:11-6. [PMID: 7774089] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the association between Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) haplotypes and systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Mexican mestizo patients. METHODS Class I, II and III MHC antigens were determined in 41 Mexican mestizo patients with SSc, 113 of their first degree relatives, and 85 ethnically matched controls. The significance of differences between patients and controls was tested by chi-square analysis with Yates' correction. RESULTS Frequencies of HLA-DR5 and HLA-DRw52 were found to be higher in SSc patients compared to ethnically matched healthy controls (p = 0.007, RR = 3.31; 95% confidence interval: 1.3-8.3 and p = 0.04, RR = 2.4; 95% confidence interval: 1.0-5.7, respectively). Sequence-specific oligotyping in DR5 positive individuals showed that 10 out of 41 patients had the DRB1*1104 subtype (24.3%) as compared to only 6 of the 85 healthy controls (7.0%) (p = 0.01, RR = 4.25). Subdividing patients according to their clinical features showed a significant increase of HLA-DR5 in diffuse (p = 0.013, RR = 3.89, 95% confidence interval: 1.27-12.0) and limited scleroderma (p = 0.0008), but not in the CREST syndrome. Segregation analysis obtained from the families showed that in the patients, DR5 was mostly part of the [HLAB35;DR5] haplotype as opposed to healthy controls. CONCLUSION These data support the role of DR5 (DRB1*1104) in the genetic susceptibility to develop scleroderma in Mexican patients and also sustain the notion of genetically determined clinical subgroups of SSc.
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- G Vargas-Alarcón
- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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Freedman BI, Spray BJ, Dunston GM, Heise ER. HLA associations in end-stage renal disease due to membranous glomerulonephritis: HLA-DR3 associations with progressive renal injury. Southeastern Organ Procurement Foundation. Am J Kidney Dis 1994; 23:797-802. [PMID: 8203361 DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6386(12)80132-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 01/29/2023]
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Membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) is the most common cause of idiopathic glomerulonephritis in American adults. African-Americans develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to chronic glomerulonephritis four times more often than whites. To determine whether HLA phenotype associations existed in the subset of MGN patients with ESRD we analyzed HLA frequencies, by race, in patients with MGN entered in the Southeastern Organ Procurement Foundation registry between 1982 and 1992. HLA frequencies from 250 renal transplant patients with MGN (190 whites and 60 African-Americans) were compared with 4,506 race-matched cadaveric kidney donor controls (4,039 whites and 467 African-Americans). Race-specific odds ratios (ORs) were calculated and fitted into a log-linear model to determine associations between MGN and HLA frequencies. The reported values were considered significant (P < 0.05) after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. HLA-DR3 and HLA-DR5 frequencies were increased in cases of both races compared with race-matched controls (race-combined ORs, 2.22 and 1.61, respectively; all P < 0.02). Interracial analyses revealed that HLA-DR7 frequency was decreased solely in whites with MGN (OR, 0.53; P < 0.04). The results of this study indicate that HLA-DR3 and HLA-DR5 are positively associated with ESRD due to MGN in patients of both races and that HLA-DR7 is negatively associated with MGN in whites. These analyses confirm the published reports of HLA-DR3 association with MGN in Chinese, French, British, Chilean, and American white populations. The novel association of HLA-DR5 may reflect the fact that the MGN cases in this study all had ESRD.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- B I Freedman
- Department of Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1053
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Serologic HLA typing was performed on 12 patients with cryptogenic Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and compared to a normal control group of 1661 Caucasians. In the Lennox-Gastaut group we found a significant increase in the frequency of DR5 antigen (55%, chi 2 = 5.6), and an indication of a decrease in the frequency of DR4 antigen (0%, chi 2 = 3.0) as compared with controls (20% and 28%, respectively). No significant differences existed in the frequencies of HLA-A, B, and C antigens between the Lennox-Gastaut group and the controls. These findings contribute to the hypothesis that immunogenetic mechanisms may play a role in triggering or maintaining cryptogenic Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
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- B G van Engelen
- Institute of Neurology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Rodriguez-Pérez M, González-Dominguez J, Matarán L, Garcia-Pérez S, Salvatierra D. Association of HLA-DR5 with mucocutaneous lesions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving gold sodium thiomalate. J Rheumatol Suppl 1994; 21:41-3. [PMID: 8151585] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the possible association between HLA antigens and adverse reactions to gold sodium thiomalate therapy (GSTM). METHODS Ninety consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were studied for possible association between HLA antigens and adverse reactions to GSTM therapy. RESULTS HLA-DR5 was significantly increased in patients who developed gold induced mucocutaneous lesions. On the other hand, patients with RA carrying B8 and DR3 antigens are of a high risk of developing proteinuria after gold therapy. A very interesting finding was the low incidence of DR7 antigen in patients who developed adverse reactions to GSTM. We also report the relationship between B27 antigen and chrysiasis due to gold therapy. CONCLUSION Our results support suggestions that the DR7 antigen provides a protective effect against gold toxicity. We also found a strong association between DR5 and mucocutaneous lesions in patients with RA treated with GSTM.
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Parlato F, Pisano G, Misiano G, Cosentini E, Cacciapuoti C, Cavalcanti MR, Brai M, Bellastella A. HLADR5 and C4BQO high frequency and antinuclear antibodies positivity in patients with 21 hydroxylase deficiency from Campania region. J Endocrinol Invest 1992; 15:429-36. [PMID: 1328348 DOI: 10.1007/bf03348766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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HLA haplotypes, complement C4 factor and factor B immunochemical concentrations and autoantibodies titer have been studied in six patients with mild congenital adrenal hyperplasia (MC-AH), in two patients with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CCAH) and in their parents. A high frequency of DR5 and C4BQO alleles have been found in MCAH patients. Moreover, C4BQO allele is carried out in three out of four cases associated with DR5. In the two CCAH patients we found a B51 and a B14 allele, the last one usually described in the non classical form of the disease in population of different ethnic origin. Signs of autoimmunity in some patients and parents have been found. C4 null alleles were several-fold more frequent among our patients with respect to the same ethnic control group and the autoantibody positivity could be the result of an altered immune regulation. The presence of a positive correlation between cortisol basal levels and C4 and Bf concentrations in the six MC-AH patients suggests an interrelationship between hormonal factors and immunological findings in this disease. Our finding about HLA antigens not previously described in this syndrome may stimulate more profound studies by genomic and cDNA probes.
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- F Parlato
- Istituto di Endocrinologia, I Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Napoli, Italy
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Caforio AL, Martinetti M, Schwarz G, Bonifacio E, Gavazzi A, Graziano G, Lorini R, Cuccia M, McKenna WJ, Bottazzo GF. Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: lack of association between circulating organ-specific cardiac antibodies and HLA-DR antigens. Tissue Antigens 1992; 39:236-40. [PMID: 1412410 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1992.tb01941.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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: 12/26/2022]
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Organ-specific cardiac antibodies are serological markers of autoimmunity in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). HLA-DR4 and possibly DR5 are immunogenetic markers of susceptibility in DCM, but it is not known whether they are associated with autoantibody production. We studied the frequency of HLA-DR antigens and the presence of organ-specific cardiac antibodies in 80 DCM Caucasian patients from Northern Italy. HLA-DR typing was performed by serology; 289 healthy blood donors from the same region were tested as controls. HLA-DR frequencies in DCM were also compared with VIII International Workshop control data for Italy. Cardiac antibodies were detected by indirect immunofluorescence on human heart. Skeletal muscle was used to identify cross-reacting antibodies. The prevalence of cardiac antibodies in DCM was: organ-specific 34% and skeletal muscle cross-reactive 30%. The previously reported positive association between DCM and HLA-DR4 was confirmed using either the controls from the same region (21.25% vs 10.73% p = 0.02, relative risk = 2.30) or from all of Italy (21.25% vs 12.3%, p = 0.03). HLA-DR5 frequency was slightly but not significantly higher in DCM than in controls from the same region (46.25% vs 31.49% p = 0.02, relative risk of 1.87, p corrected = NS) or from all of Italy (46.25% vs 35.8% p = NS). HLA-DR3 frequency was lower in DCM than in controls from the same region (12.50% vs 29.41% p = 0.003, relative risk of 0.36, p corrected = 0.03). This negative association was not confirmed using the control data from the whole of Italy (12.50% vs 16.5% p = NS).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A L Caforio
- Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
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Eighty five Arab patients with classical and definite rheumatoid arthritis were typed to determine the prevalence of HLA A, B, C, and DR antigens. A significant increase in the prevalence of HLA-A10, B8, B21, and DR3 was found in comparison with a control population matched for age and sex. HLA-DR5 was significantly decreased in the patient group. The classical association of HLA-DR4 with rheumatoid arthritis could not be confirmed in the Arab patients resident in Kuwait, supporting reported observations in different ethnic groups of associations with HLA antigens other than HLA-DR4 and indicating a heterogeneous genetic susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis.
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- M A Sattar
- Department of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Arabian Gulf
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Itescu S, Brancato LJ, Buxbaum J, Gregersen PK, Rizk CC, Croxson TS, Solomon GE, Winchester R. A diffuse infiltrative CD8 lymphocytosis syndrome in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: a host immune response associated with HLA-DR5. Ann Intern Med 1990; 112:3-10. [PMID: 2136714 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-112-1-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical, immunologic, and immunogenetic features of a diffuse infiltrative lymphocytic disorder resembling Sjögren syndrome in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). DESIGN Clinical case study. SETTING University-affiliated hospitals and outpatient clinics. PATIENTS Consecutive sample of 17 patients. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS All of the 17 patients had bilateral parotid gland enlargement; 14 had xerostomia and 6 had xerophthalmia. Of the 17 patients, 14 had generalized lymphadenopathy, 10 had histologically proved lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis, 4 had neurologic involvement, and 3 had lymphocytic infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract. Gallium scanning in all of 11 tested patients showed abnormal salivary gland uptake. Minor salivary gland biopsies showed more than 2 lymphocytic foci per 4 mm2 tissue in all of 11 tested patients, the infiltrate consisting predominantly of CD8 cells. Fifteen patients had circulating CD8 lymphocytosis; the principal phenotype of these cells was CD8+ CD29+. Rheumatoid factor and antinuclear antibodies were infrequent, and none of the patients had anti-Ro/SS-A or anti-La/SS-B antibodies. HLA-DR5 was significantly more frequent in the black patients (10 of 12) compared with controls (13 of 45). Only one patient developed an opportunistic infection during 544 patient-months of study, and none has died of AIDS. CONCLUSIONS A distinct syndrome primarily characterized by parotid gland enlargement, sicca symptoms, and pulmonary involvement occurs in HIV infection. This disorder is associated with CD8 lymphocytosis and the presence of HLA-DR5, and appears to be a genetically determined host immune response to HIV.
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- S Itescu
- New York University Medical Center, New York
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Between 20 and 35 percent of Rh(D) antigen-negative individuals do not develop antibodies to D even after multiple transfusions of Rh-positive red cells. To evaluate the possibility that antibody production after exposure to the D antigen was related to a major histocompatibility complex immune response gene, analysis of the HLA genotypes of 38 Rh-sensitized women and their families was performed. No significant deviations were found in the frequency of any individual HLA class I, II, or III allele or of any extended haplotype (fixed allelic combinations of HLA-B, HLA-DR, and the complement components BF, C2, C4A, and C4B). Type 1 errors due to the extreme allelic polymorphism of the HLA system, as well as the ethnic variation in patient groups, may have contributed to HLA allele-antibody responder relationships reported in earlier studies.
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- M S Kruskall
- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Hospital, Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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Smith JB, Cowchock FS, Hankinson B, Iftekhar A. Association of HLA-DR5 with recurrent spontaneous abortion in women treated with paternal leukocytes. Possible subclinical autoimmune disease. Arthritis Rheum 1989; 32:1572-6. [PMID: 2490151 DOI: 10.1002/anr.1780321211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The incidence of pregnancy loss is higher in patients with various autoimmune diseases than in the general population. The causes of recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA) are unknown; however, the presence of antinuclear antibodies and other antibodies in some women with RSA who are otherwise healthy suggests the possibility of underlying autoimmune disease. Because autoimmune diseases are often associated with an increased incidence of certain histocompatibility antigens, we examined the occurrence of specific HLA antigens in patients who had been treated for RSA. We found HLA-DR5 to be significantly overrepresented in the patients with RSA who aborted again after treatment with paternal mononuclear cell immunotherapy, compared with the incidence of this phenotype in a control population. Neither antinuclear antibodies nor antilymphocyte antibodies segregated with DR5. However, DR5+ patients who developed antilymphocyte antibodies after immunotherapy were more likely than all other treated patients to experience subsequent abortion (P less than 0.01). Our findings suggest the possibility of an underlying autoimmune disease in these women.
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- J B Smith
- Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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In a 5-year-study of HLA-phenotypes in 411 HIV-1-infected individuals, a progressive decrease of the formerly elevated frequency of HLA-DR5 has been observed. HLA-DR3 seems to have a protective effect. These results are discussed with respect to the mimicry-hypothesis of HLA and disease associations. Further preliminary results indicate that HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma could be associated with HLA-A28, and therefore might be a different etiologic entity than HIV-infection alone.
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- B M Kuntz
- Institute of Bloodcoagulation & Transfusionmedicine, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, FRG
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Rossi A, Bozzi M. [HLA and keloids: antigenic frequency and therapeutic response]. GIORN ITAL DERMAT V 1989; 124:341-4. [PMID: 2628278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Twenty keloid subjects were typed for class 1 (HLA-A, B and C) and class 2 (HLA-DR and DQ) histocompatibility antigens. Their frequencies were compared to those found in control populations. Of all the antigens belonging to class 1, B 21 was more prevalent in patients. The findings regarding class 2 antigens were noteworthy: in keloid patients there was a significant prevalence of DR 5 (RR = 3.54 and 7.93 respectively for the two control groups) and DQw 3 (RR = 16.8). The patients typed for HLA-antigens were treated with corticosteroid infiltrations. The responses to the treatments were no related to the histocompatibility antigens.
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