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HLA class II alleles, genotypes, haplotypes, and amino acids in primary biliary cirrhosis: a large-scale study.Donaldson PT, Baragiotta A, Heneghan MA, Floreani A, Venturi C, Underhill JA, Jones DE, James OF, Bassendine MF School of Clinical Medical Sciences (Hepatology), Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Institute of Liver Studies, Kings College Hospital, London, UK. p.t.donaldson@ncl.ac.uk Twin and family studies suggest there is a significant genetic component to primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). However, the inability to replicate reported associations has been a recurring problem, with the only consistently reported genetic association that between PBC and HLA-DRB1*0801. However, recently even this has been questioned, and a number of novel associations have also been reported. We reinvestigated HLA class II DRB1, DQA1, and DQB1 alleles and haplotypes in a total of 492 well-characterized PBC patients, 412 from the United Kingdom and an additional 80 patients from northern Italy. There was a clear and significant association with HLA-DRB1*0801 in both groups of patients compared to population-specific healthy controls (12% versus 4% in the UK patients, P=.00087, OR=3.05; and 18% versus 6% in the Italian patients, P=.021, OR=3.15). There were also significant protective associations with DRB1*11 in the Italian patients (28% versus 47%, P=.0071, OR=0.42), but not in the UK patients (8% versus 8%) and a protective association with DRB1*13 in both series (14% versus 20%, P=.042, OR=0.65 in the UK patients; and 10% versus 31%, P=.00092, OR=0.25 in the Italian patients). In conclusion, a complex relationship exists between HLA and PBC, and some genetic associations may be population specific. Published 4 September 2006 in Hepatology, 44(3): 667-74.
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