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HLA-DPB1 associations differ between DRB1*03 positive anti-Jo-1 and anti-PM-Scl antibody positive idiopathic inflammatory myopathy.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Oct 2009
Chinoy Hector, Payne Debbie, Poulton Kate V, Fertig Noreen, Betteridge Zoe, Gunawardena Harsha, Davidson Joyce E, Oddis Chester V, McHugh Neil J, Wedderburn Lucy R, Ollier William E, Cooper Robert G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The HLA 8.1 ancestral haplotype (HLA-B*08/DRB1*03/DQA1*05/DQB1*02) is associated with adult/juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM), but confers a greater strength of association in patients possessing anti-Jo-1 or anti-PM-Scl antibodies. The HLA-DPB1 gene is centromeric to other HLA class II loci and separated by a recombination hotspot. We investigated whether HLA-DPB1 associations differ...
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