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DRB1*15 allele is a risk factor for PR3-ANCA disease in African Americans.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Jun 2011
Cao Yali, Schmitz John L, Yang Jiajin, Hogan Susan L, Bunch Donna, Hu Yichun, Jennette Caroline E, Berg Elisabeth A, Arnett Frank C, Jennette J Charles, Falk Ronald J, Preston Gloria A
Abstract excerpt
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA) disease rarely occurs in African Americans and risk factors for the disease in this population are unknown. Here, we genotyped MHC class II alleles and found that, among African Americans, those with proteinase 3-ANCA (PR3-ANCA) had 73.3-fold higher odds of having HLA-DRB1*15 alleles than community-based controls (OR 73.3; 95% CI 9.1 to 591). In addition, a...
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