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Classical HLA class II associations with ALS in Kuwait reveal a DR7-DQ2.2 risk haplotype.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2026
Dashti Mohammed, AlAbdulghafour Faye, AlMutairi Ohood, Mohammad Anwar, Malik Md Zubbair, AlRefaie Khadeja, Nizam Rasheeba, Jacob Sindhu, Chalabi Ammar, Al Khleifat Ahmad, Al-Mulla Fahd
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Background: Genome-wide association studies have implicated the human leukocyte antigen/major histocompatibility complex (HLA/MHC) region in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) susceptibility, and immune dysregulation is increasingly recognised as a modifier of disease course. High-resolution HLA data for ALS remain confined to European and East Asian ancestries. We tested whether classical HLA class I and class...
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