Absence of HLA-B8 and HLA-DR3 in Japanese patients with Sjögren's syndrome positive for anti-SSA(Ro).
case_control · Level III
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Abstract
Forty Japanese anti-SSA(Ro) positive patients with Sjögren's syndrome were typed for HLA-A, B, C, DR and DQ antigens. No patient had either HLA-B8 or HLA-DR3 which has been reportedly associated with the immune response to SSA(Ro) antigens in white and black patients. Our patients had higher frequencies of HLA-DRw8 and HLA-DRw52 than the control population.
Medical subject headings
- Autoantigens
- HLA-B8 Antigen
- HLA-DR3 Antigen
- RNA, Small Cytoplasmic
- Ribonucleoproteins
- Sjogren's Syndrome