HLA haplotypes in primary sclerosing cholangitis patients of admixed and non-European ancestry
Recommended Citation
Hla 2017; 90(4):228-233.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2017
Publication Title
HLA
Abstract
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is strongly associated with several human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotypes. Due to extensive linkage disequilibrium and multiple polymorphic candidate genes in the HLA complex, identifying the alleles responsible for these associations has proven difficult. We aimed to evaluate whether studying populations of admixed or non-European descent could help in defining the causative HLA alleles. When assessing haplotypes carrying HLA-DRB1*13:01 (hypothesized to specifically increase the susceptibility to chronic cholangitis), we observed that every haplotype in the Scandinavian PSC population carried HLA-DQB1*06:03. In contrast, only 65% of HLA-DRB1*13:01 haplotypes in an admixed/non-European PSC population carried this allele, suggesting that further assessments of the PSC-associated haplotype HLA-DRB1*13:01-DQA1*01:03-DQB1*06:03 in admixed or multi-ethnic populations could aid in identifying the causative allele.
Medical Subject Headings
Alleles; Cholangitis, Sclerosing; Ethnic Groups; European Continental Ancestry Group; Gene Expression; Gene Frequency; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; HLA-DQ beta-Chains; HLA-DRB1 Chains; Haplotypes; Humans; Linkage Disequilibrium; Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
PubMed ID
28695657
Volume
90
Issue
4
First Page
228
Last Page
233
