Abstract:
:With an Italian case series of 81 Italian patients and 130 controls, we analysed associations between myasthenia gravis (MG) and genetic polymorphisms in the MHC class II/III region. Increases in the frequency of the TNF-B*1, C4A*Q0, C4B*1, DRB1*03 supratype, which is likely part of the 8.1 ancestral haplotype, were maximal in females with early onset (EO) MG vs. controls [p<0.05, relative risk (RR)=9.9]. These patients showed neither a significantly high frequency of thymic hyperplasia, nor high levels of serum anti-acethylcholine receptor antibodies. The DRB1*03 allele was absent in patients with thymoma; however, in comparison with controls, occurrence of this marker was frequent in MG patients (p<0.005; RR=6.2), more frequent in females (p<0.005; RR=7.8) and most frequent in EOMG female patients (p<0.005; RR=15.1). Analysis of the TNF-B*1, C4A*Q0, C4B*1, DRB1*03 supratype and its recombinants showed that the MHC region between C4 and TNF might contain genes that influence susceptibility to MG in females. Polymorphic markers within the supratype, e.g. TNF-B*1 and C4A*Q0, might contribute to pathogenetically significant abnormalities in immune responses in a subset of female MG patients. The combined effect of other intervening genes cannot be excluded.
journal_name
J Neurol Scijournal_title
Journal of the neurological sciencesauthors
Franciotta D,Cuccia M,Dondi E,Piccolo G,Cosi Vdoi
10.1016/s0022-510x(01)00573-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-09-15 00:00:00pages
11-6issue
1-2eissn
0022-510Xissn
1878-5883pii
S0022510X01005731journal_volume
190pub_type
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