title: A new look at HLA genetics with particular reference to type-1 diabetes.
abstract: HLA genotypes were ascertained in 150 families with a diabetic child from the same geographical area. There was preferential zygotic assortment of the paternal HLA A1-B8 haplotype (63--65% compared with the expected 50%) in 69 diabetic families and 33 control families (pooled from elsewhere) who were informative for this haplotype. In diabetic families, the offspring also had an increased incidence of the maternal HLA A2-B15-Cw3 haplotype. Irrespective of which parent contributed the HLA A1-B8 haplotype, there was a significantly increased incidence of male children (63%) who inherited this particular haplotype. This probably explains the known excess of male diabetic children.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics; D000939:Epitopes; D005260:Female; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II; D005838:Genotype; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006238:Haploidy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D006680:HLA Antigens