title: HLA antigens in Brazilian patients with paracoccidioidomycosis.
abstract: Eighty patients with paracoccidioidomycosis were typed for 43 HLA specificities from loci A, B, C and DR. A highly significant increased frequency of HLA-B40 (relative risk 29.2) and HLA-Cw1 (relative risk 8.8) were found in patients compared to control subjects. The frequencies HLA-A2, B7 and B21 were also increased in patients and haplotypes-B40-Cw1 and -A2-B40 were positively correlated with the disease. DR antigen frequencies were not significantly altered in the patients and evidence of a protective effect was not found for any of the 43 antigens tested. These findings further support the involvement of the HLA system in the genetic susceptibility to paracoccidioidomycosis and the importance of ethnic variability in this association.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: L Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Goldani
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Donadi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Voltarelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D059947:HLA-B40 Antigen; D015236:HLA-C Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000235:genetics*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D059947:HLA-B40 Antigen; D015236:HLA-C Antigens; C047431:HLA-Cw1 antigen; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens