title: HLA antigens associated with sarcoidosis.
abstract: In a series of 123 sarcoidosis patients (inhabitants of Moravia), frequencies of 15 HLA-A, 31 HLA-B, and 7 HLA-C antigens have been found. (Control group consisted of 500 healthy persons from the same region.) A subgroup of 46 patients was examined in order to determine a frequency of 10 HLA-DR antigens. (Control group consisted of 146 persons.) A positive association was proved between sarcoidosis and the HLA-B8 and B13 antigens (RR = 2.8 and RR = 3.1, respectively). A frequency of B8B13 heterozygotes was highly significant (RR = 8.5). The observed antigen genotype frequencies may be explained by the hypothesis of 2 HLA-linked disposing genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lenhart
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kolek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bártova
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005006:Ethnicity; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D059908:HLA-B13 Antigen; D015795:HLA-B8 Antigen / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006680:HLA Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D059908:HLA-B13 Antigen; D015795:HLA-B8 Antigen