title: Evidence of HLA-linked susceptibility gene(s) in respiratory distress syndrome.
abstract: In a prospective study 101 newborns were enrolled into four groups: Group I included 38 unrelated newborns suffering from RDS and four sets of twin sibs (seven of whom had RDS; Group II included prematures free from RDS and any other disease; Group III included 21 newborns) delivered by C.S. and free from RDS and any other disease; Group IV included 20 infants of diabetic mothers free from RDS. HLA antigens were typed for all the newborns. The analysis of results could be summarized as follows. (1) Strong association between A3 antigen (RR = 19.4, WY2 = 59.8, S = 0.599) and B14 antigen (RR = 14.1, WY2 = 50.7, S = 0.489) and RDS. (2) HLA haplotypes were identical in twins sibs suffering from RDS and nonidentical in twins when one sib had RDS and the other is free. (3) The frequencies of A3 and B14 among the other three groups were insignificantly different from the general population and highly significantly low compared to RDS group. In conclusion, the development of RDS depends probably on the presence of susceptibility gene(s) in linkage disequilibrium with A3 and B14 antigens. Environmental factors, magnified by prematurity, in such susceptible newborns affect the production of surfactant leading to the development of RDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hafez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: el-Sallab
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khashaba
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Risk
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: el-Morsy
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bassiony
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: el-Kenawy
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zaghloul
mesh_terms: D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D015791:HLA-A3 Antigen / Q000235:genetics; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D059909:HLA-B14 Antigen; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015791:HLA-A3 Antigen; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D059909:HLA-B14 Antigen