title: Association of HLA-DRw8 and DQw3 with minimal change nephrotic syndrome in Japanese adults.
abstract: The HLA systems of forty Japanese patients with adult-onset nephrotic syndrome and biopsy-proven minimal change were investigated. HLA-DRw8 was found in 35% of the patients and HLA-DQw3 in 95%, compared to 12.6 and 63.1% of the control, respectively (DRw8: and Pc less than 0.01, RR = 3.74; DQw3: Pc less than 0.02, RR = 11.1). The phenotype frequencies of all but one HLA-DR antigens, DR4, DR5, DRw8, and DRw9 associating with DQw3, were observed to increase (patient vs. control: DR4, 65 vs. 41.4%; DR5, 10 vs. 4.3%; DRw9, 20 vs. 23%). These results suggest that HLA-DQw3 may be a primary genetic marker associated with a major susceptibility gene to adult-onset minimal change nephrotic syndrome in the Japanese population.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059810:HLA-DR Serological Subtypes; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009402:Nephrosis, Lipoid / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059810:HLA-DR Serological Subtypes; C041559:HLA-DR8 antigen; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II