title: HLA-DQB1 allele associates with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in Japanese children.
abstract: HLA-DQA1 and -DQB1 genes were investigated in 30 Japanese children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. Compared with control children, there was a significant increase in the HLA-DQA1*0501, DQB1*0301 and DQB1*0601 alleles, whereas the frequency of DQB1*0501 showed a significant decrease in the patients. The increase of DQA1*0501 can be explained as being a result of a linkage disequilibrium with DQB1*0301. The previous result demonstrating a positive association of DRw6 and DRw8 with INS is also assumed to be attributable to a linkage disequilibrium with DQB1*0301 and 0601. A total of 83% of patients compared with 37% of controls possessed DQB1*0301 and/or DQB1*0601 allele (P < 0.001, RR = 8.6). Only these alleles have alanine at residue 13 and tyrosine at residue 26 in the hypervariable region in the Beta 1 domain of DQB1 gene. These findings suggest that the unique amino acid residues in the DQB1 gene may contribute to disease susceptibility in Japanese children with INS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Niigata University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction