title: Analysis of HLA-DM polymorphisms in sarcoidosis.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disorder showing significant increases in the HLA-DRB1*11, *12, *14 and *08 alleles in the Japanese population. To evaluate the role of polymorphism in the DMA and DMB genes in predisposition to sarcoidosis, seventy Japanese patients with sarcoidosis and 95 unrelated healthy controls were analyzed in the third exon polymorphisms within the DMA and DMB genes by the PCR-RFLP method. There were no differences in the distribution of DMA alleles between the patient and control groups. The frequency of DMB*0102 was higher (p < 0.05) and that of DMB*0101 was lower (p < 0.05) in the patients than in the healthy controls. However, this association and negative association could be explained by linkage disequilibrium with the disease-associated DRB1 alleles. The DMA and DMB genes do not primarily confer the susceptibility to sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naruse
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mizuki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamagata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nose
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006681:HLA-D Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D006801:Humans; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C416189:H2-M antigens; D006681:HLA-D Antigens; C084245:HLA-DM antigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II