title: HLA and graft-versus-host disease: a population-based study of HLA phenotypes of Jewish and Arabic bone marrow transplanted patients in Israel.
abstract: The relationship between the incidence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and human leukocyte antigens (HLA) was analyzed in HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplantation donor/recipient pairs from the two major populations in Israel: Jewish and Arabic. HLA phenotypes were significantly different, in both groups, between patients and healthy controls. Among Jews, a higher incidence of GVHD was found with A28, CW3, CW6 of class I and DR7, DQ2 of class II; a lower incidence was found with A2, A26, B14. Among Arabs, a higher incidence of GVHD was found with B41, CW7 of class I, and DR2, DR13 of class II. The development of GVHD is apparently associated with HLA phenotypes specific to each population.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Typing Unit, Hadassah University Hospital and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bishara
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brautbar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018912:Arabs / Q000235:genetics*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000276:immunology*; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II