title: HLA-DRB1*03, DRB1*11 or DRB1*12 and their respective DRB3 specificities in clinical variants of sarcoidosis.
abstract: Determination of DRB1 and DRB3 specificities in sarcoidosis patients identified that the presence of DRB1*03 and the absence of DRB1*11 and/or DRB1*12 favors a course of disease that is associated positively with Löfgren's syndrome (DRB1*03) and negatively with stage I disease (DRB1*11 and/or 12). In common with normal controls, DRB1*03 was associated with DRB3*0101 and DRB1*11/12 with DRB3*0201/2. An analysis of DRB1 and DRB3 associations in variants of sarcoidosis revealed that DRB1*03 and DRB3*0101 were associated with Löfgren's syndrome in a combined association fashion. Conversely, a lack of DRB1*11 and/or DRB1*12 but not DRB3*0201/2 favored the clinical course of sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: L. Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bogunia-Kubik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomeczko
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suchnicki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lange
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D059826:HLA-DRB3 Chains; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; C553515:HLA-DRB1*12:12 antigen; D059826:HLA-DRB3 Chains