title: Genetic analysis of HLA, NA and HPA typing in type 2 diabetes and ASO.
abstract: We examined the genetic status of human leucocyte antigens (HLA), human platelet alloantigens (HPA) and neutrophil-specific antigens (NA) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO). To our knowledge, the present study is the first report showing the relationship among three genetic factors in type 2 diabetes mellitus and ASO patients. HLA typing was performed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. HPA-typing and NA-typing were by a PCR-sequence-specific primer method. The incidence of HLA-DRB1*1501 was found to be significant in type 2 diabetes and non-diabetic, particularly ASO-positive patients, compared to control subjects. There were no differences in NA1/NA2 between the control and diabetic or non-diabetic ASO groups. However, the frequency of NA2/NA2 in ASO-positive diabetes and non-diabetic ASO patients was significantly higher than controls. The a/b genotype of HPA-5a/5b was significantly lower in type 2 diabetes and non-diabetic ASO-positive patients than in controls. These findings suggest that genetic studies of HLA, NA and HPA could be useful to understand the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and ASO.
authors.affiliation: The First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono-cho, Moriguchi, Osaka 570-8507, Japan. shosaku-n@mbp.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shouzu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuhara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016824:Antigens, Human Platelet / Q000235:genetics*; D001162:Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016824:Antigens, Human Platelet; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains