title: [The study on correlativity between HLA-DQ gene polymorphism and primary Sjogren's syndrome of the Han nationality in Shanxi province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the correlativity between HLA-DQ allele and primary Sjogren's syndrome(pSS) of the Han nationality in Shanxi province and to understand the pathogenesis of pSS at the gene level.
  
  
  METHODS
  Polymerase chain reaction sequence specific primers (PCR-SSP) technique was used to determine the alleles of HLA-DQA1 and HLA-DQB1 of pSS patients and healthy populations, and the difference in their HLA-DQA1 and HLA-DQB1 allelic frequencies were analyzed by using chi-square test and Fisher's exact test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  (1) The gene frequency of HLA-DQA1*0501 in pSS patients was significantly higher than that in healthy controls(22.0% vs 12.0%, x(2);=7.087, P<0.05, RR=2.068). (2)The gene frequency of HLA-DQA1*0301/2 in pSS patients was significantly lower than that in controls(13.0% vs 24.5%, x(2);=8.681, P<0.05, RR=0.460). (3) The gene frequency of HLA-DQB1*0201 in pSS patients was significantly higher than that in controls(28.5% vs 18.5%, x(2);=5.563, P<0.05, RR=1.756).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In Han nationality of Shanxi province, HLA-DQA1*0501 and HLA-DQB1*0201 alleles probably are susceptible genes of pSS, while HLA-DQA1*0301/2 allele probably is a protective gene of pSS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi 046000, China. zxyon2000@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Xiong-Ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiu-Zhen
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Xiong-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Yun-Xia
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hong-Bing
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yan-Juan
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens