HLA-DQA1*0101 haplotypes and disease outcome in early onset pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

C. Van Kerckhove, L. Luyrink, J. Taylor, H. Melin-Aldana, K. Balakrishnan, W. Maksymowych, M. Elma, D. Lovell, E. Choi, D. N. Glass*

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Abstract

To further investigate a clinical impression that patients with early onset pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (EOPA-JRA) who carry HLA-DQw1 have more severe arthritis, we subtyped HLA-DQw1 in American midwestern patients with EOPA-JRA. The HLA-DQA1*0101 subtype was present in 10 of 19 patients who developed persistent polyarticular erosive disease compared with 18 of 92 healthy controls (χ2 = 9.13, p = 0.003, RR = 4.6), and occurred more frequently in this polyarticular group than in patients without polyarticular erosive disease (χ2 = 4.11, p = 0.040, RR = 3.0). The presence of HLA-DQA1*0101 was significantly lower in patients with chronic iridocyclitis than in patients without chronic iridocyclitis (χ2 = 7.07, p = 0.008, RR = 0.21). In HLA-DQA1*0101 positive patients, DNA sequences of the beta-1 domain of the HLA-DQ alpha and HLA-DQ beta genes (HLA-DQA1*0101, HLA-DQB1*0501 and HLA-DQB1*0503) were identical to those in controls. In this midwestern EOPA-JRA population, HLA-DQA1*0101 or genes in linkage disequilibrium with it, are associated with a cohort of patients with EOPA-JRA with distinct clinical characteristics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)874-879
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Rheumatology
Volume18
Issue number6
StatePublished - Jan 1 1991

Keywords

  • EOPA-JRA
  • HLA-DQA1*0101
  • polyarticular

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Rheumatology
  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology

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    Van Kerckhove, C., Luyrink, L., Taylor, J., Melin-Aldana, H., Balakrishnan, K., Maksymowych, W., Elma, M., Lovell, D., Choi, E., & Glass, D. N. (1991). HLA-DQA1*0101 haplotypes and disease outcome in early onset pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology, 18(6), 874-879.