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  • Title: Modifying effect of HLA haplotypes located trans to DQB1*02-DRB1*03 in celiac patients of Southern Europe.
    Author: Hernández-Charro B, Donat E, Miner I, Aranburu E, Sánchez-Valverde F, Ramos-Arroyo MA.
    Journal: Tissue Antigens; 2008 Mar; 71(3):213-8. PubMed ID: 18257894.
    Abstract:
    The DQ2 heterodimer, encoded by the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQA1*05-DQB1*02 alleles, is the major genetic susceptibility factor for celiac disease (CD). However, the risk associated to HLA alleles varies among populations. While DRB1*03 is almost the only CD susceptibility allele in Northern Europe with a homozygote frequency of around 30%, CD in south European countries is also associated with the DRB1*07, and DRB1*03 homozygotes patients are rare. Some authors have suggested that DQB1*02-DRB1*03/DQB1*02-DRB1*03 and DQB1*02-DRB1*03/DQB1*02-DRB1*07 may confer different risk susceptibility to CD. This hypothesis, however, has not been demonstrated in a recent family-based study carried out in Finland, suggesting that the proposed differences in risk may be secondary to stratification burdens of case-control studies. To assess this issue, we have investigated the effect of different haplotypes carried trans to DQB1*02-DRB1*03 as additional factors for CD in Spain, using two statistical approaches, a case-control study and a family-based study. We found that DQB1*02-DRB1*03/DQB1*02-DRB1*03 and DQB1*02-DRB1*03/DQB1*02-DRB1*07 were the only combinations that showed a strong and independent association to CD. We did not observe any difference in susceptibility risk conferred by DQB1*02-DRB1*03 and DQB1*02-DRB1*07 when carried trans to DQB1*02-DRB1*03, suggesting that variation in HLA haplotype frequencies among populations may not represent real differences in risk to CD development. We also confirmed a gene dosage effect of the DQB1*02-DRB1*03 haplotype estimating that DQB1*02 homozygotes are at fivefold increased risk for CD compared with DQB1*02 heterozygotes. This risk is conferred by the second copy of the DQB1*02 allele and it seems to be independent of the DQA1.
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