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The HLA locus and multiple sclerosis in Sicily

David BrassatG. SavettieriL. F. BarcellosPatrizia ProiaStephen L. HauserG. McneillGiuseppe SalemiJorge R. Oksenberg

subject

AdultMaleRiskmusculoskeletal diseasesMultiple SclerosisAdolescentGenes MHC Class IILocus (genetics)Human leukocyte antigenBiologySeverity of Illness IndexLinkage DisequilibriumCohort StudiesDisability EvaluationGene Frequencyimmune system diseasesMultiple Sclerosis/epidemiologyPrevalencemedicineHumansGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseAge of OnsetAlleleskin and connective tissue diseasesSicilyAllelesGenetic associationGeneticsHLA-D AntigensIncidenceMultiple sclerosisHaplotypeGene Poolmedicine.diseaselanguage.human_languageSettore BIO/18 - GeneticaHaplotypeslanguageFemaleAllelic heterogeneitySettore MED/26 - NeurologiaNeurology (clinical)Sicilian

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The authors report the analysis of HLA-class II allelic heterogeneity in a well characterized multiple sclerosis (MS) Sicilian dataset. Family-based association analysis revealed evidence for excess transmission to affected individuals for alleles HLA-DRB1*1501, DRB1*04, and DQB1*0302. When analyzed as haplotypes, the authors observed excess transmission for the DRB1*0400-DQB1*0302 haplotype. Sicilian patients share the HLA-DRB1*1501 susceptibility allele with affecteds living in continental Italy, but also display the allelic heterogeneity that characterizes Mediterranean populations.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2005-01-24
10.1212/01.wnl.0000149765.71212.0ahttp://hdl.handle.net/10447/5517