PMID- 21075156 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110629 LR - 20110117 IS - 1879-1166 (Electronic) IS - 0198-8859 (Linking) VI - 72 IP - 2 DP - 2011 Feb TI - High frequency of low-risk human leukocyte antigen class II genotypes in latent celiac disease. PG - 179-82 LID - 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.11.007 [doi] AB - Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II genotypes in latent celiac disease, a clinical variant of celiac disease (CD) have been scarcely studied. The aim of this work was to investigate whether latent CD and CD share similar frequencies of HLA class II genotypes. HLA class II genotypes of CD patients compared with controls were subdivided in the following at-risk groups: DQB1*02/DQB1*02 (43.0%, odds ratio [OR] 8.02, p < 0.0001), DQB1*0302/DQB1*02 (12.2%, OR 2.77, p = 0.0002), DQB1*02/DQB1*X (39.2%, OR 1.23, p = 0.1903), DQB1*0302/DQB1*X (3.4%, OR 0.35, p = 0.0064) and DQB1*X/DQB1*X (0.8%, OR 0.01, p = 0.0001) where X is neither DQB1*0302 nor DQB1*02. Next, HLA class II genotypes of 21 latent CD patients were compared with the above at-risk groups. Only one latent CD patient (4.8%) was found in the high risk DQB1*02/DQB1*02 group, three (14.3%) were DQB1*0302/DQB1*02, one (4.8%) was DQB1*0302/DQB1*X and the remaining 16 (76.2%) showed the DQB1*02/DQB1*X genotype. Noteworthy, the only 1 patient with the DQB1*02/DQB1*02 high risk genotype did not carry the DR3-DQB1*02/DR3-DQB1*02 or the DR3-DQB1*02/DR7-DQB1*02 but the uncommon DR3-DQB1*02/DR4-DQB1*02 genotype. These data suggest that latent CD is prevalently associated with low-risk HLA class II genotypes. CI - Copyright A(c) 2011 American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Schirru, Enrico AU - Schirru E AD - Department of Pediatric Science and Clinical Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. FAU - Jores, Rita-Desiree AU - Jores RD FAU - Cicotto, Lucia AU - Cicotto L FAU - Frau, Fulvia AU - Frau F FAU - De Virgiliis, Stefano AU - De Virgiliis S FAU - Rossino, Rossano AU - Rossino R FAU - Macis, Maria Doloretta AU - Macis MD FAU - Lampis, Rosanna AU - Lampis R FAU - Congia, Mauro AU - Congia M LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20101112 PL - United States TA - Hum Immunol JT - Human immunology JID - 8010936 RN - 0 (HLA-DQ Antigens) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Celiac Disease/genetics/*immunology MH - Child MH - Female MH - *Gene Frequency MH - Genetic Association Studies/statistics & numerical data MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease/epidemiology MH - Genotype MH - HLA-DQ Antigens/genetics/*immunology MH - Haplotypes/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Odds Ratio MH - Prevalence MH - Risk MH - Severity of Illness Index EDAT- 2010/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2011/06/30 06:00 CRDT- 2010/11/16 06:00 PHST- 2010/06/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/11/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/11/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/11/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/11/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/06/30 06:00 [medline] AID - S0198-8859(10)00552-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.11.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Immunol. 2011 Feb;72(2):179-82. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.11.007. Epub 2010 Nov 12.