PMID- 21671754 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111028 LR - 20220129 IS - 1557-7716 (Electronic) IS - 1523-0864 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 3 DP - 2011 Aug 1 TI - The oxidative folding and misfolding of human leukocyte antigen-b27. PG - 669-84 LID - 10.1089/ars.2010.3692 [doi] AB - The major histocompatibility complex class I molecule human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 is strongly associated with a group of inflammatory arthritic disorders known as the spondyloarthropathies. Many autoimmune diseases exhibit associations with major histocompatibility complex molecules encoded within the class II locus with defined immune responses either mediated by T or B-lymphocytes. Despite the association being known for over 30 years, no defined immune response and target autoantigens have been characterized for the spondyloarthropathies. Thus, the mechanism and role of HLA-B27 in disease pathogenesis remains undetermined. One hypothesis that has recently received much attention has focused around the enhanced propensity for HLA-B27 to misfold and the increased tendency of the heavy chain to dimerize. The misfolding of HLA-B27 has been associated with its redox status and this is postulated to be involved in disease development. Here we discuss the impact of the redox status on HLA-B27 biosynthesis and function. FAU - Antoniou, Antony N AU - Antoniou AN AD - Division of Infection and Immunity/Centre of Rheumatology, Department of Immunology and Molecular Pathology, University College London, Windeyer Institute of Medical Science, London, United Kingdom. anthony.antoniou@ucl.ac.uk FAU - Guiliano, David B AU - Guiliano DB FAU - Lenart, Izabela AU - Lenart I FAU - Burn, Garth AU - Burn G FAU - Powis, Simon J AU - Powis SJ LA - eng GR - 18440/ARC_/Arthritis Research UK/United Kingdom GR - 18440/VAC_/Versus Arthritis/United Kingdom GR - 17222/ARC_/Arthritis Research UK/United Kingdom GR - 15293/ARC_/Arthritis Research UK/United Kingdom GR - 17868/ARC_/Arthritis Research UK/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20110614 PL - United States TA - Antioxid Redox Signal JT - Antioxidants & redox signaling JID - 100888899 RN - 0 (Disulfides) RN - 0 (HLA-B27 Antigen) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) RN - 0 (beta 2-Microglobulin) RN - K848JZ4886 (Cysteine) SB - IM MH - Cysteine/chemistry MH - Disulfides/chemistry MH - HLA-B27 Antigen/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/immunology MH - Histocompatibility Testing MH - Humans MH - Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Oxidative Stress/immunology MH - Protein Folding MH - Protein Multimerization/immunology MH - Proteostasis Deficiencies/*metabolism MH - Spondylarthropathies/*metabolism MH - beta 2-Microglobulin/metabolism EDAT- 2011/06/16 06:00 MHDA- 2011/10/29 06:00 CRDT- 2011/06/16 06:00 PHST- 2011/06/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/06/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/10/29 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/ars.2010.3692 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Antioxid Redox Signal. 2011 Aug 1;15(3):669-84. doi: 10.1089/ars.2010.3692. Epub 2011 Jun 14.