PMID- 24598797 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150212 LR - 20220321 IS - 1476-5470 (Electronic) IS - 1466-4879 (Print) IS - 1466-4879 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 4 DP - 2014 Apr TI - MHC associations with clinical and autoantibody manifestations in European SLE. PG - 210-7 LID - 10.1038/gene.2014.6 [doi] AB - Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a clinically heterogeneous disease affecting multiple organ systems and characterized by autoantibody formation to nuclear components. Although genetic variation within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is associated with SLE, its role in the development of clinical manifestations and autoantibody production is not well defined. We conducted a meta-analysis of four independent European SLE case collections for associations between SLE sub-phenotypes and MHC single-nucleotide polymorphism genotypes, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles and variant HLA amino acids. Of the 11 American College of Rheumatology criteria and 7 autoantibody sub-phenotypes examined, anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB antibody subsets exhibited the highest number and most statistically significant associations. HLA-DRB1*03:01 was significantly associated with both sub-phenotypes. We found evidence of associations independent of MHC class II variants in the anti-Ro subset alone. Conditional analyses showed that anti-Ro and anti-La subsets are independently associated with HLA-DRB1*0301, and that the HLA-DRB1*03:01 association with SLE is largely but not completely driven by the association of this allele with these sub-phenotypes. Our results provide strong evidence for a multilevel risk model for HLA-DRB1*03:01 in SLE, where the association with anti-Ro and anti-La antibody-positive SLE is much stronger than SLE without these autoantibodies. FAU - Morris, D L AU - Morris DL AD - Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, King's College London School of Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London, UK. FAU - Fernando, M M A AU - Fernando MM AD - Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, King's College London School of Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London, UK. FAU - Taylor, K E AU - Taylor KE AD - Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. FAU - Chung, S A AU - Chung SA AD - Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. FAU - Nititham, J AU - Nititham J AD - Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. FAU - Alarcon-Riquelme, M E AU - Alarcon-Riquelme ME AD - 1] Department of Human DNA Variability, GENYO, Centro de Genomica e Investigacion Oncologica Pfizer-Universidad de Granada-Junta de Andalucia, Granada, Spain [2] Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, OK, USA. FAU - Barcellos, L F AU - Barcellos LF AD - Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics Laboratory, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. FAU - Behrens, T W AU - Behrens TW AD - Immunology Biomarkers Group, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA. FAU - Cotsapas, C AU - Cotsapas C AD - Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut, CT, USA. FAU - Gaffney, P M AU - Gaffney PM AD - Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, OK, USA. FAU - Graham, R R AU - Graham RR AD - Immunology Biomarkers Group, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA. FAU - Pons-Estel, B A AU - Pons-Estel BA AD - Rheumatology Service, Hospital Provincial de Rosario, Sanatorio Parque, Rosario, Argentina. FAU - Gregersen, P K AU - Gregersen PK AD - The Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, NY, USA. FAU - Harley, J B AU - Harley JB AD - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. FAU - Hauser, S L AU - Hauser SL AD - Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. FAU - Hom, G AU - Hom G AD - Immunology Biomarkers Group, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA. FAU - Langefeld, C D AU - Langefeld CD AD - Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Wake Forest, NC, USA. FAU - Noble, J A AU - Noble JA AD - Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, USA. FAU - Rioux, J D AU - Rioux JD AD - Department of Medicine, Universite de Montreal and Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada. FAU - Seldin, M F AU - Seldin MF AD - University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA. CN - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Genetics Consortium FAU - Vyse, T J AU - Vyse TJ AD - Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, King's College London School of Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London, UK. FAU - Criswell, L A AU - Criswell LA AD - Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. 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DEP - 20140306 PL - England TA - Genes Immun JT - Genes and immunity JID - 100953417 RN - 0 (Autoantibodies) RN - 0 (HLA-DRB1 Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DRB1*03:01 antigen) SB - IM MH - *Autoantibodies/genetics/immunology MH - Europe MH - Female MH - *HLA-DRB1 Chains/genetics/immunology MH - Humans MH - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/*genetics/immunology MH - Male MH - *Models, Genetic PMC - PMC4102853 MID - NIHMS595460 COIS- CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors declare no conflict of interest. FIR - Harley, John B IR - Harley JB FIR - Alarcon-Riquelme, Marta E IR - Alarcon-Riquelme ME FIR - Criswell, Lindsey A IR - Criswell LA FIR - Gaffney, Patrick M IR - Gaffney PM FIR - Jacob, Chaim O IR - Jacob CO FIR - Kimberly, Robert P IR - Kimberly RP FIR - Sivils, Kathy L M IR - Sivils KL FIR - Tsao, Betty P IR - Tsao BP FIR - Vyse, Timothy J IR - Vyse TJ FIR - Langefeld, Carl D IR - Langefeld CD EDAT- 2014/03/07 06:00 MHDA- 2015/02/13 06:00 PMCR- 2014/07/18 CRDT- 2014/03/07 06:00 PHST- 2013/10/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/01/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/01/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/03/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/03/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/02/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/07/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - gene20146 [pii] AID - 10.1038/gene.2014.6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Genes Immun. 2014 Apr;15(4):210-7. doi: 10.1038/gene.2014.6. Epub 2014 Mar 6.