PMID- 30568448 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220330 IS - 1176-6328 (Print) IS - 1178-2021 (Electronic) IS - 1176-6328 (Linking) VI - 14 DP - 2018 TI - Association of HLA alleles with autism. PG - 3259-3265 LID - 10.2147/NDT.S186673 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorders known by impaired social interaction and activities and abnormal repetitive behavior. As a multifactorial disorder, several genetic and immunological factors have been shown to be implicated in its pathogenesis. METHODS: Among them are certain human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles. In the current study, we genotyped HLA-A, -B & DRB alleles in 103 Iranian ASD patients and 180 age, gender, and ethnic-matched healthy controls. RESULTS: After Boferroni correction no allele or haplotype was associated with genetic susceptibility to ASD in Iranian population. CONCLUSION: Future studies are needed to assess contribution of immunological factors such as HLA alleles in ASD pathogenesis. FAU - Sayad, Arezou AU - Sayad A AD - Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, s.ghafourifard@sbmu.ac.ir. FAU - Akbari, Mohammad Taghi AU - Akbari MT AD - Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Noroozi, Rezvan AU - Noroozi R AD - Photochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Omrani, Mir Davood AU - Omrani MD AD - Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, s.ghafourifard@sbmu.ac.ir. AD - Urogenital Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Inoko, Hidetoshi AU - Inoko H AD - Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Japan. FAU - Taheri, Mohammad AU - Taheri M AD - Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, mohammad_823@yahoo.com. FAU - Ghafouri-Fard, Soudeh AU - Ghafouri-Fard S AD - Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, s.ghafourifard@sbmu.ac.ir. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181127 PL - New Zealand TA - Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat JT - Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment JID - 101240304 PMC - PMC6267725 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HLA typing OT - autism OT - immune response COIS- Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2018/12/21 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/21 06:01 PMCR- 2018/11/27 CRDT- 2018/12/21 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/12/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/11/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ndt-14-3259 [pii] AID - 10.2147/NDT.S186673 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2018 Nov 27;14:3259-3265. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S186673. eCollection 2018.