PMID- 30823533 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190529 LR - 20200225 IS - 2072-6643 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6643 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 2 DP - 2019 Feb 25 TI - The Phenotype of Celiac Disease Has Low Concordance between Siblings, Despite a Similar Distribution of HLA Haplotypes. LID - 10.3390/nu11020479 [doi] LID - 479 AB - The factors determining the presentation of celiac disease are unclear. We investigated the phenotypic concordance and the distribution of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) risk haplotypes in affected siblings. One hundred sibling pairs were included. Clinical and histological parameters and HLA haplotypes were compared between the first diagnosed indexes and their siblings. The phenotype was categorized into gastrointestinal, extra-intestinal, malabsorption/anemia, and asymptomatic. The phenotype was fully concordant in 21 pairs. The most common concordant phenotype was gastrointestinal (14 pairs). Indexes had more anemia/malabsorption and extra-intestinal symptoms than siblings (45% vs. 20%, p < 0.001 and 33% vs. 12%, p < 0.001, respectively). Twenty siblings and none of the indexes were asymptomatic. The indexes were more often women (81% vs. 63%, p = 0.008). They were also more often seronegative (11% vs. 0%, p = 0.03) and younger (37 vs. 43 year, p < 0.001), and had more severe histopathology (total/subtotal atrophy 79% vs. 58%, p = 0.047) at diagnosis. The indexes and siblings were comparable in other disease features. Pairs with discordant presentation had similar HLA haplotypes more often than the concordant pairs. The phenotype was observed to vary markedly between siblings, with the indexes generally having a more severe presentation. HLA did not explain the differences, suggesting that non-HLA genes and environmental factors play significant roles. FAU - Kauma, Saana AU - Kauma S AD - Celiac Disease Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland. saana.kauma@tuni.fi. FAU - Kaukinen, Katri AU - Kaukinen K AD - Celiac Disease Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland. katri.kaukinen@tuni.fi. AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33521 Tampere, Finland. katri.kaukinen@tuni.fi. FAU - Huhtala, Heini AU - Huhtala H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1372-430X AD - Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland. heini.huhtala@tuni.fi. FAU - Kivela, Laura AU - Kivela L AD - Tampere Centre for Child Health Research, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, 33521 Tampere, Finland. laura.kivela@fimnet.fi. FAU - Pekki, Henna AU - Pekki H AD - Celiac Disease Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland. henna.pekki@tuni.fi. FAU - Salmi, Teea AU - Salmi T AD - Celiac Disease Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland. teea.salmi@tuni.fi. AD - Department of Dermatology, Tampere University Hospital, 33521 Tampere, Finland. teea.salmi@tuni.fi. FAU - Saavalainen, Paivi AU - Saavalainen P AD - Research Program Unit, Immunobiology, and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland. paivi.saavalainen@helsinki.fi. FAU - Lindfors, Katri AU - Lindfors K AD - Celiac Disease Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland. katri.lindfors@tuni.fi. FAU - Kurppa, Kalle AU - Kurppa K AD - Tampere Centre for Child Health Research, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, 33521 Tampere, Finland. kalle.kurppa@tuni.fi. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190225 PL - Switzerland TA - Nutrients JT - Nutrients JID - 101521595 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Celiac Disease/*diagnosis/*genetics MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Female MH - *Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - Genotype MH - HLA Antigens/*genetics MH - *Haplotypes MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Siblings MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC6412523 OTO - NOTNLM OT - celiac disease OT - environmental factors OT - genotype OT - gluten-free diet OT - phenotype OT - sibling COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/03/03 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/30 06:00 PMCR- 2019/02/01 CRDT- 2019/03/03 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/02/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/02/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/03/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/03/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nu11020479 [pii] AID - nutrients-11-00479 [pii] AID - 10.3390/nu11020479 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nutrients. 2019 Feb 25;11(2):479. doi: 10.3390/nu11020479.