PMID- 30884197 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200129 LR - 20200129 IS - 1756-185X (Electronic) IS - 1756-1841 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 7 DP - 2019 Jul TI - Clinical correlates of HLA-B*27 and its subtypes in enthesitis-related arthritis variant of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in south Indian Tamil patients. PG - 1289-1296 LID - 10.1111/1756-185X.13551 [doi] AB - AIM: The aim of the study was to assess the distribution of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*27 subtypes and its correlation with disease phenotypes in children with enthesitis-related arthritis variant of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA-ERA). METHOD: One hundred and sixty patients (132 males, 28 females) satisfying the International League Against Rheumatism (ILAR) classification criteria for JIA-ERA were assessed and relevant demographic, clinical and radiographic data were documented. HLA-B*27 typing was done for all the patients and B*27 positive samples were subjected to high-resolution gene sequencing. The effect of duration of illness, HLA-B*27, its subtypes, and gender on the clinical phenotype were analyzed. RESULTS: The mean age of disease onset was 12.69 +/- 2.4 years with a male:female ratio of 4.7:1.0. HLA-B*27 was positive in 109/160 patients and HLA-B*27:04 was detected in 63% followed by B*27:05 (30%). Duration of illness was greater in patients with skeletal deformity, hip arthritis, sacroiliitis, cervical spine involvement and acute anterior uveitis (AAU) (P < 0.05). HLA-B*27 positivity was associated with a prolonged course of disease, higher incidence of AAU (14.7% vs 2%, P = 0.015), family history of spondyloarthritis (21.1% vs 5.9%; P = 0.015) and higher erythrocyte sedimentation rate as compared to HLA-B*27 negative patients (P < 0.01). The HLA-B*27:04 and *27:05 positive patients had similar clinical phenotypes. CONCLUSION: Presence of HLA-B*27 and long duration of illness results in skeletal deformity, hip arthritis, sacroiliitis, cervical spine involvement and AAU. HLA-B*27:04 followed by B*27:05 are the most common HLA-B*27 subtypes in our study population and both have a similar clinical phenotype. CI - (c) 2019 Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. FAU - Kavadichanda, Chengappa G AU - Kavadichanda CG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3643-3989 AD - Department of Clinical Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India. FAU - Seth, Gaurav AU - Seth G AD - Department of Clinical Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India. FAU - Kumar, Gunjan AU - Kumar G AD - Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India. FAU - Gulati, Reena AU - Gulati R AD - Genetic Services Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India. FAU - Negi, Vir Singh AU - Negi VS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1518-6031 AD - Department of Clinical Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India. LA - eng GR - JIP/Res/Intra-DM-M.Ch/01/2015-16/Intramural Grant, JIPMER, Puducherry/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190318 PL - England TA - Int J Rheum Dis JT - International journal of rheumatic diseases JID - 101474930 RN - 0 (HLA-B27 Antigen) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Age Factors MH - Arthritis, Juvenile/diagnosis/epidemiology/*genetics/immunology MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Disease Progression MH - Female MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - HLA-B27 Antigen/*genetics/immunology MH - Humans MH - India/epidemiology MH - Male MH - Phenotype MH - Prognosis MH - Risk Assessment MH - Risk Factors MH - Time Factors OTO - NOTNLM OT - HLA OT - JIA OT - arthritis OT - enthesitis OT - pediatric OT - sacroiliitis OT - south Indian Tamils EDAT- 2019/03/19 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/30 06:00 CRDT- 2019/03/19 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/02/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/02/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/03/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/19 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/1756-185X.13551 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 Jul;22(7):1289-1296. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13551. Epub 2019 Mar 18.