MHC haplotypic association in Chinese Han patients with vitiligo.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Serological typing of the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) has shown discrepancies in HLA associations with vitiligo in different ethnic populations.

OBJECTIVE:

To evaluate the distributions of HLA at class I and II loci that may contribute to the genetic susceptibility of vitiligo patients in Chinese Hans population.

METHODS:

We analysed the allelic frequencies of HLA class I and II by using the polymerase chain reaction sequence-specific primer (PCR-SSP) method in 187 patients with vitiligo and 273 controls in Chinese Hans. The linkage disequilibrium was calculated from a 2 x 2 table.

RESULTS:

Two-locus haplotypes including HLA-A25-B13, HLA-A25-B27, HLA-A25-Cw*0602, HLA-A25-DQA1*0302, HLA-A25-DQA1*0601, HLA-A25-DQB1*0303, HLA-B13-Cw*0602, HLA-B13-DQA1*0302, HLA-B13-DQA1*0601, HLA-B27-Cw*0602, HLA-B27-DQA1*0302, HLA-B27-DQA1*0601, HLA-B27-DQB1*0303, HLA-B27-DQB1*0503, HLA-Cw*0602-DQA1*0302, HLA-Cw*0602-DQA1*0601, HLA-Cw*0602-DQB1*0303, HLA-Cw*0602-DQB1*0503 and HLA-DQA1*0302-DQB1*0503 were associated with all types of vitiligo in Chinese Hans. The extended haplotypes HLA-A25-B13-Cw*0602, HLA-A25-B27-Cw*0602, HLA-DQA1*0302-DQB1*0303-Cw*0602 and HLA-B13-DQB1*0303-Cw*0602 were found to be associated with all types of vitiligo in Chinese Hans, whereas the frequency of HLA-A25-Cw*0602-DQA1*0302 was significantly increased in generalized vitiligo but not in localized vitiligo. The frequencies of HLA-A25-DQA1*0302-DQB1*0503 and HLA-A30-DQA1*0302-DQB1*0303 were higher in childhood vitiligo than in adult vitiligo, and the frequency of HLA-A25-B13-DQB1*0303-Cw*0602 was shown to be associated with adult vitiligo but not childhood vitiligo.

CONCLUSION:

This study demonstrates not only the differential association between HLA markers and types of vitiligo according to distribution or age at onset but also newly found high-risk haplotypes in Chinese vitiligo patients.

• Authors: Q Xia, W M Zhou, Y H Liang, H S Ge, H S Liu, J Y Wang, M Gao, S Yang, X J Zhang
• Journal: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol) Vol. 20 Issue 8 Pg. 941-6 (Sep 2006) ISSN: 0926-9959 [Print] England
• PMID: 16922942 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Age of Onset
• Aged
• Alleles
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• China
• Ethnicity
• Female
• Genes, MHC Class I (genetics)
• Genes, MHC Class II (genetics)
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease (genetics)
• Haplotypes
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Vitiligo (genetics)