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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease with a multifactorial genetic basis. However, pathogenic genes for RA other than the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 gene have yet to be identified. Here, we investigated whether there is a second susceptibility locus for RA within the human major histocompatibility complex using 18 microsatellite markers distributed from the centromeric (HSET) to the telomeric end (P5-15) of the 3.6-Mb HLA region. Statistical studies of associated alleles on each microsatellite locus showed that one pathogenic gene for RA in the HLA region is localized in the DRB1 gene, as expected. Further, a second susceptibility gene of RA was suggested to be present in the HLA class III region, narrowed to 70 kb, that is just telomeric of the TNF gene cluster (TNFA and LTA) and that is located between the microsatellites TNFa and C1-2-A. In this critical segment, four expressed genes have been thus far identified, NFKBIL1 (IkappaBL), ATP6G, BAT1, and MICB, all of which are candidate genes for determining susceptibility to RA. These results exclude the possibility of involvement of the TNFA genes (TNF-alpha) in the development of RA, which was suggested previously to be a strong candidate for RA in the class III region.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
263-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Arthritis, Rheumatoid, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Centromere, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Genes, MHC Class I, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Genes, MHC Class II, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Major Histocompatibility Complex, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Microsatellite Repeats, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Telomere, pubmed-meshheading:11170743-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
A second susceptibility gene for developing rheumatoid arthritis in the human MHC is localized within a 70-kb interval telomeric of the TNF genes in the HLA class III region.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Organ Transplants, Reconstructive Medicine, and Tissue Engineering, Department of Legal Medicine, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article