Addison’s Disease

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Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Behçet’s Disease

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Birdshot Chorioretinopathy

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Celiac Disease

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  6. Karell et al. HLA types in celiac disease patients not carrying the DQA1*05-DQB1*02(DQ2) heterodimer: results from the European genetics cluster of celiac disease. Hum Immunol. 2003; 64:469-477

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

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  2. Pugliese A et al. HLA-DQB1*0602 is associated with dominant protection from diabetes even among islet cell antibody-positive first-degree relatives of patients with IDDM. Diabetes. 1995; 44:608.
  3. Rewers M et al. Newborn screening for HLA markers associated with IDDM: diabetes autoimmunity study in the young (DAISY). Diabetologia. 1996; 39:807.
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Graves’ Disease

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  2. Ban Y et al. Arginine at position 74 of the HLA-DR beta1 chain is associated with Graves’ disease. Genes Immun. 2004; 5:203.
  3. Chen QY et al. HLA-DRB1*08, DRB1*03/DRB3*0101, and DRB3*0202 are susceptibility genes for Graves’ disease in North American Caucasians, whereas DRB1*07 is protective. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999; 84:3182.
  4. Grubeck-Loebenstein B et al. Retrobulbar T cells from patients with Graves’ ophthalmopathy are CD8+ and specifically recognize autologous fibroblasts. J Clin Invest. 1994; 93:2738.
  5. Sekiguchi Y et al. Reverse ‘see-saw’ relationship between Graves’ disease and myasthenia gravis; clinical and immunological studies. J Med Dent Sci. 2005; 52:43.

Multiple Sclerosis

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  2. Friese MA et al. Opposing effects of HLA class I molecules in tuning autoreactive CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis. Nat Med. 2008; 14:1227.
  3. Lincoln MR et al. A predominant role for the HLA class II region in the association of the MHC region with multiple sclerosis. Nat Genet. 2005; 37:1108.
  4. Nolan D et al. Contributions of vitamin D response elements and HLA promoters to multiple sclerosis risk. Neurology. 2012; 79:538.
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Narcolepsy

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  2. Hor H et al. Genome-wide association study identifies new HLA class II haplotypes strongly protective against narcolepsy. Nat Genet. 2010; 42:786.
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  4. Mignot E et al. Complex HLA-DR and -DQ interactions confer risk of narcolepsy-cataplexy in three ethnic groups. Am J Hum Genet. 2001; 68:686.
  5. Miyagawa T et al. Identification of a telomeric boundary of the HLA region with potential for predisposition to human narcolepsy. Immunogenetics. 2000; 52:12.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

  1. Cope AP et al. T cell responses to a human cartilage autoantigen in the context of rheumatoid arthritis-associated and nonassociated HLA-DR4 alleles. Arthritis Rheum. 1999; 42:1497.
  2. du Montcel ST et al. New classification of HLA-DRB1 alleles supports the shared epitope hypothesis of rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility. Arthritis Rheum. 2005; 52:1063.
  3. Hill JA et al. Cutting edge: the conversion of arginine to citrulline allows for a high-affinity peptide interaction with the rheumatoid arthritis-associated HLA-DRB1*0401 MHC class II molecule. J Immunol. 2003; 171:538.
  4. Huizinga TW et al. Refining the complex rheumatoid arthritis phenotype based on specificity of the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope for antibodies to citrullinated proteins. Arthritis Rheum. 2005; 52:3433.
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  6. Maksymowych WP et al. HLA and cytokine gene polymorphisms in relation to occurrence of palindromic rheumatism and its progression to rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2002; 29:2319.

Sjögren’s Syndrome

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  3. Bolstad AI et al. HLA markers and clinical characteristics in Caucasians with primary Sjögren’s syndrome. J Rheumatol. 2001; 28:1554.
  4. Kang HI et al. Comparison of HLA class II genes in Caucasoid, Chinese, and Japanese patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome. J Immunol. 1993; 150:3615.
  5. Mattey DL et al. Association between HLA-DRB1*15 and secondary Sjögren’s syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2000; 27:2611.
  6. Takahashi M et al. HLA and CTLA4 polymorphisms may confer a synergistic risk in the susceptibility to Graves’ disease. J Hum Genet. 2010; 55:323.
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

  1. Barcellos LF et al. High-density SNP screening of the major histocompatibility complex in systemic lupus erythematosus demonstrates strong evidence for independent susceptibility regions. PLoS Genet. 2009; 5:e1000696.
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