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OBJECTIVE: To reproduce findings from previous reports that non-inherited maternal HLA class II antigens might contribute to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) susceptibility in the offspring. METHODS: Families were recruited from the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council's National Repository of RA families and HLA-DRB1 alleles were examined in these individuals and their first degree relatives using DNA typing methods. RESULTS: There was no evidence of an increase in either non-inherited maternal HLA-DR4 or the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope as a whole compared with the frequency expected using the non-inherited paternal antigens as controls. CONCLUSIONS: The numbers of probands who were shared epitope negative were small, but we are unable to confirm in these families the findings that non-inherited maternal HLA contributes an additional susceptibility factor to rheumatoid arthritis.

Original publication

DOI

10.1136/ard.54.4.311

Type

Journal article

Journal

Ann rheum dis

Publication Date

04/1995

Volume

54

Pages

311 - 313

Keywords

Alleles, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Disease Susceptibility, Female, HLA-DR Antigens, HLA-DR4 Antigen, HLA-DRB1 Chains, Humans, Male, Mothers