重症肌无力
等位基因
单倍型
医学
人类白细胞抗原
自身免疫
免疫学
视神经脊髓炎
免疫系统
抗体
抗原
生物
遗传学
基因
作者
Tuy Nga Brignol,Nicolas Leveziel,Jon Andoni Urtizberea
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.jfo.2018.06.018
摘要
The exact immunopathogenesis, genetic mechanisms and triggering factors underlying myasthenia gravis (MG) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) remain unknown and the coexistence may underline an aetiopathogenetic link be- tween these two diseases. We report the cases of two thymectomized patients with acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody (Ab)-positive MG who eventually developed AQP4-NMO. Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis showed that patient-1 had two HLA alleles previously associated with MG, mainly HLA-A*01:01:01 and HLA-DRB1*03:01, present in a haplotype in Caucasian MG patients (HLA-A1-B8-DR3-DQ2). Patient-2, expressed HLA-C*07:01:01, a well characterized MG risk factor and HLA-DQB1*05:02:01, previously described both in MG and NMO patients. Finally, we observed two common alleles in patient 1 and 2, HLA-DQA1*05:01:01 and HLA-DPB1*04:02:01. We believe that this study provides clinical evidence of the role of specific HLA alleles in rare forms of combined human peripheral and CNS autoimmunity, a fact that enhances the aim towards tailor-made therapeutic decision making.
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