ReviewPLoS genetics2008
Defining the role of the MHC in autoimmunity: a review and pooled analysis.
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259 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 598 citations in OpenAlex.
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- HLA class II sequence variants influence tuberculosis risk in populations of European ancestry.Nature genetics · 2016Pooled it
- PTPN22 R620W Polymorphism is Associated with Myasthenia Gravis Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2015Pooled it
- Characteristics of Japanese inflammatory bowel disease susceptibility loci.Journal of gastroenterology · 2014Pooled it
- Meta-analysis reveals an association of PTPN22 C1858T with autoimmune diseases, which depends on the localization of the affected tissue.Genes and immunity · 2012Pooled it
- Review: a meta-analysis of GWAS and age-associated diseases.Aging cell · 2012Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of TYK2 gene polymorphisms association with susceptibility to autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.Molecular biology reports · 2011Pooled it
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- Marginal-Zone B-Cells Are Main Producers of IgM in Humans, and Are Reduced in Patients With Autoimmune Vasculitis.Frontiers in immunology · 2018Trial
- High-density Association Mapping and Interaction Analysis of PLA2R1 and HLA Regions with Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy in Japanese.Scientific reports · 2016Trial
- Personalized Risk Estimator for Rheumatoid Arthritis (PRE-RA) Family Study: rationale and design for a randomized controlled trial evaluating rheumatoid arthritis risk education to first-degree relatives.Contemporary clinical trials · 2014Trial
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- HLA class I signal peptide variation predicts strength of NKG2ANature immunology · 2026Article
- HLA - C*03:02:02 and DPA1*01:03:01 protect against discoid rash in Thai Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- High-quality mouse reference genomes reveal the structural complexity of the murine protein-coding landscape.Cell genomics · 2026Article
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- COVID-19-associated Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms and the Role of IVIG Therapy.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2025Review
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8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is one of the most extensively studied regions in the human genome because of the association of variants at this locus with autoimmune, infectious, and inflammatory diseases. However, identification of causal variants within the MHC for the majority of these diseases has remained difficult due to the great variability and extensive linkage disequilibrium (LD) that exists among alleles throughout this locus, coupled with inadequate study design whereby only a limited subset of about 20 from a total of approximately 250 genes have been studied in small cohorts of predominantly European origin. We have performed a review and pooled analysis of the past 30 years of research on the role of the MHC in six genetically complex disease traits - multiple sclerosis (MS), type 1 diabetes (T1D), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn's disease (CD), and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) - in order to consolidate and evaluate the current literature regarding MHC genetics in these common autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. We corroborate established MHC disease associations and identify predisposing variants that previously have not been appreciated. Furthermore, we find a number of interesting commonalities and differences across diseases that implicate both general and disease-specific pathogenetic mechanisms in autoimmunity.
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