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ArticleBMC ophthalmology2021

Visual outcomes and choroidal thickness associated with human leukocyte antigen DRB1*04 in unclassifiable uveitis in Japanese patients.

Norihiko Misawa, Mizuki Tagami, Atsushi Sakai, Takeya Kohno, Shigeru Honda

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Article in BMC ophthalmology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Norihiko MisawaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-5-7 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 545-8586, Japan.
Mizuki TagamiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-5-7 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 545-8586, Japan. tagami.mizuki@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp.
Atsushi SakaiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-5-7 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 545-8586, Japan.
Takeya KohnoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-5-7 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 545-8586, Japan.
Shigeru HondaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-5-7 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 545-8586, Japan.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeHuman leukocyte antigen (HLA) and immunity are related. Uveitis is also closely related to immunity. For example, the common presence of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1*04 in the immune response is well known. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between visual prognosis and various HLA alleles before and after therapy in patients with unclassifiable uveitis, excluding those with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease.

methodsThis retrospective case series included 42 eyes from 22 consecutive patients with unclassifiable uveitis, excluding those with VKH disease. Visual acuity (VA), sex, refractive error, central retinal thickness (CRT), central choroidal thickness (CCT), and duration from onset to treatment were measured at initial and 6-month visits. Mean values of parameters were compared at each visit. Genotyping was performed by polymerase chain reaction amplification with sequence-specific primers.

resultsDRB1*04 showed a dominant change. No significant difference was observed in the other alleles. In DRB1*04, The mean differences in initial CCT, 6-month CCT, and 6-month VA showed statistically significant difference was found in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) between DRB1*04+ and DRB1*04- at the first visit. BCVA values at baseline and at the final visit were 0.13 ± 0.29 and 0.20 ± 0.36 in the DRB1*04+ and 0.00045 ± 0.20 and - 0.058 ± 0.11 in the DRB1*04- groups(p = 0.00465). Central Choroidal Thickness (CCT) values pretreatment and at the final visit after treatment were (pretreatment:361.00 ± 361.0 μm,after treatment: 286.00 ± 106.53 μm, p = 0.0174) in the DRB1*04+ group, and (pretreatment:281.3 ± 139.68 μm,after treatment:223.85 ± 99.034 μm, p = 0.0426) in the DRB1*04- group, respectively, indicating changes between baseline and the final visit. CCT was significantly greater in the DRB1*04+ group at both the initial visit and at 6 months. Multivariate analysis showed a significant difference between the presence or absence of DRB1*04 and sex.

conclusionHLA-DRB1*04 allele may affect visual prognosis and CCT in unclassifiable uveitis.

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ChoroidUveomeningoencephalitic SyndromeHLA-DRB1 ChainsHumansJapanRetrospective StudiesHLA-DRB1 ChainsAsian patientsHLA-DRB1*04Human leukocyte antigenNon-infectious uveitisUnclassifiable uveitisVisual acuity

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