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The relationship between HLA-B*51 subtypes, clinical manifestations and severity of Behçet's syndrome: a large Italian cohort study.

Pietro Leccese, Maria Carmela Padula, Eustachio Vincenzo Santospirito, Rosa Colucci, Nancy Lascaro, Angela Anna Padula, Salvatore D'Angelo

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Pietro LecceseRheumatology Institute of Lucania (IReL) and Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza, Potenza, Italy.
Maria Carmela PadulaRheumatology Institute of Lucania (IReL) and Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza, Potenza, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0726-7085
Eustachio Vincenzo SantospiritoTissue Typing Laboratory C.R.T. Basilicata, Madonna delle Grazie Hospital, Matera, Italy.
Rosa ColucciTissue Typing Laboratory C.R.T. Basilicata, Madonna delle Grazie Hospital, Matera, Italy.
Nancy LascaroRheumatology Institute of Lucania (IReL) and Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza, Potenza, Italy.
Angela Anna PadulaRheumatology Institute of Lucania (IReL) and Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza, Potenza, Italy.
Salvatore D'AngeloRheumatology Institute of Lucania (IReL) and Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza, Potenza, Italy.

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Objectives: Behçet's syndrome (BS) is a chronic multisystemic inflammatory disorder of unclear aetiology. The predominant BS susceptibility locus was identified within HLA-B*51. HLA-B*51 subtypes were previously studied as disease susceptibility markers. Few data are now available about the relationship between B*51 subtypes and clinical phenotype. The aim of this study was to genotype HLA-B*51 subtypes in a series of Italian BS patients and to test the association with clinical manifestations and disease severity (Krause's index). Methods: HLA-B*51 subtype genotyping for 63 alleles (B*51:01-B*51:63) was performed by PCR after DNA extraction from whole blood of BS patients. The correlation of disease clinical manifestations and severity (Krause's index) with the HLA-B*51 allele and its subtypes was analysed. Results: We enrolled 241 (140 male and 101 female) BS patients, and HLA-B*51 frequency was 62.7% (151 of 241). One hundred and eight of the HLA-B*51-positive patients carried the B*51:01 subtype (108 of 151, 71.5%), 39 of 151 (25.8%) the B*51:08 subtype, 2 of 151 (1.3%) the B*51:02 subtype, 1 of 151 (0.7%) the B*51:05 subtype, and 1 of 151 (0.7%) the B*51:07 subtype. We found that ocular involvement was statistically associated with HLA-B*51 positivity and with B*51:01 and B*51:08 subtypes ( Conclusion: Here, we confirm a high frequency of the HLA-B*51 allele in our group of BS patients. B*51:01 and B*51:08 were found to be the most common subtypes, and an association of both subtypes with ocular involvement was also underlined.

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Behçet’s syndromegenotypingHLA-B*51subtypes

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