Evidence of linkage with HLA-DR in DRB1*15-negative families with multiple sclerosis

A. Ligers, D. A. Dyment, C. J. Willer, A. D. Sadovnick, G. Ebers, N. Risch, J. Hillert, S. Hashimoto, D. Paty, J. Oger, V. Devonshire, J. Hooge, L. Kastrukoff, G. Rice, L. Metz, S. Warren, W. Hader, T. Auty, C. Power, P. O'ConnorR. Nelson, M. Freedman, D. Brunet, R. Paulseth, Y. Lapierre, P. Duquette, J. Bouchard, T. Murray, V. Bhan, C. Maxner, W. Pryse-Phillips, M. Stefanelli

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The importance of the HLA-DR locus to multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility was assessed in 542 sib pairs with MS and in their families. By genotyping 1,978 individuals for HLA-DRB1 alleles, we confirmed the well-established association of MS with HLA-DRB1*15 (HLA-DRB1*1501 and HLA-DRB5*0101), by the transmission/disequilibrium test (χ2 = 138.3; P < .0001). We obtained significant evidence of linkage throughout the whole data set (mlod = 4.09; 59.9% sharing). Surprisingly, similar sharing was also observed in 58 families in which both parents lacked the DRB1*15 allele (mlod = 1.56; 62.7% sharing; P = .0081). Our findings suggest that the notion that HLA-DRB1*15 is the sole major-histocompatibility-complex determinant of susceptibility in northern-European populations with MS may be incorrect. It remains possible that the association of MS with HLA-DRB1*15 is due to linkage disequilibrium with a nearby locus and/or to the presence of disease-influencing allele(s) in DRB1*15-negative haplotypes.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Pages (de-à)900-903
Nombre de pages4
JournalAmerican Journal of Human Genetics
Volume69
Numéro de publication4
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - 2001
Publié à l'externeOui

Note bibliographique

Funding Information:
This study was supported by Swedish Medical Research Council projects 11023 and 11220, by the Swedish Society for the Neurologically Disabled, by the Bibbi and Nils Jensens Foundation, by the Canadian Genetic Disease Network, by a grant from the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Scientific Research Foundation, and by Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Research Studentship awards (to D.A.D. and C.J.W.). Primers and reagents for HLA-DRB1 typing were generously provided by Dr. O. Olerup (Olerup SSP AB).

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)

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