Bias in parental transmission of the HLA-DR3 allele in Sardinian multiple sclerosis
MARROSU, MARIA GIOVANNA;SARDU, CLAUDIA;COCCO, ELEONORA;MURRU, RAFFAELE;CONTU, PAOLO
2004-01-01
Abstract
The authors analyzed the female: male (F:M) ratio according to the HLA-DRB1-DQB1 genotype in a cohort of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients from Sardinia, where the disease is associated with DR3 and DR4. In the whole cohort of 1,097 patients, F:M ratio was 2.24; however, it was 2.88 in DR3/DR3 and 2.52 in DR3/DRX (X#DR3 and DR4) individuals. Parental transmission of DR3 and DR4, assessed in a set of 565 case-parent triads, showed evidence of paternal inheritance of DR3 in affected women, thus explaining the excess of females in the DR3 categoryItems in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.