Meta-analysis of the association between systemic lupus erythematosus with HLA-DQA1 in the Han nationality of Chinese in the mailand of China / 中华风湿病学杂志

Objective To explore the association between sysetemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with HLA-DQA1 in the mainland of China. Method The reported articles about SLE in mainland of China and HLA-DQA1 were searched and the meta-analysis via Rev man4.1 was performed. Result Seven studies enrolled 447 SLE patients and 503 controls, HLA-DOA1*0301 might be of protective value, P=0.000 07, OR=0.64 (0.52, 0.80). Conclusion Meta-analysis is an importmant method to determine the controversial results of the gene association studies performed in the mainland of China with small sample size.

Association of human leukocyte antigen DP and DQ with postpartum thyroiditis:an analysis of 52 cases / 中国实用内科杂志

Objective To study the genetic susceptibility in patients with postpartum thyroiditis(PPT)by genotyping their human leukocyte antigen(HLA)-DP and -DQ alleles.Methods The polymerase chain reaction-sequence based typing(PCR-SBP)method was used to analyze the distribution of HLA-DPA1,HLA-DPB1,HLA-DQA1 and HLA-DQB1 alleles among 52 PPT patients(31 clinical patients,21 subclinical patients)and 82 healthy controls.Compare the allele frequencies between various patient groups and the control population.Results There was no significant difference between patient group and control group.Conclusion Perhaps PPT is not associated with HLA-DP and HLA-DQ alleles.