ABSTRACT
AIM: To analyze association of HLA antigens with clinical variants of chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN)in 106 patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: HLA association with the time of development of terminal chronic renal failure (CRF) from the moment of detection of initial CRF was studied in 80 patients. Determination of HLA of class I was conducted in the lymphocytotoxic test. DRB1 genes specificity was determined with DNA polymerase chain reaction. The control group consisted of 341 healthy citizens of Novosibirsk. Common HLA associations of latent and hypertensive, latent and nephrotic CGN variants were found demonstrating their succession. HLA associations with a mixed CGN variant defining its genetic isolation were established. It is shown that development of terminal CRF at different time since the disease onset is associated with different HLA alleles. The findings allow prognosis of clinical CGN variants, time of development of terminal CRF.
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Glomerulonephritis/epidemiology , Glomerulonephritis/immunology , HLA Antigens/immunology , Adult , Chronic Disease , DNA/genetics , Female , Glomerulonephritis/genetics , Humans , Male , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Prevalence , RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics , Siberia/epidemiologyABSTRACT
AIM: To ascertain whether HLA antigens are associated with morphological forms of chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN). MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis was made of HLA distribution in 122 patients with proliferative and nonproliferative forms of CGN at different stages of fibroplastic transformation and addition of the tubulointerstitial component. Testing of HLA antigens of class I was conducted by lymphocytotoxicity; specificity of DRBI genes was investigated by DNA polymerase chain reaction. The control group consisted of 341 healthy citizens of Novosibirsk. RESULTS: HLA-associations typical for each morphological CGN form, characteristic differences between them were established. CONCLUSION: The tables were plotted allowing estimation of probability of each of CGN morphological forms.