Novel association of HLA-haplotypes with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) in a southern European population
Neri T, Cavestro G, Seghini P, Zanelli P, Zanetti A, Savi M, Podda M, Zuin M, Colombo M, Floreani A, Rosina F, Porro G, Strazzabosco M, Okolicsanyi L. Novel association of HLA-haplotypes with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) in a southern European population. Digestive And Liver Disease 2003, 35: 571-576. PMID: 14567462, DOI: 10.1016/s1590-8658(03)00274-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary sclerosing cholangitisHLA-DRB1PSC patientsSclerosing cholangitisFrequency of patientsFrequency of DRB1Tumor necrosis factorPolymerase chain reaction-based methodologyMHC region genesNecrosis factorHLA haplotypeHLA-DQB1T polymorphismNormal controlsPatientsDRB1CFTR geneMajor histocompatibility complex (MHC) genesHLA regionHaplotype frequenciesSouthern European populationsCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) geneCholangitisDNA levelsHomozygous genotype