Publication Date:
2015-01-13
Description:
Narcolepsy, a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy and rapid eye movement sleep abnormalities, is tightly associated with human leukocyte antigen HLA-DQB1*06:02. DQB1*06:02 is common in the general population (10–30%); therefore, additional genetic factors are needed for the development of narcolepsy. In the present study, HLA-DQB1 in 664 Japanese narcoleptic subjects and 3131 Japanese control subjects was examined to determine whether HLA-DQB1 alleles located in trans of DQB1*06:02 are associated with narcolepsy. The strongest association was with DQB1*06:01 ( P = 1.4 x 10 –10 , odds ratio, OR = 0.39), as reported in previous studies. Additional predisposing effects of DQB1*03:02 were also found ( P = 2.5 x 10 –9 , OR = 1.97). A comparison between DQB1*06:02 heterozygous cases and controls revealed dominant protective effects of DQB1*06:01 and DQB1*05:01 . In addition, a single-nucleotide polymorphism-based conditional analysis controlling for the effect of HLA-DQB1 was performed to determine whether there were other independent HLA associations outside of HLA-DQB1 . This analysis revealed associations at HLA-DPB1 in the HLA class II region (rs3117242, P = 4.1 x 10 –5 , OR = 2.45; DPB1*05:01 , P = 8.1 x 10 –3 , OR = 1.39). These results indicate that complex HLA class II associations contribute to the genetic predisposition to narcolepsy.
Print ISSN:
0964-6906
Electronic ISSN:
1460-2083
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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