• 대한의생명과학회지
• /
• 제4권1호
• /
• pp.11-25
• /
• 1998

HLA 유전자군은 인간의 유전자 중에서 가장 높은 유전적 다형성을 보이며, 분석방법에 따라 판정할 수 있는 대립유전자의 수에 많은 차이가 있다. 현재까지 혈청학적 방법을 이용하여 HLA항원형 구분을 하였으나, 최근 골수이식 등 여러 HLA활용분야에서 HLA유전자형 분석이 요구되고 있어, 많은 수의 HLA유전자형을 쉽고 정확하게 구분할 수 있는 HLA DNA typing 방법이 필요한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 HLA-A, B, C, DRBI 유전자형 구분은 PCR-SSP 방법을, HLA-DQAl, DQBl, DPBl 유전자형 구분은 PCR-RFLP 방법을 사용한 HLA DNA typing 방법으로 한국인에서 HLA 유전자형을 구분하고자 하였다. 본 방법을 이용하여 HLA형이 규명된 B-임파아구 표준세포에서 DNA typing을 실시하였을 때, 11차 국제 조직적 합성학회에서 발표된 결과와 모두 일치하였다. 한국인에서 HLA-A, -B, -C 대 립 유전자는 17종, 23종, 16종이 확인되었으며, HLA-DQAl, -DQBl, -DPBl, -DRBl 대립유전자는 8종, 16종, 13종, 37종이 확인되었다. 한국인에서 빈도가 높은 HLA-class I 유전자는 HLA-A 유전자에서 $A^*$02가 27.0%였으며 HLA-B 유전자에서 는 $B^*$40이 17.6%를 나타내 었고 HLA-C 유전자에서는 Cw$^*$0101이 19.2%로 가장 높은 빈도를 나타내었다. 한국인에서 가장 빈도가 높은 HLA-class II 유전자는 DQAl 유전자에서 DQAl$^*$0301이 32.1%였고, DQBl 유전자에서는 DQBl$^*$0303이 12.9%를 나타내었으며, DPBl 유전자에서는 DPBl$^*$0501이 31.3%였고 DRBl 유전자에서는 DRBl$^*$1501이 9.2%를 나타내었다. 본 연구에서 실시한 HLA DNA typing 방법은 비교적 빠른 시간 내에 많은 종류의 HLA 대립 유전자형을 정확하게 구분할 수 있으므로 앞으로 tissue typing 실험실에서 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다. 또한 DNA typing방법을 이용하여 분석한 한국인의 HLA-class I, II 유전자군의 유전자형 빈도는 골수이식을 비롯한 각종 이식검사, 특수 질환 관련검사나 인류유전학연구 등 HLA 유전자의 임상적 활용을 위한 자료로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
• /
• 제46권6호
• /
• pp.558-563
• /
• 2009

Objective : Moyamoya disease (MMD) is an uncommon cerebrovascular disorder, characterized by progressive occlusion at the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery. Incidence of the disease is high in East Asia and familial MMD accounts for about 15% of the disease. Although the pathogenesis is unknown, association of HLA class I or II alleles with MMD has been reported with conflicting results. We investigated whether there is a difference in HLA class II association between familial and non-familial forms of the disease. Methods : A total of 70 Korean children with MMD, including 16 familial cases (10 probands), and 207 healthy controls were studied. Among familial cases, only 10 probands were used for the HLA frequency analysis. High resolution HLA-DRB1 and DQB1 genotyping was performed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-sequence specific oligonucleotide hybridization and PCR-single strand conformation polymorphism methods. Results : The phenotype frequencies of HLA-DRB1*1302 (70.0%) and DQB1*0609 (40.0%) were significantly increased in familial MMD compared to both controls [vs. 15.5%, corrected p ($p_c$) = 0.008, odds ratio (OR) = 12.76; vs. 4.3%, $p_c\;=\;0.02$, OR = 14.67] and non-familial MMD patients (vs. 14.8%, $p_c\;=\;0.02$, OR = 13.42; vs. 1.9%, $p_c\;=\;0.02$, OR = 35.33). The frequencies of DRB1 and DQB1 alleles in non-familial MMD patients were not significantly different from those in controls. Conclusion : Our findings suggest that the genetic polymorphism of HLA class II genes or other closely linked disease relevant gene(s) could be a genetic predisposing factor for familial MMD.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
• /
• 제5권3호
• /
• pp.179-185
• /
• 2005

Background: Psoriasis is a multifactorial autoimmune skin disease with a pathogenesis that has remained obscure. Recently, T cells bearing natural killer receptors (NKRs) were precisely and strongly targeted as new putative pathogenic immunocytes in psoriasis. Among NKRs, killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) is the major molecule recognizing HLA class I allotypes and might be closely related to psoriasis. Methods: To investigate the association of KIR genotype and patients with psoriasis in Korean, we defined the 14 KIR genotypes in 96 patients with psoriasis and 86 healthy controls using PCR-SSP methods. Results: The frequencies of KIR2DS4 and KIR3DL1 were significantly decreased in psoriasis compared with controls (RR=0.21, p<0.02). When patients were divided into two subgroups at the age of onset, type I (<30 years) and type II ($({\geq}30$ years) respectively, these phenomena were similarly observed independent of groups divided (type I: RR=0.26, p<0.005; type II: RR=0.14, p<0.0006). When the patients were divided into subgroups according to the age of onset and family history, the frequencies of KIR2DS4, KIR3DL1, and KIR2DS3 were significantly decreased in type I compared with type II psoriasis (3DL1, 2DS4: p<0.004; 2DS3: p<0.04) and were significantly decreased in psoriasis without family history compared to with family history (3DL1, 2DS4: p<0.007; 2DS3: p<0.05). The frequency of haplotype combination BB was significantly increased in psoriasis compared with controls (RR=2.74, p<0.009). Conclusion: These results suggest that KIR genotype is a factor for the occurrence and development of psoriasis and in future how combinations of HLA and KIR genes influence psoriasis needs to be defined.