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Fulltext Systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as parotitis and secondary Sjogren's syndrome

Azarisman Shah MS, Heselynn H

Singapore Med J, 2007 Feb;48(2):e60-1.

A 38-year-old woman presented with right-sided parotid swelling, dry mouth and dry eyes of one year duration. Her Schirmer's test and sialometry were positive and histopathology showed lymphoplasmacytic infiltration. She also had concomitant normochromic , normocytic anaemia and mild haematuria. Her anti-nuclear antibody titre was also positive, 1:640, with a speckled pattern on immunofluorescence. We discuss the atypical presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus, particularly parotitis and secondary Sjogren's syndrome.

HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles and haplotypes in 194 Southeast Asia Chinese from Peninsular Malaysia

Too CL, Tan LK, Heselynn H, Nor-Shuhaila S, Eashwary M, Wahinuddin S, et al.

Hum Immunol, 2019 Nov;80(11):906-907.

PMID: 31558331 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2019.09.005

A total of 194 Southeast Asia Chinese from Peninsular Malaysia were genotyped for HLA-A, -B, -C -DRB1, and -DQB1 loci using polymerase chain reaction sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe hybridization methods. In this report, the HLA-B, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 were in Hardy-Weinberg proportions (HWEP) (p > 0.05). We observed significant deviation from HWEP in HLA-A (p 

HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles and haplotypes in 951 Southeast Asia Malays from Peninsular Malaysia

Tan LK, Mohd-Farid B, Salsabil S, Heselynn H, Wahinuddin S, Lau IS, et al.

Hum Immunol, 2016 Oct;77(10):818-819.

PMID: 27370684 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2016.06.022

A total of 951 Southeast Asia Malays from Peninsular Malaysia were genotyped for HLA-A, -B, -C -DRB1, and -DQB1 loci using polymerase chain reaction sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe hybridization methods. In this report, there were significant deviation from Hardy-Weinberg proportions for the HLA-A (p<0.0001), -B (p<0.0001), -DRB1 (p<0.0001) and -DQB1 (p<0.01) loci. Minor deviations from HWEP were detected for HLA-C (p=0.01). This genotype data was available in Allele Frequencies Network Database (AFND) Gonzalez-Galarza et al. (2015).

Fulltext The spectrum of association in HLA region with rheumatoid arthritis in a diverse Asian population: evidence from the MyEIRA case-control study

Tan LK, Too CL, Diaz-Gallo LM, Wahinuddin S, Lau IS, Heselynn H, et al.

Arthritis Res Ther, 2021 01 30;23(1):46.

PMID: 33514426 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-021-02431-z

BACKGROUND: Fine-mapping of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk factors has identified several HLA alleles and its corresponding amino acid residues as independent signals (i.e., HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-DPB1, and HLA-DQA1 genes), in addition to the well-established genetic factor in HLA-DRB1 gene. However, this was mainly performed in the Caucasian and East Asian populations, and data from different Asian regions is less represented. We aimed to evaluate whether there are independent RA risk variants in both anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)-positive and ACPA-negative RA patients from the multi-ethnic Malaysian population, using the fine-mapping of HLA region strategy.

METHODS: We imputed the classical HLA alleles, amino acids, and haplotypes using the Immunochip genotyping data of 1260 RA cases (i.e., 530 Malays, 259 Chinese, 412 Indians, and 59 mixed ethnicities) and 1571 controls (i.e., 981 Malays, 205 Chinese, 297 Indians, and 87 mixed ethnicities) from the Malaysian Epidemiological Investigation of Rheumatoid Arthritis (MyEIRA) population-based case-control study. Stepwise logistic regression was performed to identify the independent genetic risk factors for RA within the HLA region.

RESULTS: We confirmed that the HLA-DRB1 amino acid at position 11 with valine residue conferred the strongest risk effect for ACPA-positive RA (OR = 4.26, 95% CI = 3.30-5.49, PGWAS = 7.22 × 10-29) in the Malays. Our study also revealed that HLA-DRB1 amino acid at position 96 with histidine residue was negatively associated with the risk of developing ACPA-positive RA in the Indians (OR = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.37-0.62, PGWAS = 2.58 × 10-08). Interestingly, we observed that HLA-DQB1*03:02 allele was inversely related to the risk of developing ACPA-positive RA in the Malays (OR = 0.17, 95% CI = 0.09-0.30, PGWAS = 1.60 × 10-09). No association was observed between the HLA variants and risk of developing ACPA-negative RA in any of the three major ethnic groups in Malaysia.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrate that the RA-associated genetic factors in the multi-ethnic Malaysian population are similar to those in the Caucasian population, despite significant differences in the genetic architecture of HLA region across populations. A novel and distinct independent association between the HLA-DQB1*03:02 allele and ACPA-positive RA was observed in the Malays. In common with the Caucasian population, there is little risk from HLA region for ACPA-negative RA.

HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles and haplotypes in 271 Southeast Asia Indians from Peninsular Malaysia

Nurul-Aain AF, Tan LK, Heselynn H, Nor-Shuhaila S, Eashwary M, Wahinuddin S, et al.

Hum Immunol, 2020 Jun;81(6):263-264.

PMID: 32312605 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2020.04.004

A total of 271 Southeast Asia Indians from Peninsular Malaysia were genotyped for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQB1 loci using polymerase chain reaction sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe hybridization methods. In this report, HLA-B and HLA-DQB1 was in Hardy-Weinberg proportions (HWEP) (p > 0.05). We observed significant deviation from the HWEP for HLA-A (p

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