rs7769979
This variant is located in the HLA-DQB2 gene.
▶Research that mentions this SNP (1)
▶MHC region and risk of systemic lupus erythematosus in African American womenAssociationN=1,145Ruiz-Narvaez EA et al.(2011)· Human Genetics
Case-control study in 380 African-American SLE cases and 765 controls identified four independent SNPs in the MHC region associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. The strongest signal was rs9271366 (OR=1.70, p=5.6×10⁻⁵) near HLA-DRB1, with conditional analysis revealing three additional independent variants: rs204890 (OR=1.86, p=1.2×10⁻⁴) in ATF6B, rs2071349 (OR=1.53, p=1.0×10⁻³) in HLA-DPB1, and rs2844580 (OR=1.43, p=1.3×10⁻³) near HLA-B/MICA. A combined genotype score showed additive risk with OR=1.67 per high-risk allele (p<0.0001).
About HLA-DQB2
HLA-DQB2 belongs to the family of HLA class II beta chain paralogs. Class II molecules are heterodimers consisting of an alpha (DQA) and a beta chain (DQB), both anchored in the membrane. They play a central role in the immune system by presenting peptides derived from extracellular proteins. Class II molecules are expressed in antigen presenting cells (APC: B lymphocytes, dendritic cells, macrophages). Polymorphisms in the alpha and beta chains specify the peptide binding specificity, and typing for these polymorphisms is routinely done for bone marrow transplantation. However this gene, HLA-DQB2, is not routinely typed, as it is not thought to have an effect on transplantation. There is conflicting evidence in the literature and public sequence databases for the protein-coding capacity of HLA-DQB2. Because there is evidence of transcription and an intact ORF, HLA-DQB2 is represented in Entrez Gene and in RefSeq as a protein-coding locus. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2010]
View all HLA-DQB2 variants →Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.
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