Restriction fragment length polymorphisms of constant region genes of immunoglobulin lambda chains in Venezuelan patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Lupus

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 300-302

  Blasini, A M ^a   Delgado, M B ^a   Valdivieso, C ^a   Guevara, P ^b   Ramirez, J L ^b   Stekman, I L ^a   Rodriguez, M A ^a,d   Williams Jr , R C ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CARACAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Ctro Nac de Enferm Reumaticas   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Hispanic; Ig genes; RFLP; SLE

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0029842250     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096120339600500410     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Watts R, Isenberg DA. DNA antibody idiotypes: An analysis of their clinical connections and origins. Int Rev Immunol 1990; 5: 279-293.
2. Schur PH, Pandey JP, Fedrick JA. Gm allotypes in white patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 1985; 28: 828-830.
3. Fedrick JA et al. Gm allotypes in blacks with systemic lupus erythematosus. Hum Immunol 1983; 8: 177-181.
4. Stensky V, Kozma L, Szgedi G, Fand NR. Interplay of immunoglobulin G heavy chain markers (Gm) and HLA in predisposing to systemic lupus nephritis. J Immunogenetics 1986; 13: 11-17.
5. Sidebottom D, Grennan DM, Sanders PA, Read A. Immunoglobulin lambda chain genes in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1987; 46: 587-589.
6. Williams RC Jr et al. Kappa/lambda immunoglobulin distribution in Grave's thyroid-stimulating antibodies. Simultaneous analysis of Cλ gene polymorphisms. J Clin Invest 1988; 82: 1306-1312.
7. Tan EM et al. The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 1982; 25: 1271-1277.
8. Taub RA et al. Variable amplification of immunoglobulin λ light-chain genes in human populations. Nature 1983; 304: 172-174.
9. Whittingham S, Propert DN. Gm and Km allotypes, immune response and disease susceptibility. Monogr Allergy 1986; 19: 52-70.
10. Kumar A et al. Immunoglobulin heavy constant-region gene polymorphism in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 1991; 34: 1553-1556.
11. Moxley G. DNA polymorphism of immunoglobulin kappa confers risk for rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1989; 32: 634-637.
12. Paul E, Livneh A, Manheimer-Lory AJ, Diamond B. Characterization of the human Ig VλII gene family and analysis of VλII and Cλ polymorphism in systemic lupus erythematosus. J Immunol 1991; 147: 2771-2776.