Christian Lundtoft, Ann Knight, Jennifer R S Meadows, Åsa Karlsson, Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist, Ewa Berglin, Øyvind Palm, Hilde Haukeland, Iva Gunnarsson, Annette Bruchfeld, Mårten Segelmark, Sophie Ohlsson, Aladdin J Mohammad, Per Eriksson, Peter Söderkvist, Lars Ronnblom, Roald Omdal, Roland Jonsson, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Johanna Dahlqvist
OBJECTIVE: The antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are inflammatory disorders with ANCA autoantibodies recognising either proteinase 3 (PR3-AAV) or myeloperoxidase (MPO-AAV). PR3-AAV and MPO-AAV have been associated with distinct loci in the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) region. While the association between MPO-AAV and HLA has been well characterised in East Asian populations where MPO-AAV is more common, studies in populations of European descent are limited...
April 4, 2024: RMD Open