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The relationship between human leukocyte antigens (HLA) determinants and periodontitis has been examined by several authors without showing any particular pattern. However, no study has investigated the HLA-D determinants, which are generally associated with immune disorders, and rapidly progressive periodontitis (RPP). The HLA profile of 10 RPP patients was compared with that of a healthy control population (n = 120). Although no significant difference was found for HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLA-C, HLA-DR4 of the HLA-D group was found in 80% of patients but only in 38.3% of controls. A high frequency of HLA-DR4 has been reported in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. This finding may be significant in light of previous reports highlighting similarities between RA and periodontal disease.
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PMID:Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DR4. Positive association with rapidly progressing periodontitis. 349 13

The beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2-m) pattern in gingival biopsy specimen from 24 patients with chronic severe periodontitis (P), from 11 patients with juvenile periodontitis (JP), and from 24 periodontally healthy subjects (CO) was studied with an indirect immunoperoxidase method. No reactivity for beta 2-m was found in 71% of specimens in the P and CO groups, whereas 82% of the JP specimens showed positive beta 2-m staining in the epithelium. The reactivity was detected mostly in the upper layers of the epithelium. In all the three groups the beta 2-m reactivity was less frequent in the subepithelial connective tissue than in the epithelium proper, and it seemed to be confined to the inflammatory cells. In the JP group, prominent reactivity for beta 2-m was also located in intercellular bridges of the squamous cells. The significance of the results is discussed in terms of the cell differentiation in these diseases, including the function of beta 2-m related to the function of the classical HLA antigens (HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C).
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PMID:Gingival beta 2-microglobulin in juvenile and chronic periodontitis. 390 9

Certain human lymphocyte antigen (HLA) haplotypes have been correlated with the presence of certain diseases. To date no significant relationship between periodontitis and HLA haplotype has been demonstrated. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C haplotypes in patients resistant to chronic periodontitis and to determine if there is any association between specific HLA genes and periodontal health. Twenty-five healthy individuals who demonstrated a high resistance to periodontal disease (mean age 49.9 years) were matched to 25 subjects with chronic periodontitis and to a periodontally undiagnosed population of 22,000 individuals. Peripheral blood was taken and HLA specificity was determined by the microlymphocytotoxicity test. The results indicated a statistically significant increase in the occurrence of HLA-B5 (P = 0.0059) and a trend in the occurrence of HLA-A28 (P = 0.0565) in those patients resistant to periodontal disease when compared to the matched controls. When compared to the large random control group, a significant correlation was observed for HLA-A28 (P less than 0.01) in blacks and HLA-B5 (P less than 0.01) in whites. It is possible that the HLA-A28 and the HLA-B5 individual may have the ability to resist the progression of chronic periodontitis.
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PMID:Human lymphocyte antigen haplotype and resistance to periodontitis. 658 91