Association of the major histocompatibility complex with response to infliximab therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients

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Abstract Objective To determine whether major histocompatibility complex (MHC) polymorphisms are associated with a good or poor response to infliximab therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Seventy‐eight infliximab‐treated patients with RA were genotyped for HLA–DRB1, HLA–DQA1, HLA–DQB1, MHC class I chain–related gene A (MICA) transmembrane polymorphism alleles, and tumor necrosis factor a (TNFa), TNFb, TNFc, TNFd, TNFe, D6S273, HLA–B–associated transcript 2 (BAT2), and D6S2223 microsatellites. Chi‐square tests were performed to compare allele proportions between responder and nonresponder patients. A control sample of 342 healthy individuals was also included to detect linkage disequilibrium between pairs of markers. Results Among responders, the frequency of the TNFa11;b4 minihaplotype was increased (41% versus 16% in nonresponders; P = 0.01) and that of the D6S273_3 allele was decreased (32% versus 56% in nonresponders; P = 0.04). The D6S273_4/BAT2_2 pair was much more frequently observed among responders (46% versus 11% in nonresponders; P = 0.001). When compared with controls, this pair of alleles was found to be associated only with the group of responder patients (46% in responders versus 17% in controls; P = 0.00002). Most of the time, these markers are present in a DRB1*0404/D6S273_4/BAT2_2/TNFa11;b4 context. No statistically significant differences were observed for MICA and D6S2223 polymorphisms and for shared epitope status. Conclusion The data suggest that genetic determinants of response to infliximab therapy exist in the HLA complex.

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