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Relation of mesangial IgA glomerulonephritis to polymorphism of immunoglobulin heavy chain switch region.
A G Demaine, … , K I Welsh, E Ritz
A G Demaine, … , K I Welsh, E Ritz
Published February 1, 1988
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1988;81(2):611-614. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI113361.
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Relation of mesangial IgA glomerulonephritis to polymorphism of immunoglobulin heavy chain switch region.

Abstract

We have investigated the switch regions of Ig heavy chain genes of patients with IgA glomerulonephritis (IgA-GN) using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Genomic DNA from patients and controls was digested with the restriction endonuclease Sst I and transferred to nylon membranes using the Southern blot procedure and hybridized with a probe homologous to the switch region of the Ig C mu gene (S mu) which detects RFLPs in both S mu and the switch region of the Ig C alpha 1 gene (S alpha 1). A significant decrease in the frequency of the 2.6;2.1 kb heterozygous S mu phenotype was found in patients with IgA-GN (P = 0.003). With respect to the S alpha 1 region, there was a significant increase in the frequency of the 7.4 kb S alpha 1 phenotype (P = 0.002). In addition, a significant increase in the frequency of the 7.4 kb S alpha 1 allele was found (P = 0.0002). These results suggest that gene(s) within the Ig heavy chain loci may be important in the pathogenesis of IgA-GN.

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A G Demaine, M Rambausek, J F Knight, D G Williams, K I Welsh, E Ritz

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