Year 2018 / Volume 110 / Number 7

Special Article

Recommendations to report and interpret HLA genetic findings in coeliac disease

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Concepción Núñez, José Antonio Garrote, Eduardo Arranz, José Ramón Bilbao, Fernando Fernández Bañares, Juana Jiménez, Teresa Perucho, Eva Ruiz Casares, Félix Sánchez-Valverde, Juan I. Serrano,

Coeliac disease (CD) is a chronic autoimmune enteropathy triggered by gluten and related prolamines in genetically predisposed individuals. Although CD is a polygenic disease, there is a strong association with genes of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region. Most patients present the HLA-DQ2 heterodimer, specifically the DQ2.5 isoform, which is present in around 90-96% of patients of European ancestry.

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