BACKGROUND: To evaluate the distributions of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) at class I and II loci that may contribute to the genetic susceptibility to psoriasis patients in the north-eastern Thai population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed the allelic frequencies of HLA class I and II by using the polymerase chain reaction-amplification refractory mutation system (PCR-ARMS) technique and polymerase chain reaction-single stranded conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP), respectively, in 140 north-eastern Thais with psoriasis that were sudivided into two groups: one with age at onset < 40 years (type I psoriasis; 95 cases) and the other with age at onset > 40 years (type II psoriasis; 45 cases). Three hundred healthy unrelated north-eastern Thais were used as controls. RESULTS: HLA-A*01, -A*0207, -A*30, -B*08, -B*13, -B*4601, -B*57, -Cw*01, -Cw*0602, and -DRB1*07 were positively associated with type I psoriasis, whereas HLA-A*24, -A*33, and -Cw*04 were negatively associated with type I psoriasis with statistical significance when compared to the controls. The Cw*0602 allele showed the strongest correlation with this type. In addition, the frequencies of HLA-A*0207, -A*30, -Cw*01, and -DRB1*1401 were significantly increased in type II psoriasis. HLA-A*207, -B*4601, -Cw*01, -DRB1*09, -DQB1*0303 (AH46.1), HLA-A*01-B*57-Cw*0602-DRB1*07-DQB1*0303 (AH57.1), and HLA-A*30, -B*13, -Cw*0602, -DRB1*07, and -DQB1*02 (AH13.1) were identified as high-risk major histocompatibility complex (MHC) halotypes for psoriasis patients in the early onset group in north-eastern Thais. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates not only the differential association between HLA markers and types of psoriasis according to age at onset, but also a newly found high-risk and a protective haplotype in Thai psoriasis patients. 相似文献
A 22-year-old Thai woman was hospitalized with a 1-month history of high-grade fever and slowly progressing multiple erythematous painful nodules on both legs. A history of arthralgia in the knee and ankle joints was presented. She had been treated with acetaminophen and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) from a provincial hospital before, but without improvement. She denied the histories of upper respiratory tract infection, jaundice, tuberculosis, and taking any drugs before skin eruption. On physical examination, she had a temperature of 40 °C, a pulse rate of 90 beats per minute, a respiratory rate of 22 breaths per minute, and a blood pressure of 110/60 mmHg. She had multiple 1–4 cm erythematous, oval, tender, nodules on the pretibial area of both legs. Some nodules also had fluctuation and hemorrhagic bullae ( Fig. 1 ). Other physical examinations were normal, except for positive splenic dullness on percussion. Figure 1 Open in figure viewer PowerPoint Erythematous, subcutaneous nodules with hemorrhagic bleb on both legs 相似文献
Quantification of the mechanical properties of the iris is necessary to assess the clinical significance of passive iris deformation, which has been suggested as a mechanism for angle closure glaucoma. The animal model simulating the total pupillary block was developed to simulate angle closure glaucoma, and experiments were performed on isolated porcine irises, deformation of the iris was captured when changing the pressure difference between the posterior and anterior chamber. A simple mechanical model was used to account for the geometry of the experiment. The relationship between the area strain (delta) and the pressure differences between the posterior and anterior chamber (P') is described as delta=b(0)+b(1)LnP'. Furthermore the radial 2D elastic mechanics parameter was calculated. The average 2D elastic mechanics parameter of porcine iris was found to be 5.3N/m in the radial direction and 24.7N/m in azimuthal direction. Experimental results provide reliable theoretical and experimental base for explanation of the blindness caused by Glaucoma. 相似文献