Previously unexplained HLA antigens of combined immunodeficiency disease due to Ia alloantigens.

The presence of extra reactions in the HLA typing of a combined immunodeficiency patient may be attributed to B-cell alloantibodies in the HLA typing sera. The presence of these reactions can be used to identify HLA sera containing B-cell antibodies for further B-cell studies. The alloantibodies in this study have some association with the HLA-D determinants and segregate with HLA in normal families.

Histocompatibility (HLA) antigens and diabetic microangiopathy.

To gain further insight into the genetic determinants of diabetic small vessel disease, we studied 22 HLA antigens in 110 juvenile-onset, insulin-dependent diabetics with terminal glomerulosclerosis and retinopathy, who were being prepared for kidney transplant. HLA antigens were comtemporarily determined in non-diabetic kidney transplant recipients and healthy controls. The frequency of antigens A1 and B8 were significantly higher in diabetics than in controls (P less than .

Genetic association of multiple sclerosis and HL-A determinants.

Segregation of HL-A haplotypes was analyzed in 10 families in which there were at least two cases of multiple sclerosis. In nine families, multiple sclerosis was associated with only one parental HL-A haplotype. Specific HL-A determinants associated with multiple sclerosis differed among the families, suggesting that another histocompatibility-linked factor, possibly a gene determining susceptibility (or lack of resistance) played an etiologic role.