HLA-DR, DQ, and DP alleles were determined by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and oligonucleotide hybridization analysis in 50 Caucasian children with pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (PaJRA) and 82 controls. There was an increased frequency of DR5, DRw8, and DQw4, as well as individual DQ alpha and beta chains, DQA*0401 and DQB1*0402, respectively, in this group of patients. There was an absolute association between DRw8, DQw4, DQA1*0401, and DQB1*0402 in the patient population. HLA-DPw2.1 was also increased in frequency. There was little evidence of linkage disequilibrium found between DPw2.1 and DR5, DRw8, or DQw4. These MHC Class II associations were more characteristic of those patients with young age of onset (less than 5 years), rather than those with onset greater than or equal to 5 years of age. Our data confirmed the previous associations of HLA-DR5, DRw8, and DPw2.1 with PaJRA and suggested a new association for DQ alpha and beta genes in the clinical expression of this disease.
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