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Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a form of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy of unknown aetiology. A strong association with HLA class II (HLA-DR3) suggested a role for genes in the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in the predisposition to this disease. In this study, we have taken advantage of the ancestral haplotype (AH) concept and historical recombinations to map for a possible susceptibility gene(s) in the MHC. We performed detailed typing of three MHC-related HSP70 genes and defined allelic combinations in the context of MHC AH. We also modified existing methods to give a simple and accurate method for typing two TNF microsatellites. Using the HSP70 and TNF markers and HLA-DR, –B, and C4 typing of our patients with IBM, we defined a potential site for the MHC-associated susceptibility gene(s) in the region between HLA-DR and C4.
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Received: 16 July 1998 / Revised: 14 January 1999
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Kok, C., Croager, E., Witt, C. et al. Mapping of a candidate region for susceptibility to inclusion body myositis in the human major histocompatibility complex. Immunogenetics 49, 508–516 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002510050528
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002510050528