Maternal homozygocity for a 14 base pair insertion in exon 8 of the HLA-G gene and carriage of HLA class II alleles restricting HY immunity predispose to unexplained secondary recurrent miscarriage and low birth weight in children born to these patients

Ole B Christiansen, Astrid M Kolte, Mette Dahl, Elisabeth C Larsen, Rudi Steffensen, Henriette S Nielsen, Thomas V Hviid

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    Abstract

    Homozygous carriage of a 14 base pair (bp) insertion in exon 8 of the HLA-G gene may be associated with low levels of soluble HLA-G and recurrent miscarriage (RM). We investigated the G14bp insertion(ins)/deletion(del) polymorphism in 339 women with unexplained RM and 125 control women. In all patients and patients with secondary RM after a firstborn boy, 19.2% and 23.9%, respectively, were G14bp ins/ins compared with 11.2% of controls (p
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalHuman Immunology
    Volume73
    Issue number7
    Pages (from-to)699-705
    Number of pages7
    ISSN0198-8859
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2012

    Keywords

    • Abortion, Habitual
    • Alleles
    • DNA Mutational Analysis
    • Female
    • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
    • H-Y Antigen
    • HLA-G Antigens
    • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
    • Homozygote
    • Humans
    • Immunity
    • Infant, Low Birth Weight
    • Infant, Newborn
    • Male
    • Mutagenesis, Insertional
    • Polymorphism, Genetic
    • Protein Binding

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