Objective To analyze the association between histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA-A/B,HLA-DRB/DQB) alleles and Eales disease, and to explore susceptible genes and protective genes associated with Eales disease in a population of Han from ZUN YI city in Guizhou province. Methods The subjects were analyzed by casecontrol study consisted of two groups such as normal control group and Eales disease group. DNA samples from 100 healthy people and 26 patients with Eales disease were detected by polymeriase chain reaction with sequencespecific primers (PCR-SSP). The alleles of HLA-A/B and HLA-DRB/DQB from Eales disease group were compared with those from control group by SPSS 13.0. Results The distribution frequency in Eales disease was HLAA01(P=0.041, OR=20.5), A02(P=0.000, OR=54.667, OR 95%CI:11.837-252.473), B55 (P=0.047, OR=4.524; OR 95%CI:1.200-17.047), HLA-DRB01(P=0.048, OR=5.879, OR95%CI:1.227-28.169). DQB05 (P=0.021, OR=2.769, OR95%CI=1.145-6.692) alleles, and obviously higher than control, but the frequency of HLAA11 (P=0.031, OR=0.383, OR95%CI=0.158-0.930) was obviously lower than control (P<0.05). Conclusion The results showed that the alleles of HLAA01, A02, B55, DRB01, DQB05 may associate with an antagonist effect in Eales disease, but HLAA11 may be a protective gene of this disease.
ObjectiveTo analyze the clinical characteristics and renal outcome of elderly patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV) with renal involvement. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 147 patients with ANCA relate vasculitis treated between June 2006 and June 2012. Based on the age, the patients were divided into elderly group (65 years or older, n=50) and non-elderly group (younger than 65, n=97). The disease course, clinical characteristics, ANCA serological indexes, renal pathological change and prognosis of patients in the two groups were compared and studied. ResultsIn the elderly group, there were 3 cases of Wegener granulomatosis (WG), 45 of microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), and 2 of pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis (PICGN). The non-elderly group had 8 cases of WG, 82 of MPA, 6 of PICGN, and 1 of allergic angitis granulomatosis. There were 5 cases of positive cANCA and 44 of positive pANCA in the elderly group. The elderly patients had significantly more pulmonary involvement than the younger patients (P=0.030). No significant difference was detected between the two groups in combined pulmonary infection (P=0.281) or combined infectious index C-reactive protein (P=0.326). Elderly patients were less likely to respond to sufficient treatment with pulse intravenous methylprednisolone therapy (P=0.035) and cyclophosphamide (P=0.043), and had worse renal outcome than younger patients (P=0.040). ConclusionElderly patients with AAV have more prevalent pulmonary involvement and have severe complication of pulmonary infection, which affects mortality and morbidity of ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis.