Human Reproduction, Vol 13, 33-38, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press
C Ober, T Hyslop, S Elias, LR Weitkamp and WW Hauck
The role that maternal and fetal human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes play
in pregnancy is unknown, but it has been suggested that fetuses whose HLA
alleles do not differ from maternal alleles (i.e. histocompatible fetuses)
are more likely to be aborted than fetuses with HLA alleles that differ
from maternal alleles (i.e. histoincompatible fetuses). To elucidate the
role of HLA compatibility in pregnancy, we tested the hypothesis that
couples who match for HLA alleles or haplotypes would have reduced
fertility because only these couples could produce histocompatible fetuses.
We conducted a 10 year prospective study of HLA matching and pregnancy
outcome in 111 Hutterite couples, providing information on 251 pregnancies.
A logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the effects of
HLA matching at HLA regions and loci on pregnancy outcome (fetal loss
versus delivery). Significantly increased fetal loss rates were observed
among couples matching for the entire 16-locus haplotype (P = 0.002). Among
the individual loci, loss rates were increased among couples matching for
HLA-B (P = 0.019), HLA-C (P = 0.033) and the complement component, C4 (P =
0.043). We interpret these results as evidence that matching for the entire
16-locus haplotype and/or alleles at an HLA-B-linked locus confers
significant risk for fetal loss.
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Human leukocyte antigen matching and fetal loss: results of a 10 year prospective study
Center for Medical Genetics and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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