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. 2020 Aug 11;6(3):00155-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00155-2020

TABLE 3.

HLA-DRB1, DQB1 genotypes in various forms of sarcoidosis

First author, year [ref.] Patients with sarcoidosis and Löfgren's syndrome Method of genotyping The statistically approved HLA genotypes Country
Of predisposition Protective
Berlin, 1997 [33] Sarcoidosis (n=122) PCR-SSP DRB1*03/17 - Scandinavia
Löfgren's syndrome (n=34) DRB1*17 -
Chronic form (n=57) DR B1*14/15 -
Bogunia-Kubik, 2001 [32] Sarcoidosis (n=53) PCR-SSP DRB1*03 DRB1*11 Poland
Planck, 2002 [35] Löfgren's syndrome (n=19) PCR-SSP DR B1*17 - Scandinavia
Foley, 2001 [36] Sarcoidosis (n=345) PCR-SSP DRB1*03 DRB1*01/04 UK, Poland, Czech Republic
Grunewald, 2010 [37] Sarcoidosis (n=724) PCR-SSP DRB1*03/14/15 DRB1*01/03/07 Scandinavia
Rossman, 2003 [38] Sarcoidosis (n= 948) PCR-SSP DRB1*11.01/15.01/12.01 DRB1*04.01/04.04/04.07/15.03 USA
black DRB1*11.01/1201 DRB1*15.03
white DRB1*11.01/04.02/15.01 DRB1*04.01
Darlington, 2011 [39] Patients with sarcoidosis (n=1000) out of whom had symptoms associated with HS (Heerfordt's syndrome) (n=83) PCR-SSP DRB1*04 - uveitis DRB1*04 - system sarcoidosis Sweden
Levin, 2015 [40] Sarcoidosis (n=1277) Illumina HumanOmni1-Quad DRB1*12/11 DRB1*03 African Americans
da Costa, 2013 [41] Sarcoidosis (n=63) QuantiGene Plex assay DRB1*14 DRB1*15/16 Brazil
Mortaz, 2015 [42] Pulmonary sarcoidosis (n=51), Extrapulmonary sarcoidosis (n=39) PCR-SSP DRB1 *7 – pulmonary,
DRB1 *12 - Extrapulmonary
- Iran
Ozyilmaz, 2014 [43] Pulmonary sarcoidosis (n=86), Extrapulmonary sarcoidosis (n=46) PCR-SSP DRB1*15 DRB1*11 - extrapulmonary
Sharma, 2003 [44] Sarcoidosis (n=56) PCR-SSP DRB1*11/14 (chronic form) DRB1*07 India
Voorter, 2005 [45] Sarcoidosis (n=149) PCR-SSP DRB1*15.01/01 – severe form - Netherlands
Yanardag, 2017 [46] Sarcoidosis (n=74) PCR-SSP DRB1*07/14/15 - Turkey
Papadopoulos, 2006 [47] Sarcoidosis (n=66) PCR-SSP DRB1*02/14 - Germany

HLA: human leukocyte antigen; PCR-SSP: single specific primer PCR.