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Abstract

Although much is known about the pathology of human chronic atrophic (type A, autoimmune) gastritis, its cause is poorly understood. Mouse experimental autoimmune gastritis (EAG) is a CD4+ T cell-mediated organ-specific autoimmune disease of the stomach that is induced by neonatal thymectomy of BALB/c mice. It has many features similar to human autoimmune gastritis. To obtain a greater understanding of the genetic components predisposing to autoimmune gastritis, a linkage analysis study was performed on (BALB/cCrSlc x C57BL/6)F2 intercross mice using 126 microsatellite markers covering 95% of the autosomal genome. Two regions with linkage to EAG were identified on distal chromosome 4 and were designated Gasa1 and Gasa2. The Gasa1 gene maps within the same chromosomal segment as the type 1 diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility genes Idd11 and Nba1, respectively. Gasa2 is the more telomeric of the two genes and was mapped within the same chromosomal segment as the type 1 diabetes susceptibility gene Idd9. In addition, there was evidence of quantitative trait locus controlling autoantibody titer within the telomeric segment of chromosome 4. The clustering of genes conferring susceptibility to EAG with those conferring susceptibility to type 1 diabetes is consistent with the coinheritance of gastritis and diabetes within human families. This is the first linkage analysis study of autoimmune gastritis in any organism and as such makes an important and novel contribution to our understanding of the etiology of this disease.

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Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2010 00:42
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