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[Etiology and pathogenesis of spondyloarthritides]
Branimir Anić1, Mislav Cerovec
1Zavod za klinicku imunologiju i reumatologiju, Klinika za unutarnje bolesti, Klinicki bolnicki centar Zagreb, Kispatićeva 12, 10000 Zagreb.
Abstract:
Seronegative spondyloarthritides are inflammatory rheumatic diseases which are classified together because of numerous common and similar clinical, epidemiologic and genetic characteristics. Pathogenesis of seronegative spondyloarthritides is usually described as development of clinical characteristics of the disease in genetically susceptible person in the presence of favorable environmental factors. Development of seronegative spondyloarthritides, notably ankylosing spondylitis, is strongly connected with presence of the HLA-B27 gene. There are clear evidence that HLA-B27 positive individuals have significantly higher risk for disease development. The role of infection in occurence of seronegative spondyloarthritides is not completely understood--its role is better clarified in the case of reactive arthritis than in ankylosing spondylitis. The relation between HLA-B27 gene and infection is not clarified. Molecular mimicry theory is based on similarities between HLA-B27 molecule and microbial particle.
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