Association of Human Leucocyte Antigen Class II, with viral load and immune response to Epstein-Barr virus in adult and pediatric Systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
Prabir DasRanjana Walker MinzBiman SaikiaAman SharmaShashi AnandHeera SinghSurjit SinghPublished in: Lupus (2022)
This study therefore indicates that different HLA-DRB1 allotypes confer susceptibility to SLE in children and adults and disease may be triggered by increased EBV reactivation.