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Background Rheumatoid arthritis is a complex multifactorial chronic disease, the importance of human leukocytic antigen (HLA) as a major genetic risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis was studied worldwide. The objective of this study is to identify the association of HLA-DRB1 subtypes with rheumatoid arthritis and its severity in Kurdish region. Methods A case–control study recruited 65 rheumatoid arthritis patients and 100 healthy individuals as control group all over the Kurdistan region/Iraq. Both patient and control groups are genotyped using polymerase chain reaction with sequence specific primer. Anti-CCP antibodies were measured by ELISA test. Rheumatoid factor, C-reactive protein, and disease activity score 28 which measured by DAS-28 values were calculated. The DAS-28 was used to assess the clinical severity of the patients. Results HLA-DRB1-0404 and HLA-DRB1-0405 frequencies showed a strong association with disease susceptibility (P &lt; 0.001). The frequency of HLA-DRB1-0411 and HLA-DRB1-0413 were significantly higher in control group (P &lt; 0.001). The frequency of rheumatoid factor and Anti-CCP were significantly higher among shared epitope-positive patients compared to shared epitope-negative patients (P &lt; 0.001). Regarding the disease activity by DAS-28, rheumatoid arthritis patients didn’t show significant difference between the shared epitope-positive and shared epitope-negative patients. Conclusions HLA-DR0404 and HLA-DR0405 alleles are related to RA, while HLA-DR1-0411 and HLA-DRB1-0413 protect against RA in the Kurdistan region in the North of Iraq.

Association of rheumatoid arthritis and its severity with human leukocytic antigen-DRB1 alleles in Kurdish region in North of Iraq