Research Article

Transporter TAP1-637G and Immunoproteasome PSMB9-60H Variants Influence the Risk of Developing Vitiligo in the Saudi Population

Table 3

Stratification of TAP1-D637G and PSMB9-R60H genotypes associated with different clinical types of vitiligo.

Vitiligo typeNumber of cases (%)TAP1-D637GPSMB9-R60H
(%) (%)
DDDGGGRRRHHH

VV44 (51.2)0 (0.0)24 (54.5)20 (45.5)10 (22.7)26 (59.1)8 (18.2)
UV6 (7.0)0 (0.0)4 (66.7)2 (33.3)2 (33.3)2 (33.3)2 (33.3)
FV18 (20.9)0 (0.0)4 (22.2)14 (77.8)6 (33.3)10 (55.6)2 (11.1)
AV16 (18.6)0 (0.0)10 (62.5)6 (37.5)6 (37.5)8 (50.0)2 (12.5)
SV2 (2.3)0 (0.0)2 (100)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)2 (100)0 (0.0)

AV: acral/acrofacial vitiligo; FV: focal vitiligo; SV: segmental vitiligo; UV: universalis vitiligo; VV: vulgaris vitiligo.
ā€œā€ is the number of genotypes in TAP1 or PSMB9 variants.