Title

Strong Influence of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-DP Gene Variants on Development of Persistent Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Carriers in the Han Chinese Population

Authors

Xiuchan Guo, Wenzhou Medical College - China; Chinese Center for Disease Control; National Cancer Institute at Frederick
Yong Zhang, Chinese Center for Disease Control
Ji Li, National Cancer Institute at Frederick
Jingchen Ma, Hebei Province's Center for Disease Control and Prevention - China
Zuli Wei, Luohe's Center for Disease Control and Prevention - China
Wenjie Tan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Stephen J. O'Brien, National Cancer Institute at FrederickFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2011

Publication Title

Hepatology

ISSN

0270-9139

Volume

53

Issue/No.

2

First Page

422

Last Page

428

Abstract

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major health issue, especially in Asia. A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) implicated genetic variants in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DP locus associated with chronic hepatitis B in Japanese and Thai populations. To confirm whether the polymorphisms at the HLA-DP genes are associated with persistent chronic HBV infection in Han Chinese, we conducted an independent case-control study using 521 persistent chronic HBV carriers and 819 controls that included 571 persons with HBV natural clearance and 248 never HBV-infected (healthy) individuals. Eleven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a region including HLA-DPA and HLA-DPB and an adjacent SNP in strong linkage disequilibrium (LD) with a neighboring HLA-DR13 locus were genotyped using the TaqMan SNP genotyping assay. Eleven variants at HLA-DP showed a strong association with persistent chronic HBV carrier status (P = 1.82 × 10⁻¹² to 0.01). We also stratified the analysis by HBV clearance status to test the association between these polymorphisms and HBV natural clearance; similar results were obtained (P = 2.70 × 10⁻¹¹ to 0.003). Included SNPs define highly structured haplotypes that were also strongly associated with HBV chronic infection (block 1: odds ratio [OR] = 0.54, P = 8.73 × 10⁻⁷; block 2: OR = 1.98, P = 1.37 × 10⁻¹⁰). These results further confirm that genetic variants in the HLA-DP locus are strongly associated with persistent HBV infection in the Han Chinese population.

Comments

©2010 by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Additional Comments

National Cancer Institute contract #: N01-CO-12400

NSUWorks Citation

Guo, Xiuchan; Yong Zhang; Ji Li; Jingchen Ma; Zuli Wei; Wenjie Tan; and Stephen J. O'Brien. 2011. "Strong Influence of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-DP Gene Variants on Development of Persistent Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Carriers in the Han Chinese Population." Hepatology 53, (2): 422-428. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/447

ORCID ID

0000-0001-7353-8301

ResearcherID

N-1726-2015