RGD Reference Report - Associations of human leucocyte antigen class II-DQB1 alleles with hepatitis C virus infection in Egyptian population: a multicentre family-based study. - Rat Genome Database

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Associations of human leucocyte antigen class II-DQB1 alleles with hepatitis C virus infection in Egyptian population: a multicentre family-based study.

Authors: El-Bendary, M  Neamatallah, M  Esmat, G  Kamel, E  Elalfy, H  Besheer, T  Eldeib, D  Eladl, A-H  El-Setouhy, M  El-Gilany, A-H  El-Waseef, A 
Citation: El-Bendary M, etal., J Viral Hepat. 2016 Dec;23(12):961-970. doi: 10.1111/jvh.12573. Epub 2016 Sep 7.
RGD ID: 14928327
Pubmed: PMID:27599887   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1111/jvh.12573   (Journal Full-text)

Hepatitis C infection is a global pandemic. HLA-DQB1 alleles are believed to have an effective role in immune response against HCV including susceptibility to or protection from this infection. The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of HLA-DQB1 alleles in the outcome of HCV genotype-4 infection through a family-based association study. Egyptian families with HCV (324) were recruited for this study (324 index positive for RNA-HCV, 225 positive relatives representing chronic hepatitis C cases and 582 family members negative for HCV-RNA [control], 63 of whom spontaneously cleared the virus. All subjects were genotyped for HLA-DQB1 alleles by sequence-specific primers (SSP-PCR) and sequence-based typing (SBT) methods. The frequency of DQB1*02:01:01 carriage was significantly higher in infected patients when compared to controls and those who spontaneously cleared virus (OR=5.47, P<.0001 and OR= 6.5234, P<.0001, respectively), and the carriage of the DQB1*03:01:01:01 allele was significantly higher in those who cleared and controls when compared to the infected patients (OR=0.2889, P<.0001 and OR=0.3016, P<.0001, respectively). On the other hand, the frequency of DQB1*06:01:01 and QB1*05:01:01:01 alleles was not associated with infection (comparison of infected and cleared patients showed OR of 2.1598 [P<.01]), but it becomes nonsignificant after adjustments with the Bonferroni formula (PC >0.05) and OR= 1.3523, P>.05, respectively. This study shows that clearance of HCV is associated with DQB1*03:01:01:01 allele and chronicity of HCV infection associated with the risk allele: DQB1*02:01:01.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
hepatitis C disease_progressionISOHLA-DQB1 (Homo sapiens)14928327; 14928327 RGD 
hepatitis C disease_progressionIAGP 14928327 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
RT1-Bb  (RT1 class II, locus Bb)

Genes (Mus musculus)
H2-Ab1  (histocompatibility 2, class II antigen A, beta 1)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
HLA-DQB1  (major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta 1)


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