Histocompatibility leukocyte antigen patterns in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cases from California.
Histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A2 in the first locus and less than two antigens in the second locus were found to be significantly associated with an increased risk to nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Chinese. HLA-A2 in the first locus alone was responsible for the increased risk. No significant HLA patterns were found to be associated with the Caucasian population.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D002140:California; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D012306:Risk; D044465:White People
D006680:HLA Antigens