title: Association of DRB1*1501 with disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in North American AIDS patients.
abstract: The HLA class II allele, DR2 (DRB1*1501), has been repeatedly found to be associated with development of tuberculosis and leprosy. We searched for associations of these and other class II alleles with disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection (DMAC) in North American Caucasian homosexual AIDS patients. Molecular typing for HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles in 176 cases of DMAC and 176 matched controls showed an association of accelerated onset of disease with DRB1*1501 (and the closely linked DQB1*0602) that was stronger upon adjustment for the degree and duration of CD4+ cell deficiency (P=0.04) and in multivariate analysis (P=0.02) than in unadjusted analysis. A similar trend was seen with DRB1*0701, and no other allele showed a relationship of similar magnitude. M. avium complex organisms may more effectively evade host defenses in individuals carrying an HLA polymorphism identical to that associated with M. tuberculosis and M. leprae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0022, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kaslow
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality; D000483:Alleles; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; C069051:HLA-DQB1 antigen; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D004247:DNA