title: HLA-E polymorphism in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
abstract: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has been known to be associated with HLA class I region. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between HLA-E and genetic susceptibility to nasopharyngeal carcinogenesis by comparing the frequencies of HLA-E alleles in 100 Thai NPC patients and 100 healthy controls. HLA-E typing was performed by means of polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe method. The frequency of the HLA-E*0103 allele and HLA-E*0103, 0103 genotype, but not others, was increased in NPC patients, compared to controls. This observation suggests a possible role for HLA-E in NPC development, possibly via natural killer cell or cytotoxic lymphocyte function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. fmednpt@md.chula.ac.th
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hirankarn
authors.forename: I
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authors.lastname: Kimkong
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authors.lastname: Mutirangura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000483:Alleles; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013785:Thailand; D000097625:HLA-E Antigens
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D000097625:HLA-E Antigens