title: Human leukocyte antigens HLA DRB1 influence clinical outcome of chronic lymphocytic leukemia?
abstract: We investigated HLA DRB1 correlations with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) outcome in 90 patients. Neither of the alleles was associated with B-CLL clinical characteristics or mortality. HLA DRB1*01 and HLA DRB1*02-null were associated with shorter overall survival (p=0.007, p=0.002). Our results suggest that HLA-restricted adaptive immunity influences CLL outcome.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lech-Maranda
authors.forename: Przemyslaw
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Juszczynski
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szmigielska-Kaplon
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jamroziak
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Balcerczak
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Robak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000483:Alleles; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; C497841:HLA-DRB1*01 antigen; C521115:HLA-DRB1*02 antigen