title: HLA association with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in southern Tunisia.
abstract: In order to study the association of HLA-A, -B and/or DRB1, DQB1 and the nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), 141 patients affected with NPC were typed for the HLA class I by serology method of microlymphocytotoxicity. Among these patients 101 were genotyped for HLA class II system by the PCR-SSP technique. HLA typing results were compared to those of 116 controls. We found that the HLA-A31 and -A33 antigens were significantly more expressed in patients than in the controls (P = 0.016 and 0.010, respectively) and the HLA-A19 antigen, was significantly more frequent in patients when compared to the controls (P = 0.007). The HLA-DRB1*03 and DRB1*13 alleles were significantly more frequent in patients as compared to the controls. The DRB1*01 allele was expressed with a frequency of 20.69% in the controls whereas it was only detected in 3.96% of the NPC patients. Furthermore, the DQB1*05 allele was expressed at a frequency which was significantly less important in affected patient (P = 0.03), whereas, the DQB1*02 allele was more frequent in patients (P = 0.643 x 10(-4)). Thus our study revealed a significant increase of HLA-A31, A33, A19, B16, B53 and DRB1*03, DRB1*13 and DQB1*02 alleles in our patients. These markers could play a predisposing role in the development of NPC. In contrast, a decrease of HLA-B14, -B35 and DRB1*01 and DQB1*05 alleles was found suggesting a likely protective effect.
authors.affiliation: Immunology Laboratory, University Hospital Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Hafedh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makni
authors.forename: Jamel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Daoud
authors.forename: Hanène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ben Salah
authors.forename: Nedia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mahfoudh
authors.forename: Olfa
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Haddar
authors.forename: Héla
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karray
authors.forename: Tahya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boudawara
authors.forename: Abdelmonême
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghorbel
authors.forename: Abdelmajid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khabir
authors.forename: Mounir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frikha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D010641:Phenotype; D014416:Tunisia; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens