title: Combination of human leukocyte antigen and killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genetic background influences the onset age of hepatocellular carcinoma in male patients with hepatitis B virus infection.
abstract: To investigate whether killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genetic background could influence the onset age of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, one hundred and seventy-one males with HBV-related HCC were enrolled. The presence of 12 loci of KIR was detected individually. HLA-A, -B, and -C loci were genotyped with high resolution by a routine sequence-based typing method. The effect of each KIR locus, HLA ligand, and HLA-KIR combination was examined individually by Kaplan-Meier (KM) analysis. Multivariate Cox hazard regression model was also applied. We identified C1C1-KIR2DS2/2DL2 as an independent risk factor for earlier onset age of HCC (median onset age was 44 for C1C1-KIR2DS2/2DL2 positive patients compared to 50 for negative patients, P = 0.04 for KM analysis; HR = 1.70, P = 0.004 for multivariate Cox model). We conclude that KIR and HLA genetic background can influence the onset age of HCC in male patients with HBV infection. This study may be useful to improve the current HCC surveillance program in HBV-infected patients. Our findings also suggest an important role of natural killer cells (or other KIR-expressing cells) in the progress of HBV-related HCC development.
authors: Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, Southeast University Medical School, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China ; Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China.
authors: Ning
authors: N
authors: Pan
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: Qiu
authors: Hang
authors: H
authors: Sun
authors: Fengqin
authors: F
authors: Miao
authors: Qian
authors: Q
authors: Shi
authors: Jinhuan
authors: J
authors: Xu
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Jiang
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Jin
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Xie
authors: Youji
authors: Y
authors: He
authors: Jianqiong
authors: J
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000483:Alleles; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality; D005838:Genotype; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D054340:Receptors, KIR / Q000235:genetics*; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D008024:Ligands; D054340:Receptors, KIR