The genetic polymorphisms of HLA are strongly correlated with the disease severity after Hantaan virus infection in the Chinese Han population

Clin Dev Immunol. 2012:2012:308237. doi: 10.1155/2012/308237. Epub 2012 Oct 8.

Abstract

The polymorphism of human leukocyte antigen (HLA), which is a genetic factor that influences the progression of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) after Hantaan virus (HTNV) infection, was incompletely understood. In this case-control study, 76 HFRS patients and 370 healthy controls of the Chinese Han population were typed for the HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 loci. The general variation at the HLA-DRB1 locus was associated with the onset of HFRS (P < 0.05). The increasing frequencies of HLA-DRB1∗09 and HLA-B*46-DRB1*09 in HFRS patients were observed as reproducing a previous study. Moreover, the HLA-B*51-DRB1*09 was susceptible to HFRS (P = 0.037; OR = 3.62; 95% CI: 1.00-13.18). The increasing frequencies of HLA-B*46, HLA-B*46-DRB1*09, and HLA-B*51-DRB1*09 were observed almost in severe/critical HFRS patients. The mean level of maximum serum creatinine was higher in HLA-B∗46-DRB1*09 (P = 0.011), HLA-B*51-DRB1*09 (P = 0.041), or HLA-B*46 (P = 0.011) positive patients than that in the negative patients. These findings suggest that the allele HLA-B*46 and haplotypes HLA-B*46-DRB1*09 and HLA-B*51-DRB1*09 in patients could contribute to a more severe degree of HFRS and more serious kidney injury, which improve our understanding of the HLA polymorphism for a different outcome of HTNV infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Alleles
  • Asian People / genetics
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Female
  • Gene Frequency / immunology
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • HLA-A Antigens / genetics*
  • HLA-A Antigens / immunology
  • HLA-B Antigens / genetics*
  • HLA-B Antigens / immunology
  • HLA-DRB1 Chains / genetics*
  • HLA-DRB1 Chains / immunology
  • Hantaan virus / immunology*
  • Haplotypes
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / genetics*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / immunology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymorphism, Genetic / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Genetic / immunology
  • Population Groups / genetics

Substances

  • HLA-A Antigens
  • HLA-B Antigens
  • HLA-DRB1 Chains