Abstract
BackgroundCervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, and we recently reported human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles showing strong associations with cervical neoplasia risk and protection. HLA ligands are recognised by killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) expressed on a range of immune cell subsets, governing their proinflammatory activity. We hypothesized that the inheritance of particular HLA-KIR combinations would increase cervical neoplasia risk.MethodsHere, we used HLA and KIR dosages imputed from SNP genotype data from 2,143 cervical neoplasia cases and 13,858 healthy controls of European decent.ResultsFour novel HLA alleles were identified in association with cervical neoplasia: HLA-DRB3*9901 (OR=1.24, P=2.49×10−9), HLA-DRB5*0101 (OR=1.29, P=2.26×10−8), HLA-DRB5*9901 (OR=0.77, P=1.90×10−9) and HLA-DRB3*0301 (OR=0.63, P=4.06×10−5), due to their linkage disequilibrium with known cervical neoplasia-associated HLA-DRB1 alleles. We also found homozygosity of HLA-C1 group alleles is a protective factor for HPV16-related cervical neoplasia (C1/C1, OR=0.79, P=0.005). This protective association was restricted to carriers of either KIR2DL2 (OR=0.67, P=0.00045) or KIR2DS2 (OR=0.69, P=0.0006).ConclusionsOur findings suggest that HLA-C1 group alleles play a role in protecting against HPV16-related cervical neoplasia, mainly through a KIR-mediated mechanism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2006-2015 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | The journal of infectious diseases |
| Volume | 218 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Early online date | 7 Aug 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Dec 2018 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- cervical neoplasia
- human leukocyte antigens (HLA)
- killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs)
- HPV16-related cervical neoplasia
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