PMID- 21283014 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110825 LR - 20211020 IS - 1944-7884 (Electronic) IS - 1525-4135 (Print) IS - 1525-4135 (Linking) VI - 57 IP - 1 DP - 2011 May 1 TI - HLA alleles are associated with altered risk for disease progression and central nervous system impairment of HIV-infected children. PG - 32-9 LID - 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182119244 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles on HIV-1-related disease progression and central nervous system (CNS) impairment in children. DESIGN: Five hundred seventy-two HIV-1-infected children, identified as disease progressors or nonprogressors, were selected from PACTG P152 and P300 through a case-cohort sampling scheme. Study endpoints were HIV-1-related disease progression-free survival and time to CNS impairment. METHODS: DNA was genotyped for HLA alleles using a Luminex 100 platform. Weighted Kaplan-Meier methods, and Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess the effects of HLA alleles on study endpoints. RESULTS: Presence of the B-27 allele (n = 20) was associated with complete protection against disease progression and CNS impairment over the median follow-up of 26 months (P < 0.0001 for both). These findings held in multivariate analyses controlling for baseline covariates including race, gender, age, log HIV-1 RNA, CD4 lymphocyte count and percent, weight for age z score and treatment, and for other genotypes shown to affect HIV-1-related disease progression. Also, although the Cw-2 allele protected against disease progression [Hazard ratio (HR), 0.48; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.28 to 0.81; P = 0.006], the A-24 allele was associated with more rapid CNS impairment (HR: 2.01; 95% CI: 1.04 to 3.88; P = 0.04). The HLA class II DQB1-2 allele was associated with a delayed disease progression (HR: 0.66; 95% CI: 0.47-0.92; P = 0.01) and CNS impairment (HR: 0.58; 95% CI: 0.36 to 0.93; P = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS: Presence of B-27, Cw-2, or DQB1-2 alleles was associated with delayed HIV-1 disease progression, while B-27, A-24, and DQB1-2 alleles were associated with altered progression to CNS impairment in children. FAU - Singh, Kumud K AU - Singh KK AD - Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0672, USA. kusingh@ucsd.edu FAU - Gray, Ping Kathryn AU - Gray PK FAU - Wang, Yan AU - Wang Y FAU - Fenton, Terence AU - Fenton T FAU - Trout, Rodney N AU - Trout RN FAU - Spector, Stephen A AU - Spector SA LA - eng GR - AI-069536/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH085608-02/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - 5R01MH085608/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH085608/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 AI069536/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - UM1 AI069536/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS077874/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 AI068632-04S3/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PL - United States TA - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr JT - Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) JID - 100892005 RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - *Alleles MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Central Nervous System Diseases/genetics/immunology/pathology/*virology MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Cohort Studies MH - DNA, Viral/chemistry/genetics MH - Disease Progression MH - Female MH - Genotype MH - HIV Infections/*genetics/*immunology/pathology/virology MH - *HIV-1 MH - HLA Antigens/*genetics/immunology MH - Humans MH - Infant MH - Kaplan-Meier Estimate MH - Male MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction PMC - PMC3107908 MID - NIHMS272908 EDAT- 2011/02/02 06:00 MHDA- 2011/08/27 06:00 PMCR- 2011/07/22 CRDT- 2011/02/02 06:00 PHST- 2011/02/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/02/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/08/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/07/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182119244 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 May 1;57(1):32-9. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182119244.