PMID- 21921049 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120103 LR - 20210206 IS - 1528-0020 (Electronic) IS - 0006-4971 (Linking) VI - 118 IP - 19 DP - 2011 Nov 10 TI - Multiple HLA class I and II associations in classical Hodgkin lymphoma and EBV status defined subgroups. PG - 5211-7 LID - 10.1182/blood-2011-04-342998 [doi] AB - The pathogenesis of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) involves environmental and genetic factors. To explore the role of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes, we performed a case-control genotyping study in 338 Dutch cHL patients and more than 5000 controls using a PCR-based sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe hybridization approach. HLA-A68 and HLA-DR11 (5) were significantly increased in the cHL patient population compared with the controls. Three class II associations were observed in the EBV(-) cHL population with an increase of HLA-DR15 (2) and a decrease of HLA-DR4 and HLA-DR7. Allele frequencies of HLA-A1, HLA-B37, and HLA-DR10 were significantly increased in the EBV(+) cHL population; these alleles are in strong linkage disequilibrium and form a common haplotype in whites. The allele frequency of HLA-A2 was significantly decreased in the EBV(+) cHL population. Sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe analysis revealed significant differences between EBV(+) and EBV(-) cHL patients for 19 probes that discriminate between HLA-A*01 and HLA-A*02. In conclusion, the HLA-A1 and HLA-A2 antigens and not specific single nucleotide variants shared by multiple alleles are responsible for the association with EBV(+) cHL. Furthermore, several new protective and predisposing HLA class I and II associations for the EBV(+), the EBV(-), and the entire cHL population were identified. FAU - Huang, Xin AU - Huang X AD - Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. FAU - Kushekhar, Kushi AU - Kushekhar K FAU - Nolte, Ilja AU - Nolte I FAU - Kooistra, Wierd AU - Kooistra W FAU - Visser, Lydia AU - Visser L FAU - Bouwman, Ilby AU - Bouwman I FAU - Kouprie, Niels AU - Kouprie N FAU - Veenstra, Rianne AU - Veenstra R FAU - van Imhoff, Gustaaf AU - van Imhoff G FAU - Olver, Bianca AU - Olver B FAU - Houlston, Richard S AU - Houlston RS FAU - Poppema, Sibrand AU - Poppema S FAU - Diepstra, Arjan AU - Diepstra A FAU - Hepkema, Bouke AU - Hepkema B FAU - van den Berg, Anke AU - van den Berg A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Retracted Publication DEP - 20110914 PL - United States TA - Blood JT - Blood JID - 7603509 SB - IM RIN - Blood. 2012 Apr 5;119(14):3370. PMID: 22267602 MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/genetics/immunology MH - Female MH - Gene Frequency MH - *Genes, MHC Class I MH - *Genes, MHC Class II MH - Genetic Association Studies MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - Herpesvirus 4, Human/isolation & purification/pathogenicity MH - Hodgkin Disease/classification/*genetics/*immunology/virology MH - Humans MH - Linkage Disequilibrium MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Netherlands MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2011/09/17 06:00 MHDA- 2012/01/04 06:00 CRDT- 2011/09/17 06:00 PHST- 2011/09/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/09/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/01/04 06:00 [medline] AID - S0006-4971(20)40371-4 [pii] AID - 10.1182/blood-2011-04-342998 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood. 2011 Nov 10;118(19):5211-7. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-04-342998. Epub 2011 Sep 14.