PMID- 23302045 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140508 LR - 20210103 IS - 1029-2403 (Electronic) IS - 1026-8022 (Linking) VI - 54 IP - 10 DP - 2013 Oct TI - Whole blood transcriptional profiling reveals significant down-regulation of human leukocyte antigen class I and II genes in essential thrombocythemia, polycythemia vera and myelofibrosis. PG - 2269-73 LID - 10.3109/10428194.2013.764417 [doi] AB - Gene expression profiling studies in the Philadelphia-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms have revealed significant deregulation of several immune and inflammation genes that might be of importance for clonal evolution due to defective tumor immune surveillance. Other mechanisms might be down-regulation of major histocompatibility (MHC) class I and II genes, which are used by tumor cells to escape antitumor T-cell-mediated immune responses. We have performed whole blood transcriptional profiling of genes encoding human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and II molecules, beta2-microglobulin and members of the antigen processing machinery of HLA class I molecules (LMP2, LMP7, TAP1, TAP2 and tapasin). The findings of significant down-regulation of several of these genes may possibly be of major importance for defective tumor immune surveillance. Since up-regulation of HLA genes is recorded during treatment with epigenome modulating agents (DNA-hypomethylators and DNA-hyperacetylators [histone deacetylase inhibitors]) and interferon-alpha2, our findings call for prospective transcriptional studies of HLA genes during treatment with these agents. FAU - Skov, Vibe AU - Skov V AD - Department of Clinical Genetics. FAU - Riley, Caroline Hasselbalch AU - Riley CH FAU - Thomassen, Mads AU - Thomassen M FAU - Larsen, Thomas Stauffer AU - Larsen TS FAU - Jensen, Morten K AU - Jensen MK FAU - Bjerrum, Ole Weis AU - Bjerrum OW FAU - Kruse, Torben A AU - Kruse TA FAU - Hasselbalch, Hans Carl AU - Hasselbalch HC LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130515 PL - United States TA - Leuk Lymphoma JT - Leukemia & lymphoma JID - 9007422 RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Case-Control Studies MH - *Gene Expression Profiling MH - *Gene Expression Regulation MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*genetics MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Polycythemia Vera/*genetics MH - Primary Myelofibrosis/*genetics MH - Thrombocythemia, Essential/*genetics EDAT- 2013/01/11 06:00 MHDA- 2014/05/09 06:00 CRDT- 2013/01/11 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/05/09 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3109/10428194.2013.764417 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leuk Lymphoma. 2013 Oct;54(10):2269-73. doi: 10.3109/10428194.2013.764417. Epub 2013 May 15.