PMID- 27821814 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180223 LR - 20221207 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 49 DP - 2016 Dec 6 TI - Genetic susceptibility of eight nonsynonymous polymorphisms in HLA-DRB1 gene to hepatocellular carcinoma in Han Chinese. PG - 80935-80942 LID - 10.18632/oncotarget.13111 [doi] AB - Backgrounds and Objective: Mounting evidence suggests that human leukocyte antigen (HLA) plays a central role in anti-virus and tumor defense. To test whether genetic variation in HLA-DRB1 gene, a key component of HLA system, can predict its predisposition to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we thereby conducted an association study by genotyping 8 nonsynonymous polymorphisms in HLA-DRB1 gene among 257 HCC patients and 264 controls. RESULTS: All polymorphisms respected the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The genotypes and alleles of rs17879599 differed significantly between patients and controls after Bonferroni correction (both P < 0.001), and the power to detect this significance was 94.4%. After adjusting for age, gender, smoking, drinking and hepatitis infection, the mutant allele of rs17879702 was significantly associated with an increased risk for HCC under additive (odds ratio [OR] = 2.12, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.20-4.02, P = 0.004) and dominant (OR = 2.51, 95% CI: 1.39-2.96, P = 0.004) models. Haplotype analysis indicated that haplotype A-T-C-T-G-C-T-A (alleles ordered by rs199514452, rs201540428, rs201614260, rs17879702, rs17880292, rs17879599, rs17424145 and rs35445101) was overrepresented in patients and enhanced predisposition to HCC (adjusted OR = 2.72, 95% CI: 1.24-5.78, P = 0.004). In cumulative analysis, carriers of 7-9 unfavorable alleles had a 2.41-fold (95% CI: 1.18-4.92, P = 0.016) increased risk for HCC after adjusting for confounding factors relative to those possessing 4 or less unfavorable alleles. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Genotypes were determined by ligase detection reaction. HCC patients were newly diagnosed, histopathologically confirmed or previously untreated and controls were cancer-free. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest an independent leading contribution of rs17879599 in the 2nd exon of HLA-DRB1 gene to HCC risk in Han Chinese. FAU - Shi, Yanhui AU - Shi Y AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The First Hospital of Qiqihar City, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Zhai, Weiyu AU - Zhai W AD - Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Wang, Bin AU - Wang B AD - Department of Physiology, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Zhao, Dongmei AU - Zhao D AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The First Hospital of Qiqihar City, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Jin, He AU - Jin H AD - Department of Cardiology, Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Qiqihar, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Wang, Yuefei AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Physiology, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Zhang, Jidong AU - Zhang J AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The First Hospital of Qiqihar City, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - An, Hongjun AU - An H AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The First Hospital of Qiqihar City, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Fu, Zhongze AU - Fu Z AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The First Hospital of Qiqihar City, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Zhao, Kun AU - Zhao K AD - Department of Physiology, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Lu, Changzhu AU - Lu C AD - Department of Physiology, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (HLA-DRB1 Chains) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Asian People/genetics MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/*genetics MH - Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/ethnology/*genetics/pathology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Chi-Square Distribution MH - China MH - Exons MH - Female MH - Gene Frequency MH - Genetic Association Studies MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - HLA-DRB1 Chains/*genetics MH - Haplotypes MH - Humans MH - Liver Neoplasms/ethnology/*genetics/pathology MH - Logistic Models MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Multivariate Analysis MH - Odds Ratio MH - Phenotype MH - *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Risk Factors PMC - PMC5348366 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Han Chinese OT - genetic predisposition OT - hepatocellular carcinoma OT - human leukocyte antigen OT - non-synonymous polymorphism COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST None declared. EDAT- 2016/11/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/02/24 06:00 PMCR- 2016/12/06 CRDT- 2016/11/09 06:00 PHST- 2016/09/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/10/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/11/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/02/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/12/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 13111 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.13111 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncotarget. 2016 Dec 6;7(49):80935-80942. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.13111.