PMID- 28881103 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181024 LR - 20181024 IS - 1365-3148 (Electronic) IS - 0958-7578 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 6 DP - 2017 Dec TI - HLA polymorphisms and risk of red blood cell alloimmunisation in polytransfused patients with sickle cell anaemia. PG - 437-443 LID - 10.1111/tme.12459 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Red blood cell (RBC) alloimmunisation is an event that may occur due to factors such as numerous blood transfusions, age, gender and genetic factors such as human leukocyte antigen (HLA). AIMS/OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to investigate the possibility of alloimmunisation to red blood cell group antigens associated with the HLA of individuals and to relate alloimmunisation to risk factors. METHODS: A total of 172 polytransfused patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) (44 alloimmunised, 128 non-alloimmunised) participated in this study. Blood group genotyping was performed by the DNA microarray method and HLA genotyping by polymerase chain reaction - specific sequence of oligonucleotides. RESULTS: The number of transfusions received directly influenced the incidence of alloimmunisation, and the most common alloantibodies were against Rh (48.8%) and Kell (17%) systems. The HLA-C*06 and HLA-DQB1*03 variants were significantly higher in alloimmunised patients. The HLA-DRB1*04 and HLA-DRB1*11 were more often found in individuals who developed the alloantibodies anti-Fy(a) and anti-K, respectively. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that polytransfused patients with SCA possessing the HLA-DQB1*03 and HLA-C*06 allele variants are more susceptible to alloimmunisation. In addition, HLA-DRB1*04 and HLA-DRB1*11 alleles were seen to be associated with the production of anti-Fy(a) and anti-K antibodies, respectively. CI - (c) 2017 British Blood Transfusion Society. FAU - Rodrigues, C AU - Rodrigues C AD - Immunogenetics Laboratory, Basic Health Sciences Department, State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil. FAU - Sell, A M AU - Sell AM AD - Immunogenetics Laboratory, Basic Health Sciences Department, State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil. FAU - Guelsin, G A S AU - Guelsin GAS AD - Research Laboratory of Molecular Blood Group, Hematology and HemotherapyCenter, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. FAU - Higa, T T AU - Higa TT AD - Maringa Regional Blood Center, Maringa, PR, Brazil. FAU - Pagliarini E Silva, S AU - Pagliarini E Silva S AD - Maringa Cancer Hospital, Maringa, PR, Brazil. FAU - Macedo, L C AU - Macedo LC AD - Immunogenetics Laboratory, Basic Health Sciences Department, State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil. FAU - Sippert, E A AU - Sippert EA AD - Research Laboratory of Molecular Blood Group, Hematology and HemotherapyCenter, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. FAU - de Alencar, J B AU - de Alencar JB AD - Immunogenetics Laboratory, Basic Health Sciences Department, State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil. FAU - Zanette, A AU - Zanette A AD - Bahia Hematology and HemotherapyCenter, Salvador, BA, Brazil. FAU - Acorsi, C R L AU - Acorsi CRL AD - Department of Statistics, State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil. FAU - Castilho, L AU - Castilho L AD - Research Laboratory of Molecular Blood Group, Hematology and HemotherapyCenter, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. FAU - Visentainer, J E L AU - Visentainer JEL AD - Immunogenetics Laboratory, Basic Health Sciences Department, State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170907 PL - England TA - Transfus Med JT - Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) JID - 9301182 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (Isoantibodies) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - *Anemia, Sickle Cell/genetics/immunology/therapy MH - *Blood Transfusion MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Female MH - *HLA Antigens/genetics/immunology MH - Humans MH - Isoantibodies/immunology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Polymorphism, Genetic MH - Risk Factors MH - *Transfusion Reaction/genetics/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - blood transfusion OT - erythrocyte antigen alloimmunisation OT - human leucocyte antigen OT - sickle cell anaemia EDAT- 2017/09/08 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/26 06:00 CRDT- 2017/09/08 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/07/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/08/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/09/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/09/08 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/tme.12459 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Transfus Med. 2017 Dec;27(6):437-443. doi: 10.1111/tme.12459. Epub 2017 Sep 7.