PMID- 31573825 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210924 LR - 20210924 IS - 1477-0970 (Electronic) IS - 1352-4585 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 13 DP - 2020 Nov TI - The influence of human leukocyte antigen-DRB1*15:01 and its interaction with smoking in MS development is dependent on DQA1*01:01 status. PG - 1638-1646 LID - 10.1177/1352458519877685 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: HLA-DRB1*15:01, absence of HLA-A*02:01, and smoking interact to increase multiple sclerosis (MS) risk. OBJECTIVE: To analyze whether MS-associated human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles, apart from DRB1*15:01 and absence of A*02:01, interact with smoking in MS development, and to explore whether the established HLA-smoking interaction is affected by the DQA1*01:01 allele, which confers a protective effect only in the presence of DRB1*15:01. METHODS: In two Swedish population-based case-control studies (5838 cases, 5412 controls), subjects with different genotypes and smoking habits were compared regarding MS risk, by calculating odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals employing logistic regression. Interaction on the additive scale between different genotypes and smoking was evaluated. RESULTS: The DRB1*08:01 allele interacted with smoking to increase MS risk. The interaction between DRB1*15:01 and both the absence of A*02:01 and smoking was confined to DQA1*01:01 negative subjects, whereas no interactions occurred among DQA1*01:01 positive subjects. CONCLUSION: Multifaceted interactions take place between different class II alleles and smoking in MS development. The influence of DRB1*15:01 and its interaction with the absence of A*02:01 and smoking is dependent on DQA1*01:01 status which may be due to differences in the responding T-cell repertoires. FAU - Hedstrom, Anna Karin AU - Hedstrom AK AD - Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Hossjer, Ola AU - Hossjer O AD - Department of Mathematical Statistics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Hillert, Jan AU - Hillert J AD - Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Stridh, Pernilla AU - Stridh P AD - Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Kockum, Ingrid AU - Kockum I AD - Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Olsson, Tomas AU - Olsson T AD - Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Alfredsson, Lars AU - Alfredsson L AD - Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20191001 PL - England TA - Mult Scler JT - Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) JID - 9509185 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ beta-Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DRB1 Chains) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Gene Frequency MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - *HLA Antigens MH - HLA-DQ beta-Chains/genetics MH - HLA-DRB1 Chains/genetics MH - Haplotypes MH - Humans MH - *Multiple Sclerosis/genetics MH - Smoking/adverse effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - HLA OT - Multiple sclerosis OT - gene-environment interaction OT - gene-gene interaction OT - smoking EDAT- 2019/10/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/25 06:00 CRDT- 2019/10/02 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/02 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1177/1352458519877685 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mult Scler. 2020 Nov;26(13):1638-1646. doi: 10.1177/1352458519877685. Epub 2019 Oct 1.