PMID- 34830986 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220216 IS - 2072-6694 (Print) IS - 2072-6694 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6694 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 22 DP - 2021 Nov 20 TI - HLA Expression in Relation to HLA Type in Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients. LID - 10.3390/cancers13225833 [doi] LID - 5833 AB - Several human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles are strongly associated with susceptibility to classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), also in subgroups stratified for presence of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). We tested the hypothesis that the pressure on cHL tumour cells to lose HLA expression is associated with HLA susceptibility alleles. A meta-analysis was carried out to identify consistent protective and risk HLA alleles in a combined cohort of 839 cHL patients from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Tumour cell HLA expression was studied in 338 cHL cases from these two cohorts and correlated to the presence of specific susceptibility HLA alleles. Carriers of the HLA-DRB1*07 protective allele frequently lost HLA class II expression in cHL overall. Patients carrying the HLA-DRB1*15/16 (DR2) risk allele retained HLA class II expression in EBV- cHL and patients with the HLA-B*37 risk allele retained HLA class I expression more frequently than non-carriers in EBV+ cHL. The other susceptibility alleles showed no significant differences in expression. Thus, HLA expression by tumour cells is associated with a subset of the protective and risk alleles. This strongly suggests that HLA associations in cHL are related to peptide binding capacities of specific HLA alleles. FAU - Tan, Geok Wee AU - Tan GW AD - Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. AD - Molecular Pathology Unit, Cancer Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health, Shah Alam 40170, Selangor, Malaysia. FAU - Jiang, Peijia AU - Jiang P AD - Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shenyang Huanggu National Defence Hospital, Shenyang 110032, China. FAU - Nolte, Ilja M AU - Nolte IM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5047-4077 AD - Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. FAU - Kushekhar, Kushi AU - Kushekhar K AD - Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. FAU - Veenstra, Rianne N AU - Veenstra RN AD - Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. FAU - Hepkema, Bouke G AU - Hepkema BG AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. FAU - Jarrett, Ruth F AU - Jarrett RF AD - Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK. FAU - van den Berg, Anke AU - van den Berg A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8894-2638 AD - Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. FAU - Diepstra, Arjan AU - Diepstra A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9239-1050 AD - Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. LA - eng GR - MC_UU_12014/3/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - KWF RUG 2014-6698/Dutch Cancer Society/ GR - NMRR-16-1439-30762/Ministry of Health Malaysia/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211120 PL - Switzerland TA - Cancers (Basel) JT - Cancers JID - 101526829 PMC - PMC8616181 OTO - NOTNLM OT - EBV OT - HLA expression OT - cHL OT - susceptibility COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/11/28 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/28 06:01 PMCR- 2021/11/20 CRDT- 2021/11/27 01:13 PHST- 2021/09/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/11/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/11/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/27 01:13 [entrez] PHST- 2021/11/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/28 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cancers13225833 [pii] AID - cancers-13-05833 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cancers13225833 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancers (Basel). 2021 Nov 20;13(22):5833. doi: 10.3390/cancers13225833.