PMID- 35154153 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220314 LR - 20220314 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor Haplotype B Modulates Susceptibility to EBV-Associated Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma. PG - 829943 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2022.829943 [doi] LID - 829943 AB - Tumor cells of classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) are derived from antigen presenting B cells that are infected by Epstein Barr virus (EBV) in ~30% of patients. Polymorphic Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) expressed on NK cells interact with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and play a key role in immune surveillance against virally infected cells and tumor cells. We investigated the effect of KIR types on cHL susceptibility overall (n=211) and in EBV-stratified subgroups using the Dutch GoNL cohort as controls (n=498). The frequency of the KIR haplotype B subgroup was significantly different between EBV+ and EBV- cHL patients (62% vs. 77%, p=0.04) and this difference was more pronounced in nodular sclerosis (NS) cHL (49% vs. 79%, p=0.0003). The frequency of KIR haplotype B subgroup was significantly lower in EBV+ NS cHL compared to controls (49% vs. 67%, p=0.01). Analyses of known KIR - HLA interaction pairs revealed lower carrier frequencies of KIR2DS2 - HLA-C1 (29% vs. 46%, p=0.03) and KIR2DL2 - HLA-C1 (29% vs. 45%, p=0.04) in EBV+ NS cHL patients compared to controls. Carriers of the KIR haplotype B subgroup are less likely to develop EBV+ NS cHL, probably because of a more efficient control over EBV-infected B cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Jiang, Nolte, Hepkema, Stulp, van den Berg and Diepstra. FAU - Jiang, Peijia AU - Jiang P AD - Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. FAU - Nolte, Ilja M AU - Nolte IM AD - Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. FAU - Hepkema, Bouke G AU - Hepkema BG AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. FAU - Stulp, Marijke AU - Stulp M AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. FAU - van den Berg, Anke AU - van den Berg A AD - Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. FAU - Diepstra, Arjan AU - Diepstra A AD - Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220127 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (KIR2DL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (KIR2DS2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Receptors, KIR) RN - 0 (Receptors, KIR2DL2) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - B-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/*immunology MH - Female MH - Haplotypes/immunology MH - Herpesvirus 4, Human/*immunology MH - Hodgkin Disease/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Receptors, KIR/*immunology MH - Receptors, KIR2DL2/*immunology MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC8828906 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CHL OT - EBV OT - HLA class I OT - KIR OT - NK cells OT - susceptibility COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/02/15 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/15 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/01 CRDT- 2022/02/14 05:30 PHST- 2021/12/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/14 05:30 [entrez] PHST- 2022/02/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2022.829943 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2022 Jan 27;13:829943. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.829943. eCollection 2022.