PMID- 35379557 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220511 LR - 20220511 IS - 1424-3911 (Electronic) IS - 1424-3903 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 4 DP - 2022 May TI - HLA-DRB1 *16 and -DQB1 *05 alleles are strongly associated with autoimmune pancreatitis in a cohort of hundred patients. PG - 466-471 LID - S1424-3903(22)00104-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.pan.2022.03.015 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Autoimmune diseases are often associated with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotypes, indicating that changes in major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-dependent self-peptide or antigen presentation contribute to autoimmunity. In our study, we aimed to investigate HLA alleles in a large European cohort of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) patients. METHODS: Hundred patients with AIP, diagnosed and classified according to the International Consensus Diagnostic Criteria (ICDC), were prospectively enrolled in the study. Forty-four patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) and 254 healthy subjects served as control groups. DNA was isolated from blood samples and two-digit HLA typing was performed with sequence-specific primer (SSP-) PCR. HLA allele association strength to AIP was calculated as odds ratio. RESULTS: We uncovered a strong enrichment of HLA-DQB1 homozygosity in type 1 and type 2 AIP patients. Moreover, a significantly increased incidence of the HLA-DRB1 *16 and HLA-DQB1 *05 alleles and a concomitant lack of the HLA-DRB1 *13 allele was detected in AIP type 1 and type 2 patients. In contrast, the HLA-DQB1 *02 allele was underrepresented in the 'not otherwise specified' (NOS) AIP subtype. We detected no significant difference in the HLA-DRB3, HLA-DRB4 and HLA-DRB5 allele frequency in our cohort. CONCLUSIONS: Although AIP type 1 and type 2 are characterized by distinct histopathological characteristics, both subtypes are associated with the same HLA alleles, indicating that the disease might rely on similar immunogenic mechanisms. However, AIP NOS represented another subclass of AIP. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Goni, Elisabetta AU - Goni E AD - Department of Medicine II, University Hospital, LMU, Munich, Germany. FAU - Regel, Ivonne AU - Regel I AD - Department of Medicine II, University Hospital, LMU, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: ivonne.regel@med.uni-muenchen.de. FAU - Mahajan, Ujjwal Mukund AU - Mahajan UM AD - Department of Medicine II, University Hospital, LMU, Munich, Germany. FAU - Amodio, Antonio AU - Amodio A AD - Department of Medicine, Pancreas Center, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. FAU - De Marchi, Giulia AU - De Marchi G AD - Department of Medicine, Pancreas Center, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. FAU - Beyer, Georg AU - Beyer G AD - Department of Medicine II, University Hospital, LMU, Munich, Germany. FAU - Zuppardo, Raffaella Alessia AU - Zuppardo RA AD - Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Division of Experimental Oncology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. FAU - Di Leo, Milena AU - Di Leo M AD - Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Division of Experimental Oncology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. FAU - Lanzillotta, Marco AU - Lanzillotta M AD - Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, uniRAR, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. FAU - Bonatti, Francesco AU - Bonatti F AD - Department of Medicine and Surgery, Medical Genetics Unit, University of Parma, Italy. FAU - Kauke, Teresa AU - Kauke T AD - Division of Transfusion Medicine, Cellular Therapeutics and Hemostaseology, University Clinic LMU, Munich, Germany. FAU - Dick, Andrea AU - Dick A AD - Division of Transfusion Medicine, Cellular Therapeutics and Hemostaseology, University Clinic LMU, Munich, Germany. FAU - Weiss, Frank Ulrich AU - Weiss FU AD - Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. FAU - Schonermarck, Ulf AU - Schonermarck U AD - Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, LMU, Munich, Germany. FAU - Lerch, Markus M AU - Lerch MM AD - Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. FAU - Frulloni, Luca AU - Frulloni L AD - Department of Medicine, Pancreas Center, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. FAU - Cavestro, Giulia Martina AU - Cavestro GM AD - Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Division of Experimental Oncology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. FAU - Mayerle, Julia AU - Mayerle J AD - Department of Medicine II, University Hospital, LMU, Munich, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220321 PL - Switzerland TA - Pancreatology JT - Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] JID - 100966936 RN - 0 (HLA-DRB1 Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DRB4 Chains) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - *Autoimmune Pancreatitis MH - Gene Frequency MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - HLA-DRB1 Chains/genetics MH - HLA-DRB4 Chains/genetics MH - Haplotypes MH - Humans OTO - NOTNLM OT - AIP subtypes OT - Autoimmune pancreatitis OT - Caucasian population OT - HLA class II genes OT - HLA typing EDAT- 2022/04/06 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/12 06:00 CRDT- 2022/04/05 05:30 PHST- 2021/12/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/03/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/03/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/04/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/05 05:30 [entrez] AID - S1424-3903(22)00104-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.pan.2022.03.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pancreatology. 2022 May;22(4):466-471. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2022.03.015. Epub 2022 Mar 21.