PMID- 36108945 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231023 LR - 20231023 IS - 1567-7257 (Electronic) IS - 1567-1348 (Linking) VI - 105 DP - 2022 Nov TI - Identification of human leukocyte antigen in precancerous and cancerous cervical lesions from Ecuadorian women. PG - 105365 LID - S1567-1348(22)00162-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105365 [doi] AB - Cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in women. Worldwide, it is a public health problem with around 604,127 women diagnosed per year and 341,831 deaths. Cervical cancer and persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection are highly associated. However, other factors are also involved, such as viral load, HPV variants, sexual behavior, and genetic factors. The host immune response against HPV has been widely studied and it has shown associations with development of cervical cancer. The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes are related to the persistence of HPV infection and progression to cervical cancer because of their role in controlling T-cell mediated immune response to clear the infection. In Ecuador, there is scarce information about HLA and HPV infection with high-risk genotypes in the population. This study aimed to identify host-specific HLA alleles in women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) II and III, and cancer infected with HPV-16, 58, and 52. In this study, we included 51 samples previously identified as positive for HPV-16, 58, and 52 from 12 Ecuadorian provinces. As a result, we found that HLA-A*02, HLA-B*35, HLA-C*04, HLA-DRB1*04, and HLA-DQB1*03 alleles were the most frequent, these alleles have been associated with cervical cancer in previous studies; nevertheless, we did not find a statistically significant association between HLA alleles, HPV genotype, and histopathological lesion. This is a baseline study to uncover possible relationships between HLA and HPV to elucidate why this virus can develop a persistent infection in some women leading to the development of cervical cancer. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Mora, Maria Jose AU - Mora MJ AD - Instituto de Microbiologia, Colegio de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador. FAU - de Los Angeles Bayas-Rea, Rosa AU - de Los Angeles Bayas-Rea R AD - Instituto de Microbiologia, Colegio de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador. FAU - Mejia, Lorena AU - Mejia L AD - Instituto de Microbiologia, Colegio de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador. FAU - Cruz, Cecilia AU - Cruz C AD - Hospital Carlos Andrade Marin, Ecuador. FAU - Guerra, Sara AU - Guerra S AD - Hospital Carlos Andrade Marin, Ecuador. FAU - Calle, Pamela AU - Calle P AD - Hospital Carlos Andrade Marin, Ecuador. FAU - Sandoval, Diana Munoz AU - Sandoval DM AD - Instituto de Microbiologia, Colegio de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador; Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK. FAU - Galarza, Juan Miguel AU - Galarza JM AD - GenomicsLab, Quito, Ecuador. FAU - Zapata-Mena, Sonia AU - Zapata-Mena S AD - Instituto de Microbiologia, Colegio de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador. Electronic address: szapata@usfq.edu.ec. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220912 PL - Netherlands TA - Infect Genet Evol JT - Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases JID - 101084138 RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (HLA-DRB1 Chains) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Female MH - *Uterine Cervical Neoplasms MH - *Papillomavirus Infections MH - Ecuador/epidemiology MH - *Uterine Cervical Dysplasia/genetics MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics MH - HLA-DRB1 Chains MH - Papillomaviridae/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - CIN OT - Cervical cancer OT - Ecuador OT - HLA OT - HPV EDAT- 2022/09/16 06:00 MHDA- 2023/10/23 00:43 CRDT- 2022/09/15 19:27 PHST- 2022/05/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/09/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/23 00:43 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/15 19:27 [entrez] AID - S1567-1348(22)00162-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105365 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Infect Genet Evol. 2022 Nov;105:105365. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105365. Epub 2022 Sep 12.