PMID- 36815988 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230227 LR - 20230428 IS - 2167-8359 (Electronic) IS - 2167-8359 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2023 TI - Association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD): a meta-analysis. PG - e14792 LID - 10.7717/peerj.14792 [doi] LID - e14792 AB - OBJECTIVES: We recently studied the association between various human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). According to our analysis, HLA-B*50 and HLA-DQA1*3 alleles were positively associated with ESRD, while B*40, DRB1*12, DRB1*13, and DQA1*6 alleles were negatively associated with ESRD. However, a single case-control study does not have enough statistical power to evaluate the possible impact of genetic polymorphism on any disease. Hence, the main objective of this meta-analysis is to determine the association between these abovementioned HLA alleles and ESRD. DESIGN: MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Cochrane databases were searched through December 2020 for case-control studies on the associations between HLA polymorphisms and ESRD. Independent reviewers screened the texts of potentially eligible studies and assessed the risk of bias. The meta-analysis was conducted based on the checklists and guidelines based on PRISMA. RESULTS: We identified 26 case-control studies comprising 1,312 ESRD and 3,842 healthy subjects. A non-significant positive association was observed between HLA-B*50 (OR = 1.02, 95% CI [0.90, 1.24]), HLA-B*40 (OR = 1.75, 95% CI [0.98, 3.2]), HLA-DQA1*3, (OR = 1.17, 95% CI [0.74, 1.84]), DRB1*12 (OR = 1.05, 95% CI [0.94, 1.18]) alleles and ESRD. In addition, a non-significant negative association was observed between HLA-DRB1*13 (OR = 0.90, CI [0.81, 1.01]), HLA-DQB1*6 (OR = 0.79, 95% CI [0.58, 1.07]) alleles and ESRD. CONCLUSIONS: Our meta-analysis indicates no significant association between HLA-B*50, HLA-DQA1*3, B*40, DRB1*12, DRB1*13, and DQA1*6 alleles and ESRD. Further studies with larger sample sizes and adjustments for confounders are required to confirm these conclusions. CI - (c)2023 Noureen and Zaidi. FAU - Noureen, Naila AU - Noureen N AD - Cancer Biology Lab, Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. AD - Cancer Research Center (CRC), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. FAU - Zaidi, Nousheen AU - Zaidi N AD - Cancer Biology Lab, Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. AD - Cancer Research Center (CRC), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis DEP - 20230213 PL - United States TA - PeerJ JT - PeerJ JID - 101603425 RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (HLA-B Antigens) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Gene Frequency MH - Haplotypes MH - *Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics MH - HLA-B Antigens/genetics MH - *Kidney Failure, Chronic/genetics PMC - PMC9933765 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ESRD OT - HLA OT - HLA polymorphism OT - Kidney disease COIS- The authors declare there are no competing interests. EDAT- 2023/02/24 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/03 06:00 PMCR- 2023/02/13 CRDT- 2023/02/23 09:16 PHST- 2022/09/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/01/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/02/23 09:16 [entrez] PHST- 2023/02/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2023/02/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 14792 [pii] AID - 10.7717/peerj.14792 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PeerJ. 2023 Feb 13;11:e14792. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14792. eCollection 2023.