PMID- 36969700 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230328 IS - 2633-1055 (Electronic) IS - 2633-1055 (Linking) VI - 18 DP - 2023 TI - Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Modulates the Dependence on Age of the Variability of Synchronous Neural Interactions. PG - 26331055231159658 LID - 10.1177/26331055231159658 [doi] LID - 26331055231159658 AB - Recent evidence documented a protective effect of Class II human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1*13 on brain health across the lifespan including evidence of reduced neural network variability relative to non-carriers. Here, in an extension of those findings, we evaluated the influence of a large number of Class I and Class II HLA alleles on aging-related changes in neural network variability. Cognitively healthy women (N = 178) ranging in age from 28 to 99 years old underwent a magnetoencephalography scan from which neural network variability was calculated and provided a blood sample from which HLA and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype were determined. The primary analyses assessed the dependence of network variability on age in carriers of a specific HLA allele compared to non-carriers. Effects were considered protective if there was a significant increase of network variability with age in the absence of a given HLA allele but not in its presence, and were considered to confer susceptibility if the converse was documented; HLA alleles that did not influence the dependence of network variability on age in their presence or absence were considered neutral. Of 50 alleles investigated, 22 were found to be protective, 7 were found to confer susceptibility, and 21 were neutral. The frequencies of those 50 alleles were not associated significantly with ApoE genotype. The findings, which document the influence of HLA on age-related brain changes and highlight the role of HLA in healthy brain function, are discussed in terms of the role of HLA in the human immune response to foreign antigens. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2023. FAU - James, Lisa M AU - James LM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9021-0690 AD - The HLA Research Group, Brain Sciences Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA. AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA. AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA. AD - Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. FAU - Leuthold, Arthur C AU - Leuthold AC AD - The HLA Research Group, Brain Sciences Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA. AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA. FAU - Georgopoulos, Apostolos P AU - Georgopoulos AP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4412-725X AD - The HLA Research Group, Brain Sciences Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA. AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA. AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA. AD - Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. AD - Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230323 PL - United States TA - Neurosci Insights JT - Neuroscience insights JID - 101760670 PMC - PMC10037734 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Human leukocyte antigen OT - aging OT - apolipoprotein E OT - magnetoencephalography OT - neural network COIS- The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. EDAT- 2023/03/28 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/28 06:01 PMCR- 2023/03/23 CRDT- 2023/03/27 03:41 PHST- 2022/08/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/02/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/03/27 03:41 [entrez] PHST- 2023/03/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/28 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1177_26331055231159658 [pii] AID - 10.1177/26331055231159658 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Neurosci Insights. 2023 Mar 23;18:26331055231159658. doi: 10.1177/26331055231159658. eCollection 2023.