PMID- 37298692 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230612 LR - 20230612 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 11 DP - 2023 Jun 4 TI - Common Genetic Variants of Response to Hepatitis B Vaccines Correlate with Risks of Chronic Infection of Hepatitis B Virus: A Community-Based Case-Control Study. LID - 10.3390/ijms24119741 [doi] LID - 9741 AB - Hepatitis B (HB) vaccination effectively reduces the risks of chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It is unknown whether there is a common genetic determinant for response to the HB vaccine and susceptibility to chronic HBV infection. This case-control study, which included 193 chronic HBV carriers and 495 non-carriers, aimed to explore the effects of the most significant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in response to the HB vaccine on the risks of chronic HBV infection. Out of 13 tested SNPs, the genotype distributions of four SNPs at the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II region, including rs34039593, rs614348, rs7770370, and rs9277535, were significantly different between HBV carriers and non-carriers. The age-sex-adjusted odds ratios (OR) of chronic HBV infection for rs34039593 TG, rs614348 TC, rs7770370 AA, and rs9277535 AA genotypes were 0.51 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.33-0.79; p = 0.0028), 0.49 (95% CI, 0.32-0.75; p = 6.5 x 10(-4)), 0.33 (95% CI, 0.18-0.63; p = 7.4 x 10(-4)), and 0.31 (95% CI, 0.14-0.70; p = 0.0043), respectively. Multivariable analyses showed that rs614348 TC and rs7770370 AA genotypes were significantly independent protectors against chronic HBV infection. The multivariable-adjusted ORs for subjects with none, either one, or both of the protective genotypes were 1.00 (referent), 0.47 (95% CI: 0.32-0.71; p = 3.0 x 10(-4)), and 0.16 (95% CI: 0.05-0.54; p = 0.0032), respectively. Among eight HBeAg-positive carriers, only one of them carried a protective genotype. This study shows that response to the HB vaccine and susceptibility to chronic HBV infection share common genetic determinants and indicates that HLA class II members are the main responsible host genetic factors. FAU - Wu, Tzu-Wei AU - Wu TW AD - Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 252, Taiwan. FAU - Chou, Chao-Liang AU - Chou CL AD - Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 252, Taiwan. AD - Department of Neurology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 251, Taiwan. FAU - Chen, Chuen-Fei AU - Chen CF AD - Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 252, Taiwan. FAU - Wang, Li-Yu AU - Wang LY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9101-5694 AD - Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 252, Taiwan. LA - eng GR - MOST 108-2314-B-715-005-MY3; MOST 111-2314-B-715-007/Council of Science and Technology of Taiwan/ GR - MMC-RD-110-1B-P010 & MMC-RD-111-1B-P007/MacKay Medical College/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230604 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Hepatitis B Vaccines) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Hepatitis B virus/genetics MH - Hepatitis B Vaccines MH - Case-Control Studies MH - *Hepatitis B, Chronic/genetics/prevention & control MH - Persistent Infection MH - Genotype MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - *Hepatitis B/genetics MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease PMC - PMC10253545 OTO - NOTNLM OT - case-control study OT - community-based study OT - hepatitis B OT - hepatitis B vaccination OT - hepatitis B virus OT - human leukocyte antigen OT - single nucleotide polymorphism COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study. EDAT- 2023/06/10 15:13 MHDA- 2023/06/12 06:42 PMCR- 2023/06/04 CRDT- 2023/06/10 01:14 PHST- 2023/05/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/05/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/12 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/10 15:13 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/10 01:14 [entrez] PHST- 2023/06/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms24119741 [pii] AID - ijms-24-09741 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms24119741 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jun 4;24(11):9741. doi: 10.3390/ijms24119741.