PMID- 37592108 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230922 LR - 20230922 IS - 1432-1211 (Electronic) IS - 0093-7711 (Linking) VI - 75 IP - 5 DP - 2023 Oct TI - Correlation between human leukocyte antigen ligands and killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors in aplastic anemia patients from Shaanxi Han. PG - 445-454 LID - 10.1007/s00251-023-01316-6 [doi] AB - Regulating natural killer (NK) cell responses in hematological malignancies largely depend on molecular interactions between killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I ligands. The goal of the current study was to examine the key functions of KIR genes, gene combinations of KIR-HLA, and KIR genotypes in genetic predisposition to aplastic anemia (AA). Herein, the genotyping of 16 KIR genes and HLA-A, -B, and -C ligands were performed in 72 AA patients and 150 healthy controls using PCR evaluations with sequence-specific primers using standard assays. According to the obtained results, AA patients had an increased incidence of activating KIR and KIR2DS4 (P = 0.465 x 10(-4), Pc = 0.837 x 10(-3), OR = 20.81, 95% CI = 2.786-155.5) compared to controls. KIR/HLA class I ligand profile KIR2DS4/C1 (P = 0.350 x 10(-4), Pc = 0.630 x 10(-3), OR = 8.944, 95% CI = 2.667-29.993) was significantly elevated in AA patients compared to healthy controls. Genotype AA1 (P = 0.003, OR = 2.351, 95% CI = 1.325-4.172) were increased, and AA195 (P = 0.006, OR = 0.060, 95% CI = 0.004-1.023) was decreased among AA cases compared to controls. Our findings indicated that KIR2DS4 may play a role in the pathogenesis of AA. This study revealed the contribution of KIR genes in the etiology of AA cases. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Wang, Tianju AU - Wang T AD - HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of the Shaanxi Province, Institute of Xi'an Blood Bank, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China. FAU - Qi, Jun AU - Qi J AD - HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of the Shaanxi Province, Institute of Xi'an Blood Bank, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China. qijun0802@163.com. FAU - Wang, Manni AU - Wang M AD - HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of the Shaanxi Province, Institute of Xi'an Blood Bank, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China. FAU - Xu, Hua AU - Xu H AD - HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of the Shaanxi Province, Institute of Xi'an Blood Bank, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China. FAU - Wu, Junhua AU - Wu J AD - HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of the Shaanxi Province, Institute of Xi'an Blood Bank, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China. FAU - Shang, Lixia AU - Shang L AD - HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of the Shaanxi Province, Institute of Xi'an Blood Bank, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China. FAU - Chen, Le AU - Chen L AD - HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of the Shaanxi Province, Institute of Xi'an Blood Bank, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China. FAU - Li, Yuhui AU - Li Y AD - HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of the Shaanxi Province, Institute of Xi'an Blood Bank, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230817 PL - United States TA - Immunogenetics JT - Immunogenetics JID - 0420404 RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - *Anemia, Aplastic/genetics MH - Histocompatibility Antigens MH - HLA Antigens MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aplastic anemia (AA) OT - Gene polymorphism OT - HLA OT - KIR genes EDAT- 2023/08/18 00:42 MHDA- 2023/09/22 06:42 CRDT- 2023/08/17 23:34 PHST- 2023/03/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/09/22 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/18 00:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/17 23:34 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00251-023-01316-6 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00251-023-01316-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunogenetics. 2023 Oct;75(5):445-454. doi: 10.1007/s00251-023-01316-6. Epub 2023 Aug 17.