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Comprehensive analysis of class I and class IIHLA antigens and chronic hepatitis B virus infection

  1. Author:
    Thio, C. L.
    Thomas, D. L.
    Karacki, P.
    Gao, X. J.
    Marti, D.
    Kaslow, R. A.
    Goedert, J. J.
    Hilgartner, M.
    Strathdee, S. A.
    Duggal, P.
    O'Brien, S. J.
    Astemborski, J.
    Carrington, M.

  2. Author Address

    Johns Hopkins Univ, 1503 E Jefferson St, Baltimore, MD 21231 USA Johns Hopkins Med Inst, Dept Med, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA Johns Hopkins Med Inst, Dept Epidemiol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA NCI, Lab Genome Divers, Frederick, MD 21701 USA NCI, Viral Epidemiol Branch, Div Canc Epidemiol & Genet, Rockville, MD USA Univ Alabama, Dept Epidemiol, Birmingham, AL USA New York Presbyterian Hosp, Cornell Med Ctr, Dept Pediat, New York, NY USA Thio CL Johns Hopkins Univ, 1503 E Jefferson St, Baltimore, MD 21231 USA
    1. Year: 2003
  2. Journal: Journal of Virology
    1. 77
    2. 22
    3. Pages: 12083-12087
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    Following an acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, clearance or persistence is determined in part by the vigor and breadth of the host immune response. Since the human leukocyte antigen system (HLA) is an integral component of the immune response, we hypothesized that the highly polymorphic HLA genes are key determinants of viral clearance. HLA class I and II genes were molecularly typed in 194 Caucasian individuals with viral persistence and 342 matched controls who had cleared the virus. A single class I allele, A*0301 (odds ratio [OR], 0.47; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.30 to 0.72; P = 0.0005) was associated with viral clearance. The class II allele DRB1*1302 was also associated with clearance (OR, 0.42; 95% CI, 0.19 to 0.93; P = 0.03), but its significance decreased in a multivariate model that included other alleles associated with disease outcome as covariates. B*08 was associated with viral persistence both independently (OR, 1.59; 95% CI, 1.04 to 2.43; P = 0.03) and as part of the conserved Caucasian haplotype A*01-B*08-DPB1*03. The B*44-Cw*1601 (OR, 2.23; 95% CI, 1.13 to 4.42; P = 0.02) and B*44-Cw*0501 (OR, 1.99; 95% Cl, 1.22 to 3.24; P = 0.006) haplotypes were also associated with viral persistence. Interestingly, both the B*08 haplotype and DR7, which forms a haplotype with B*44-Cw*1601, have been associated with nonresponse to the HBV vaccine. The associations with class I alleles are consistent with a previously implicated role for CD8-mediated cytolytic-T-cell response in determining the outcome of an acute HBV infection.

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