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- Title
KIR3DL1 and HLA-Bw4 Interaction Showed a Favorable Role in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes in Chinese Southern Han.
- Authors
Zhen, Jian Xin; Cai, Si Qi; Chen, Yuan Tao; Yang, Zhi Chao; Zhuo, Jia Cai; Deng, Zhi Hui
- Abstract
Background. The association studies of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) with the occurrence of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are limited worldwide; this study investigated the genetic risk/protective factors of MDS in KIR and human leucocyte antigen (HLA) systems to gain a better understanding of the role played by KIR and their cognate HLA ligands in MDS pathogenesis. Methods. We genotyped a total number of 77 patients with MDS from Chinese Southern Han and 745 healthy controls for the KIR loci and HLA class I. The carrier frequencies of KIR genes, KIR genotypes, class I HLA ligands, and KIR-HLA combinations were calculated by direct counting. The effect of individual KIR genes and HLA ligands on MDS risk was evaluated by logistic regression analyses using SAS 9.2 software. Results. We found that neither the KIR genes nor the KIR genotypes were associated with the occurrence of MDS. However, we observed that the frequencies for the strong inhibitory ligand HLA-Bw4 as well as KIR3DL1-HLA-Bw4 combination were significantly higher in healthy controls than those in the MDS patient group, respectively (73.42% vs. 62.34%, P = 0.038 ; 70.87% vs. 59.74%, P = 0.043). Conclusion. Our results showed that HLA-Bw4 ligand and KIR3DL1-HLA-Bw4 combination could confer a protective effect against MDS in Chinese Southern Han.
- Subjects
CHINA; CELL receptors; KILLER cells; MYELODYSPLASTIC syndromes; RISK assessment; HLA-B27 antigen; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis software; GENOTYPES; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
BioMed Research International, 2020, p1
- ISSN
2314-6133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2020/6215435