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ArticleThoracic cancer2015

Loss of heterozygosity at the human leukocyte antigen locus in thymic epithelial tumors.

Yuan Chen, Guojin Wang, Peng Zhang, Yimei Liu, Yuanyuan Yao, Hai Wang, Yuanguo Wang

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Yuan ChenDeparment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Tianjin, China.
Guojin WangDeparment of Hematology and Oncology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Tianjin, China.
Peng ZhangDeparment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Tianjin, China.
Yimei LiuDeparment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Tianjin, China.
Yuanyuan YaoDeparment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Tianjin, China.
Hai WangDeparment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Tianjin, China.
Yuanguo WangDeparment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital · CNTianjin Medical University · CN

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Abstract

backgroundTo study the relationship between loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) locus and the pathogenicity and clinicopathological features of thymic epithelial tumors (TET).

methodsTumor and adjacent normal tissues were isolated from 36 TET patients. Five microsatellite loci (D6S1666, D6S265, D6S273, DS6276, and D6S291) within the HLA locus were amplified by polymerase chain reaction. DNA sequencing was used to measure the frequency of microsatellite LOH.

resultsLOH was identified in at least one locus in 83.6% of TET patients. LOH frequency at D6S1666, D6S265, D6S273, D6S276, and D6S291 was 44.4%, 16.7%, 30.5%, 38.9%, and 36.1% respectively. There was no significant association between LOH frequency in TET with tumor severity, or in the presence or absence of myasthenia gravis.

conclusionsD6S1666, D6S265, D6S273, DS6S276, and D6S29 are sensitive loci for studying microsatellite LOH in TET. LOH within the HLA complex is implicated in the occurrence and development of TET, with the HLA-DQA1 gene likely involved. However, an understanding of the relationship between LOH and the clinicopathological features of TET requires a larger sample size than that of the present study.

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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)loss of heterozygosity (LOH)microsatellitethymic epithelial tumor (TET)

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