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ArticleScientific reports2021

Importance of HBsAg recognition by HLA molecules as revealed by responsiveness to different hepatitis B vaccines.

Nao Nishida, Masaya Sugiyama, Jun Ohashi, Yosuke Kawai, Seik-Soon Khor, Sohji Nishina, Kazumi Yamasaki, Hirohisa Yazaki, Kaori Okudera, Akihiro Tamori and 14 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 10 institutions in 1 country.

Nao NishidaGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan. nishida-75@umin.ac.jp.
Masaya SugiyamaGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan.
Jun OhashiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033, Japan.
Yosuke KawaiGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan.
Seik-Soon KhorGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan.
Sohji NishinaDepartment of Hepatology and Pancreatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan.
Kazumi YamasakiClinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, 856-8562, Japan.
Hirohisa YazakiGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan.
Kaori OkuderaGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan.
Akihiro TamoriDepartment of Hepatology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan.
Yuichiro EguchiDivision of Hepatology, Saga Medical School, Saga, 840-8502, Japan.
Aiko SakaiGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan.
Keisuke KakisakaDivision of Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba-cho, 028-3694, Japan.
Hiromi SawaiDepartment of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033, Japan.
Takayo TsuchiuraGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan.
Miyuki IshikawaGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan.
Keisuke HinoDepartment of Hepatology and Pancreatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan.
Ryo SumazakiDepartment of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8577, Japan.
Yasuhiro TakikawaDivision of Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba-cho, 028-3694, Japan.
Tatsuo KandaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Osamu YokosukaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Hiroshi YatsuhashiClinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, 856-8562, Japan.
Katsushi TokunagaGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan.
Masashi MizokamiGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan.
National Center for Global Health and Medicine · JPIwate Medical University · JPKawasaki Medical School · JPNagasaki Medical Center · JPThe University of Tokyo · JPUniversity of Tsukuba · JPFunabashi Central Hospital · JPNihon University Itabashi Hospital · JPOsaka City University · JPSaga Medical School Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis B (HB) vaccines (Heptavax-II and Bimmugen) designed based on HBV genotypes A and C are mainly used for vaccination against HB in Japan. To determine whether there are differences in the genetic background associated with vaccine responsiveness, genome-wide association studies were performed on 555 Heptavax-II and 1193 Bimmugen recipients. Further HLA imputation and detailed analysis of the association with HLA genes showed that two haplotypes, DRB1*13:02-DQB1*06:04 and DRB1*04:05-DQB1*04:01, were significantly associated in comparison with high-responders (HBsAb > 100 mIU/mL) for the two HB vaccines. In particular, HLA-DRB1*13:02-DQB1*06:04 haplotype is of great interest in the sense that it could only be detected by direct analysis of the high-responders in vaccination with Heptavax-II or Bimmugen. Compared with healthy controls, DRB1*13:02-DQB1*06:04 was significantly less frequent in high-responders when vaccinated with Heptavax-II, indicating that high antibody titers were less likely to be obtained with Heptavax-II. As Bimmugen and Heptavax-II tended to have high and low vaccine responses to DRB1*13:02, 15 residues were found in the Heptavax-II-derived antigenic peptide predicted to have the most unstable HLA-peptide binding. Further functional analysis of selected hepatitis B patients with HLA haplotypes identified in this study is expected to lead to an understanding of the mechanisms underlying liver disease.

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