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ArticleCancers2021

HLA Expression in Relation to HLA Type in Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients.

Geok Wee Tan, Peijia Jiang, Ilja M Nolte, Kushi Kushekhar, Rianne N Veenstra, Bouke G Hepkema, Ruth F Jarrett, Anke van den Berg, Arjan Diepstra

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Article in Cancers, 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
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Geok Wee TanDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
Peijia JiangDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
Ilja M NolteDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5047-4077
Kushi KushekharDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
Rianne N VeenstraDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
Bouke G HepkemaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
Ruth F JarrettInstitute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.
Anke van den BergDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8894-2638
Arjan DiepstraDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9239-1050
University Medical Center Groningen · NLMinistry of Health · MYMRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research · GB

Funding

Dutch Cancer Society KWF RUG 2014-6698Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/3Ministry of Health Malaysia NMRR-16-1439-30762
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles are strongly associated with susceptibility to classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), also in subgroups stratified for presence of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). We tested the hypothesis that the pressure on cHL tumour cells to lose HLA expression is associated with HLA susceptibility alleles. A meta-analysis was carried out to identify consistent protective and risk HLA alleles in a combined cohort of 839 cHL patients from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Tumour cell HLA expression was studied in 338 cHL cases from these two cohorts and correlated to the presence of specific susceptibility HLA alleles. Carriers of the HLA-DRB1*07 protective allele frequently lost HLA class II expression in cHL overall. Patients carrying the HLA-DRB1*15/16 (DR2) risk allele retained HLA class II expression in EBV- cHL and patients with the HLA-B*37 risk allele retained HLA class I expression more frequently than non-carriers in EBV+ cHL. The other susceptibility alleles showed no significant differences in expression. Thus, HLA expression by tumour cells is associated with a subset of the protective and risk alleles. This strongly suggests that HLA associations in cHL are related to peptide binding capacities of specific HLA alleles.

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cHLEBVHLA expressionsusceptibility

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PMID34830986
PMCPMC8616181
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