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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2024

HLA variations in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and association with disease risk and prognosis: a case-control study.

Ioanna Diamanti, Asimina Fylaktou, Evgenia Verrou, Efthimia Vlachaki, Manolis Sinakos, Eirini Katodritou, Konstantinos Ouranos, Fani Minti, Georgia Gioula

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Ioanna DiamantiBiochemisty and Microbiology Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Asimina FylaktouNational Peripheral Histocompatibility Center-Immunology Department, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Evgenia VerrouHematology Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Efthimia VlachakiThalassemia Unit-2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Manolis Sinakos4th Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Eirini KatodritouHematology Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Konstantinos OuranosDepartment of Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States.
Fani MintiMicrobiology Department, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgia GioulaMicrobiology Department, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Introduction: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) polymorphisms have been associated with the development of various autoimmune diseases, as well as malignant neoplasms. Non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) are a heterogenous group of lymphoid malignancies in which a genetic substrate has been established and is deemed to play a crucial role in disease pathogenesis. This study aimed to identify whether variations in the HLA gene region were associated with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) risk and prognosis. Methods: We defined HLA class I (HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C) and class II (HLA-DRB1, HLA-DQB1) alleles in 60 patients with DLBCL and compared the results to those found by 236 healthy adult donors from the bone marrow bank of Northern Greece. HLA typing was performed by two molecular methods, Sequence - Specific Oligonucleotide HLA typing (SSO) and Sequence - Specific Primer HLA typing (SSP), from white blood cells recovered from peripheral blood. The phenotypic frequencies of HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 between patients and controls were compared with the 2-sided Fisher's exact test. Results with Results: Among the studied HLA polymorphisms, the frequency HLA-C*12 allele was significantly lower in patients with DLBCL compared with control subjects (6.7% vs. 34.7%, OR = 0.16, 95% CI: 0.04-0.44). Frequency of HLA-B*39 was significantly lower in patients with DLBCL compared with controls, but due to the low frequency of this polymorphism in the studied population and small sample size, determinations regarding the significance of this findings were limited. Survival analysis revealed that the presence of HLA-C*12 was not associated with improved or worsened overall and progression-free survival. No statistically significant associations were observed in the phenotypic frequencies of HLA-A, HLA-DQB1, HLA-DRB1 and the rest of HLA-B alleles between the control and DLBCL groups. Discussion: Collectively, our results provide valuable insight regarding the role of HLA variations on DLBCL risk. Further studies are required to consolidate our findings and ascertain the clinical implications of these genetic variations on DLBCL management and prognosis.

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