AIM: To investigate the association between curative effects of interferon-α and partial human leucocyte antigen (HLA)Ⅱ alleles in chronic viral hepatitis B.METHODS: Sixty patients with chronic viral hepatitis B in ...AIM: To investigate the association between curative effects of interferon-α and partial human leucocyte antigen (HLA)Ⅱ alleles in chronic viral hepatitis B.METHODS: Sixty patients with chronic viral hepatitis B in Shanghai were treated with a standard course of treatment with interferon-α for 6 mo. HLA-DRB1, -DQA1, and -DQB1 alleles were detected by polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primer (PCR-SSP) method. RESULTS: Frequencies of HLA-DRB1*04(P＜0.025) and HLA-DQA1*0303 (P＜0.01) in non-responders were significantly higher than those in partial and complete responders. Frequencies of HLA-DQAI*0505(P＜0.025) and HLA-DQB1*0301(P＜0.005) in partial and complete responders were significantly higher than those in non-responders.CONCLUSION: Non-response to interferon-α therapy is positively correlated with HLA-DRB1*04 and HLA-DQA1*0303， and negatively correlated with HLA-DQA1*0505 and -DQB1*0301 in patient with chronic viral hepatitis B.HLA Ⅱ genes of the identification alleles provide a method for evaluating outcome of interferon-α treatment.展开更多
In order to investigate the association of genotypes of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 alleles with the genetic susceptibility of chronic urticaria (CU), genotypes of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 genes were detected by polymerase cha...In order to investigate the association of genotypes of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 alleles with the genetic susceptibility of chronic urticaria (CU), genotypes of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 genes were detected by polymerase chain reactions with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) in 42 patients with CU (19 men and 23 women, mean age 30.67±12.45 y old as well as 193 racially matched healthy persons in ethnic Han from Hubei provinece. Gene frequencies of HLA-DRB1*12, *0901 (RR=3.11, χ2=7.579, P=0.006; RR=2.47, χ2=5.684, P=0.017) were significantly increased in CU patients as compared with that in healthy people. Gene frequencies of HLA-DQB1*05 (RR=0.26, χ2=6.683, P=0.01) were significantly decreased in CU patients. It was suggested that CU was found strongly associated with HLA-DRB1*12, *0901 and HLA-DQB1*05, the former might be the genetic markers for susceptibility to CU, but the latter might play a resistive role.展开更多
AIM: To probe into the genetic susceptibility of HLA-DRB1 alleles to esophageal carcinoma in Han Chinese in Hubei Province.METHODS: HLA-DRB1 allele polymorphisms were typed by polymerase chain reaction with sequence-s...AIM: To probe into the genetic susceptibility of HLA-DRB1 alleles to esophageal carcinoma in Han Chinese in Hubei Province.METHODS: HLA-DRB1 allele polymorphisms were typed by polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) in 42 unrelated patients with esophageal cancer and 136 unrelated normal control subjects and the associated HLA-DRB1 allele was measured by nucleotide sequence analysis with PCR.SAS software was used in statistics.RESULTS: Allele frequency (AF) of HLA-DRB1·0901 was significantly higher in esophageal carcinoma patients than that in the normal controls (0.2500 vs0.1397, P=0.028, the odds ratio 2.053, etiologic fraction 0.1282). After analyzed the allele nucleotide sequence of HLA-DRB1·0901 which approachs to the corresponded exon 2 sequence of the allele in genebank. There was no association between patients and controls in the rested HLA-DRB1 alleles.CONCLUSION: HLA-DRB1·0901 allele is more common in the patients with esophageal carcinoma than in the healthy controls, which is positively associated with the patients of Hubei Han Chinese. Individuals carrying HLA-DRB1·0901may be susceptible to esophageal carcinoma.展开更多
Objective:The aim in this study was to identify the allelic frequencies of the chemokine (SDF1-3'A) and chemokine receptor (CCR5△32, CCR5m303 and CCR2-64I) genes resistant to HIV-1 infection and/or disease progre...Objective:The aim in this study was to identify the allelic frequencies of the chemokine (SDF1-3'A) and chemokine receptor (CCR5△32, CCR5m303 and CCR2-64I) genes resistant to HIV-1 infection and/or disease progression in indigenous Chinese populations. Methods: By using QIAamp DNA Blood Mini Kit, the genomic DNA samples were purified from whole peripheral blood of healthy individuals (n=2067) from Han, Uygur, Mongolian and Tibetan ethnic groups, as well as Han patients including HIV-1 carriers (n=330), patients with other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs, n=259) and intravenous drug users (IVDUs, n=125). The allelic polymorphisms were identified by means of PCR or PCR-RFLP analyses. The sequences of randomly selected amplified PCR products were further confirmed by direct DNA sequencing. Results: The mutant frequencies were identified to be 0%-3.48% for CCR5△32, 0% for CCR5m303,19.15%-28.79% for CCR2-64 and 19.10%-28.73% for SDF1-3'A alleles, respectively, in Chinese healthy individuals from four ethnic groups. Our findings indicated the allelic frequencies vary among the different ethnic groups. Furthermore, the HIV-1 carriers, STD cases and IVDUs (all of Han ethnicity) were found to have the allelic frequencies of 0%-0.19% (CCR5A32), 0% (CCR5m303), 19.31%-20.45% (CCR2-64) and 25.61%-26.83% (SDF1-3'A) with minor variations in their frequencies between the patients and healthy Han groups. There was no CCR5-m303 mutation found in any subject in this study. Conclusion: The examined subjects of four Chinese ethnic origins showed lower frequencies of CCR5A32 and CCR5m303 alleles, but higher frequencies of mutant CCR264I and SDF1-3'A alleles compared to those identified in northern-European and American Caucasians. The significance of the different frequencies and polymorphisms of the above alleles in Chinese populations needs to be further examined in HIV-1/AIDS diseases.展开更多
Objective:To compare the genotype frequencies of HLA class-ⅡDRB1 alleles in Giardia(G.)lamblia-infected children.Methods:A total of 490 Egyptian children aged 2-16 years were subjected to microscopic stool examinatio...Objective:To compare the genotype frequencies of HLA class-ⅡDRB1 alleles in Giardia(G.)lamblia-infected children.Methods:A total of 490 Egyptian children aged 2-16 years were subjected to microscopic stool examination to detect G.lamblia infection,and to exclude other intestinal pathogens.On the basis of their microscopic findings,a group of 80 children were chosen as giardiasis cases,another 80 children were confirmed as Giardia free control group by immunochromatographic test,and the remaining children were excluded.Both giardiasis and control groups were then subjected to blood examination to identify their genetic type of HLA-DRB1 alleles.Results:HLA class-ⅡDRB1*03:01 and DRB1*13:01 alleles were significantly associated with G.lamblia infection(P<0.001 for each variable).On the other hand,HLA class-ⅡDRB1*04:02,DRB1*10:01,DRB1*14:01 and DRB1*15:01 alleles were significantly demonstrated in Giardia free children.However,other HLA-DRB1 alleles did not show any significant association with giardiasis.Conclusions:HLA class-ⅡDRB1*03,DRB1*13,DRB1*04,DRB1*10,DRB1*14 and DRB1*15 alleles may be involved in the establishment of host immune response to G.lamblia infection.展开更多
基金Supported by the Foundation of Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau,No.01444
文摘AIM: To investigate the association between curative effects of interferon-α and partial human leucocyte antigen (HLA)Ⅱ alleles in chronic viral hepatitis B.METHODS: Sixty patients with chronic viral hepatitis B in Shanghai were treated with a standard course of treatment with interferon-α for 6 mo. HLA-DRB1, -DQA1, and -DQB1 alleles were detected by polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primer (PCR-SSP) method. RESULTS: Frequencies of HLA-DRB1*04(P＜0.025) and HLA-DQA1*0303 (P＜0.01) in non-responders were significantly higher than those in partial and complete responders. Frequencies of HLA-DQAI*0505(P＜0.025) and HLA-DQB1*0301(P＜0.005) in partial and complete responders were significantly higher than those in non-responders.CONCLUSION: Non-response to interferon-α therapy is positively correlated with HLA-DRB1*04 and HLA-DQA1*0303， and negatively correlated with HLA-DQA1*0505 and -DQB1*0301 in patient with chronic viral hepatitis B.HLA Ⅱ genes of the identification alleles provide a method for evaluating outcome of interferon-α treatment.
文摘In order to investigate the association of genotypes of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 alleles with the genetic susceptibility of chronic urticaria (CU), genotypes of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 genes were detected by polymerase chain reactions with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) in 42 patients with CU (19 men and 23 women, mean age 30.67±12.45 y old as well as 193 racially matched healthy persons in ethnic Han from Hubei provinece. Gene frequencies of HLA-DRB1*12, *0901 (RR=3.11, χ2=7.579, P=0.006; RR=2.47, χ2=5.684, P=0.017) were significantly increased in CU patients as compared with that in healthy people. Gene frequencies of HLA-DQB1*05 (RR=0.26, χ2=6.683, P=0.01) were significantly decreased in CU patients. It was suggested that CU was found strongly associated with HLA-DRB1*12, *0901 and HLA-DQB1*05, the former might be the genetic markers for susceptibility to CU, but the latter might play a resistive role.
文摘AIM: To probe into the genetic susceptibility of HLA-DRB1 alleles to esophageal carcinoma in Han Chinese in Hubei Province.METHODS: HLA-DRB1 allele polymorphisms were typed by polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) in 42 unrelated patients with esophageal cancer and 136 unrelated normal control subjects and the associated HLA-DRB1 allele was measured by nucleotide sequence analysis with PCR.SAS software was used in statistics.RESULTS: Allele frequency (AF) of HLA-DRB1·0901 was significantly higher in esophageal carcinoma patients than that in the normal controls (0.2500 vs0.1397, P=0.028, the odds ratio 2.053, etiologic fraction 0.1282). After analyzed the allele nucleotide sequence of HLA-DRB1·0901 which approachs to the corresponded exon 2 sequence of the allele in genebank. There was no association between patients and controls in the rested HLA-DRB1 alleles.CONCLUSION: HLA-DRB1·0901 allele is more common in the patients with esophageal carcinoma than in the healthy controls, which is positively associated with the patients of Hubei Han Chinese. Individuals carrying HLA-DRB1·0901may be susceptible to esophageal carcinoma.
基金This project was supported by grant from National Natural Sciences Foundation of the PR China(39770683)
文摘Objective:The aim in this study was to identify the allelic frequencies of the chemokine (SDF1-3'A) and chemokine receptor (CCR5△32, CCR5m303 and CCR2-64I) genes resistant to HIV-1 infection and/or disease progression in indigenous Chinese populations. Methods: By using QIAamp DNA Blood Mini Kit, the genomic DNA samples were purified from whole peripheral blood of healthy individuals (n=2067) from Han, Uygur, Mongolian and Tibetan ethnic groups, as well as Han patients including HIV-1 carriers (n=330), patients with other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs, n=259) and intravenous drug users (IVDUs, n=125). The allelic polymorphisms were identified by means of PCR or PCR-RFLP analyses. The sequences of randomly selected amplified PCR products were further confirmed by direct DNA sequencing. Results: The mutant frequencies were identified to be 0%-3.48% for CCR5△32, 0% for CCR5m303,19.15%-28.79% for CCR2-64 and 19.10%-28.73% for SDF1-3'A alleles, respectively, in Chinese healthy individuals from four ethnic groups. Our findings indicated the allelic frequencies vary among the different ethnic groups. Furthermore, the HIV-1 carriers, STD cases and IVDUs (all of Han ethnicity) were found to have the allelic frequencies of 0%-0.19% (CCR5A32), 0% (CCR5m303), 19.31%-20.45% (CCR2-64) and 25.61%-26.83% (SDF1-3'A) with minor variations in their frequencies between the patients and healthy Han groups. There was no CCR5-m303 mutation found in any subject in this study. Conclusion: The examined subjects of four Chinese ethnic origins showed lower frequencies of CCR5A32 and CCR5m303 alleles, but higher frequencies of mutant CCR264I and SDF1-3'A alleles compared to those identified in northern-European and American Caucasians. The significance of the different frequencies and polymorphisms of the above alleles in Chinese populations needs to be further examined in HIV-1/AIDS diseases.
文摘Objective:To compare the genotype frequencies of HLA class-ⅡDRB1 alleles in Giardia(G.)lamblia-infected children.Methods:A total of 490 Egyptian children aged 2-16 years were subjected to microscopic stool examination to detect G.lamblia infection,and to exclude other intestinal pathogens.On the basis of their microscopic findings,a group of 80 children were chosen as giardiasis cases,another 80 children were confirmed as Giardia free control group by immunochromatographic test,and the remaining children were excluded.Both giardiasis and control groups were then subjected to blood examination to identify their genetic type of HLA-DRB1 alleles.Results:HLA class-ⅡDRB1*03:01 and DRB1*13:01 alleles were significantly associated with G.lamblia infection(P<0.001 for each variable).On the other hand,HLA class-ⅡDRB1*04:02,DRB1*10:01,DRB1*14:01 and DRB1*15:01 alleles were significantly demonstrated in Giardia free children.However,other HLA-DRB1 alleles did not show any significant association with giardiasis.Conclusions:HLA class-ⅡDRB1*03,DRB1*13,DRB1*04,DRB1*10,DRB1*14 and DRB1*15 alleles may be involved in the establishment of host immune response to G.lamblia infection.
