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Genetic polymorphism of HLA-DQ confers susceptibility to hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma: a case-control study in Han population in China

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Several recent genome-wide studies showed that the genetic polymorphisms in the HLA-DQ region (rs9275572 and rs2856718) were related to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We analyzed the two single-nucleotide polymorphisms for major HBV outcomes in Han Chinese. A total of 1291 samples were involved and peripheral blood samples were collected in this study. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry were used to genotype the single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the HLA-DQ region. Our study indicated the clear relationship between the HLA-DQ rs9275572 and HBV-related HCC after control for the effects of sex, drinking, and smoking. Health subjects with the HLA-DQ rs9275572 GA genotype would have a 0.641 (95 % CI 0.416, 0.985; P = 0.043) times lower odds of having HCC, and those with the AA genotype would have a 0.256 (95 % CI 0.106, 0.618; P = 0.002) times lower odds of having HCC, whereas the values of the other covariates were fixed. Whereas there was no significant difference found for the HLA-DQ rs2856718 AG and GG genotype. Our study suggested that HLA-DQ loci (rs9275572) were associated with HBV-related HCC as a protective factor in Han Chinese.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the Postgraduate Innovation Project of Hebei Department of Education Office of Academic Degrees, Foundation of Health Commission of Hebei (20090048), and Hebei medical scientific research key project (20150626) who supported this study, and all the staffs who were involved in the subject recruitment, telephone interviews, sample preparation, and laboratory assays are thanked for their hard work.

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Xia Gao and Wenxuan Liu contributed equally to this work.

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Gao, X., Liu, W., Zhang, X. et al. Genetic polymorphism of HLA-DQ confers susceptibility to hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma: a case-control study in Han population in China. Tumor Biol. 37, 12103–12111 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13277-016-5077-z

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