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ABSTRACT: Objective
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a major health problem. The outcome of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is associated with variations in HLA-DPA1 alleles. The aim of this study was to investigate possible associations of HLA-DPA1 alleles with treatment response and with hepatitis B virus e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion.Methods
Eight different HLA-DPA1 alleles from 246 CHB patients were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers at high resolution to investigate the association of HLA-DPA1 alleles with treatment response, development of cirrhosis, HBeAg seroconversion, and disease reoccurrence upon HBeAg loss.Results
There was no significant association between HLA-DPA1 alleles and treatment response, development of cirrhosis, or HBeAg seroconversion. However, HLA-DPA1*04:01 allele was significantly more frequently found in patients who redeveloped disease upon HBeAg seroconversion (100% vs 36.8%: p=0.037; Fisher's exact test).Conclusion
HLA-DPA1*04:01 allele may be a risk factor for reoccurrence of CHB after HBeAg seroconversion.
SUBMITTER: Katrinli S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5336620 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Katrinli Seyma S Enc Feruze Yilmaz FY Ozdil Kamil K Ozturk Oguzhan O Tuncer Ilyas I Doganay Gizem Dinler GD Doganay Levent L
Northern clinics of Istanbul 20160101 3
<h4>Objective</h4>Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a major health problem. The outcome of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is associated with variations in HLA-DPA1 alleles. The aim of this study was to investigate possible associations of HLA-DPA1 alleles with treatment response and with hepatitis B virus e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion.<h4>Methods</h4>Eight different HLA-DPA1 alleles from 246 CHB patients were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers at high resoluti ...[more]