Project description:Several HLA allelic variants have been associated with protection from, or susceptibility to infectious and autoimmune diseases. Here, we examined whether specific HLA alleles would be associated with different Mtb infection outcomes. We found that DQA1*03:01, DPB1*04:02, and DRB4*01:01 were signficantly more frequent in inividuals with active TB (susceptibility alleles). Furthermore, individuals who express any of the three susceptibility alleles were associated with lower magnitude of responses against Mtb antigens. We investigated the gene expression changes induced in PBMCs by Mtb lysate and a peptide pool (MTB300) in individuals with or without expression of the susceptibility alleles.
Project description:HLA-C expresion varies widely across the different HLA-C alleles. MicroRNA binding can partly explain the differences in HLA-C allele expression however other contributing factors still remain undetermined. Here we use two common HLA-C alleles, HLA-C*05:01 and HLA-C*07:02, to explore differences in expression levels. Using functional, structural and peptide repertoire comparisons we demonstrate that HLA-C expression levels are not only modulated at the RNA level but also at the protein level. This dataset contains RAW data and database search results for HLA-C*05:01 and HLA-C*07:02 from the 721.221 cell line.
