Association study of human leukocyte antigen variants and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
| Autor: | Beatriz Guillen-Guio, Megan L. Paynton, Richard J. Allen, Daniel P.W. Chin, Lauren J. Donoghue, Amy Stockwell, Olivia C. Leavy, Tamara Hernandez-Beeftink, Carl Reynolds, Paul Cullinan, Fernando Martinez, Helen L. Booth, William A. Fahy, Ian P. Hall, Simon P. Hart, Mike R. Hill, Nik Hirani, Richard B. Hubbard, Robin J. McAnulty, Ann B. Millar, Vidya Navaratnam, Eunice Oballa, Helen Parfrey, Gauri Saini, Ian Sayers, Martin D. Tobin, Moira K.B. Whyte, Ayodeji Adegunsoye, Naftali Kaminski, Shwu-Fan Ma, Mary E. Strek, Yingze Zhang, Tasha E. Fingerlin, Maria Molina-Molina, Margaret Neighbors, X. Rebecca Sheng, Justin M. Oldham, Toby M. Maher, Philip L. Molyneaux, Carlos Flores, Imre Noth, David A. Schwartz, Brian L. Yaspan, R. Gisli Jenkins, Louise V. Wain, Edward J. Hollox |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | ERJ Open Research, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2312-0541 23120541 |
| DOI: | 10.1183/23120541.00553-2023 |
| Popis: | Introduction Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic interstitial pneumonia marked by progressive lung fibrosis and a poor prognosis. Recent studies have highlighted the potential role of infection in the pathogenesis of IPF, and a prior association of the HLA-DQB1 gene with idiopathic fibrotic interstitial pneumonia (including IPF) has been reported. Owing to the important role that the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region plays in the immune response, here we evaluated if HLA genetic variation was associated specifically with IPF risk. Methods We performed a meta-analysis of associations of the HLA region with IPF risk in individuals of European ancestry from seven independent case–control studies of IPF (comprising 5159 cases and 27 459 controls, including a prior study of fibrotic interstitial pneumonia). Single nucleotide polymorphisms, classical HLA alleles and amino acids were analysed and signals meeting a region-wide association threshold of p90% were considered significant. We sought to replicate the previously reported HLA-DQB1 association in the subset of studies independent of the original report. Results The meta-analysis of all seven studies identified four significant independent single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with IPF risk. However, none met the posterior probability for replication criterion. The HLA-DQB1 association was not replicated in the independent IPF studies. Conclusion Variation in the HLA region was not consistently associated with risk in studies of IPF. However, this does not preclude the possibility that other genomic regions linked to the immune response may be involved in the aetiology of IPF. |
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