A genome-wide association study identifies variants in the HLA-DP locus associated with chronic hepatitis B in Asians

作者：Kamatani Yoichiro; Wattanapokayakit Sukanya; Ochi Hidenori; Kawaguchi Takahisa; Takahashi Atsushi; Hosono Naoya; Kubo Michiaki; Tsunoda Tatsuhiko; Kamatani Naoyuki; Kumada Hiromitsu; Puseenam Aekkachai; Sura Thanyachai; Daigo Yataro; Chayama Kazuaki; Chantratita Wasun; Nakamura Yusuke^*; Matsuda Koichi

来源：Nature Genetics, 2009, 41(5): 591-595.

DOI：10.1038/ng.348

Chronic hepatitis B is a serious infectious liver disease that often progresses to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma; however, clinical outcomes after viral exposure vary enormously among individuals(1). Through a two-stage genome-wide association study using 786 Japanese chronic hepatitis B cases and 2,201 controls, we identified a significant association of chronic hepatitis B with 11 SNPs in a region including HLA-DPA1 and HLA-DPB1. We validated these associations by genotyping two SNPs from the region in three additional Japanese and Thai cohorts consisting of 1,300 cases and 2,100 controls (combined P = 6.34 x 10(-39) and 2.31 x 10(-38), OR = 0.57 and 0.56, respectively). Subsequent analyses revealed risk haplotypes (HLA-DPA1*0202-DPB1*0501 and HLA-DPA1*0202-DPB1*0301, OR = 1.45 and 2.31, respectively) and protective haplotypes (HLA-DPA1*0103-DPB1*0402 and HLA-DPA1*0103-DPB1*0401, OR = 0.52 and 0.57, respectively). Our findings show that genetic variants in the HLA-DP locus are strongly associated with risk of persistent infection with hepatitis B virus.

• 出版日期2009-5
• 单位河北医科大学