Association of HLA-DQ and IFNL4 polymorphisms with susceptibility to hepatitis B virus infection and clearance

作者：Fan, Jia-Hao; Hou, Si-Hui; Li, Qing-Ling; Hu, Jun; Peng, Hong; Guo, Jin-Jun^*

来源：Annals of Hepatology, 2016, 15(4): 532-539.

• Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
• Human leukocyte antigen DQ (HLA-DQ)
• Interferon-lambda 4 (IFNL4)
• Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
• Viral infection risk

Background and aim. Leukocyte antigen DQ (HLA-DQ) and interferon-lambda 4 (IFNL4) gene polymorphisms were associated with susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B and C virus infection. This study further confirmed that variants of these genes were associated with susceptibility and spontaneous clearance of HBV infection in a Chinese population. Material and Methods: A total of 1,069 subjects were recruited and divided into three groups i.e. 397 with CLD (HBV-related chronic liver disease), 434 with SC (spontaneous clearance), and 238 HC (healthy controls). HLA-DQrs9275319 and IFNL4rs368234815, rs12971396, rs12979860, and rs8099917SNPs were genotyped using the Sequenom MassARRAY MALDI-TOF system. Results: HLA-DQ rs9275319 showed a significant association with HBV infection (allele model, OR, 0.514; 95% CI, 0.359-0.738, adjusted p = 0.0003) and with natural clearance (allele model, OR, 1.659; 95% CI, 1.197-2.300, adjusted. However, there was no association between IFNL4 polymorphism and HBV susceptibility or natural clearance (all p > 0.05). The multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) test with permutation correction showed that a three-way interaction between IFNL4 and HLA-DQ SNPs was identified for HBV susceptibility (permutation p = 0.009 for the best factor model) and clearance (permutation p = 0.014 for the best factor model). Conclusions: The data from the current study provided additional evidence for an SNP-SNP interaction between HLA-DQ and IFNL4 in regulation to HBV infection and natural clearance.

• 出版日期2016-8
• 单位重庆医科大学