Rizzo Roberta, Gentili Valentina, Rotola Antonella, Bortolotti Daria, Cassai Enzo, Di Luca Dario
Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, University of Ferrara , Ferrara, Italy .
Viral Immunol. 2014 Nov;27(9):468-70. doi: 10.1089/vim.2014.0017. Epub 2014 Sep 4.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) regulation of host immune response leads to cervical lesions. In particular, natural killer (NK) cells are crucial for HPV control. Since specific HLA-I/KIR interactions modify NK cell activation, we analyzed HLA-C and KIR alleles in HPV infection and lesion development in 150 controls, 33 condyloma acuminatum, and 111 invasive cervical cancer (ICC) patients. We showed an increase in HLA-C1/KIR2DL2 and HLA-C1/KIR2DL3 pairs in HPV high-risk infected patients (OR 3.05, 3.24) with ICC (OR 1.33, 3.68). These data suggest HLA-C and KIR typing as risk marker for HPV infection and lesion evolution.
人乳头瘤病毒(HPV)对宿主免疫反应的调节会导致宫颈病变。特别是,自然杀伤(NK)细胞对HPV的控制至关重要。由于特定的HLA-I/KIR相互作用会改变NK细胞的激活,我们分析了150名对照者、33名尖锐湿疣患者和111名浸润性宫颈癌(ICC)患者中HPV感染及病变发展过程中的HLA-C和KIR等位基因。我们发现,在HPV高危感染的ICC患者中,HLA-C1/KIR2DL2和HLA-C1/KIR2DL3配对增加(比值比分别为3.05、3.24),在ICC患者中也增加(比值比分别为1.33、3.68)。这些数据表明,HLA-C和KIR分型可作为HPV感染和病变演变的风险标志物。