Expression of HLA Class I and HLA Class II by Tumor Cells in Chinese Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients

Xin Huang*, Anke van den Berg, Zifen Gao, Lydia Visser, Ilja Nolte, Hans Vos, Bouke Hepkema, Wierd Kooistra, Sibrand Poppema, Arjan Diepstra

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Abstract

Background: In Caucasian populations, the tumor cells of Epstein Barr virus (EBV)-positive classical Hodgkin Lymphomas (cHL) patients more frequently express HLA class I and HLA class II molecules compared to EBV-negative cHL patients. HLA expression (in relation to EBV) in Asian cHL patients has not been previously investigated. Methodology/Principal Findings: We randomly selected 145 cHL patients with formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissue blocks available from 5 hospitals from the Northern part of China. Hematoxylin & Eosin-stained slides were used to reclassify the histological subtypes according to the WHO classification. EBV status was determined by visualization of EBERs in tumor cells using in situ hybridization. Membranous expression of HLA molecules was detected by immunohistochemistry using antibodies HC-10 (class I heavy chain) and anti-beta 2-microglobulin for HLA class I, and CR3/43 for HLA class II. EBV+ tumor cells were observed in 40% (58/145) of the cHL patients. As expected, the percentage of EBV+ cases was much higher in the mixed cellularity subtype (71%) than in the nodular sclerosis subtype (16%) (p
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere10865
Number of pages6
JournalPLoS ONE
Volume5
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28-May-2010

Keywords

  • REED-STERNBERG CELLS
  • COMPLEX CLASS-I
  • CD4(+) T-CELLS
  • DISEASE
  • EPITOPE
  • HLA-A-ASTERISK-02
  • IDENTIFICATION
  • PROTEIN

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