A Novel Finding of an HLA Allele's and a Haplotype's Relationship with SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine-Associated Subacute Thyroiditis.

Sahin Tekin M., Yorulmaz G., Yantir E., Gunduz E., Colak E.

Vaccines, cilt.10, sa.12, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3390/vaccines10121986
  • Dergi Adı: Vaccines
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: subacute thyroiditis, SARS-CoV-2, mRNA vaccines, HLA-A*11, MHC class I, HLA-A*11-B*35-C*04 haplotype, CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, QUERVAINS, ANTIGEN, PIPELINE
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is a thyroid disease associated with viral infections. Its relationship with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens was shown before. SAT cases triggered by different types of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines have been reported. In this study, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genotypes of 27 SAT patients (13 vaccine-associated (V-SAT) and 14 non-SARS-CoV-2-infection non-vaccine-associated (non-V-SAT)) were compared with those of 362 healthy donors. HLA analyses were performed with low-resolution DNA-based sequence-specific oligonucleotide or sequence-specific primer methods. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 25 and Stata/MP 14.1 with the hapipf function. Allele and haplotype frequencies were estimated by PyPop and gene[RATE] tool programs. The allele frequencies of HLA-A*11, HLA-B*35, and HLA-C*04 were higher in the patient groups. Both the allele frequency of HLA-A*11 and the haplotype frequency of A*11-B*35-C*04 were higher in the V-SAT group. The A*11-B*35-C*04 haplotype, including all three loci of MHC class I genes, is shown to be associated with the disease for the first time, especially in the V-SAT group. This finding will contribute to a better understanding of the etiopathogenesis of vaccine-associated SAT and the role of HLA genotypes in the functioning mechanisms of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.