Activating KIR/HLA complexes in classic Kaposi's Sarcoma

Franca R. Guerini; Roberta Mancuso; Simone Agostini; Cristina Agliardi; Milena Zanzottera; Ambra Hernis; Athanasia Tourlaki; Maria G. Calvo; Monica Bellinvia; Lucia Brambilla; Mario Clerici

doi:10.1186/1750-9378-7-922469025

Activating KIR/HLA complexes in classic Kaposi's Sarcoma

Franca R. Guerini, Roberta Mancuso, Simone Agostini, Cristina Agliardi, Milena Zanzottera, Ambra Hernis, Athanasia Tourlaki, Maria G. Calvo, Monica Bellinvia, Lucia Brambilla, Mario Clerici

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Background. Classic Kaposi's Sarcoma (cKS) is a rare vascular tumor associated with Human Herpesvirus 8 (KSHV) infection, nevertheless not all KSHV-infected individuals have cKS. Objective. We investigated whether particular KIR/HLA receptor/ligand genotypes would be preferentially present in KSHV-infected and uninfected individuals who have or have not developed cKS. Methods. KIR/HLA genotypes were analyzed by molecular genotyping in 50 KSHV-infected individuals who did or did not have cKS and in 33 age-and sex-matched KSHV seronegative individuals. Results. There was no association of individual KIR, HLA or receptor ligand combinations with KSHV infection. However, activating KIR and KIR/HLA genotypes were significantly more frequent in cKS cases, specifically KIR3DS1, KIR2DS1, and KIR2DS1 with its HLA-C2 ligand. Conclusion. A nonspecific inflammatory response triggered by activation of NK cells upon KIR-HLA interaction could be associated with the pathogenesis of KS.

Original language	English
Article number	9
Journal	Infectious Agents and Cancer
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1750-9378-7-922469025
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

HLA
Human Herpesvirus 8
Kaposi's Sarcoma
KIR
KSHV
NK cells

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Infectious Diseases
Oncology
Epidemiology
Cancer Research

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Activating KIR/HLA complexes in classic Kaposi's Sarcoma. / Guerini, Franca R.; Mancuso, Roberta ; Agostini, Simone ; Agliardi, Cristina ; Zanzottera, Milena; Hernis, Ambra; Tourlaki, Athanasia; Calvo, Maria G.; Bellinvia, Monica; Brambilla, Lucia; Clerici, Mario.

In: Infectious Agents and Cancer, Vol. 7, No. 1, 9, 2012.

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