Influence of interaction between the polymorphisms of CD8+ T cell inhibitory genes and hepatitis B virus mutations on the progression of chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Objective:To investigate the interaction between the polymorphisms of hepatitis B virus(HBV)-related CD8+ T cell in-hibitory genes and HBV mutations and its influence on the outcome of HBV infection. Methods:A total of 239 healthy controls,429 patients with spontaneous clearance,and 858 patients with chronic HBV infection were enrolled. A total of 28 tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms were selected from 5 CD8+ T cell inhibitory genes for genotyping. Direct sequencing was performed to determine HBV mutations. Results:The interactions between the polymorphisms of CD8+ T cell inhibitory genes(rs485618,rs4656942,and rs3766377 in CD244 and rs6746608 in BIM) and HBV mutations(T53C,A166C,T216C,A293G,A1762T,G1764A,and A1762T/G1764A) had a great influence on the risk of liver cirrhosis(LC) or hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC). Similar results were obtained by multifactor dimensionality reduction analysis. Conclusion:The polymorphisms of CD244 and BIM genes might be involved in the regulation of immune selection of LC- or HCC-related HBV mutations,and the interactions between them may affect the progression of chronic HBV infection.