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. 2024 Oct;51(5):291-299.
doi: 10.1111/iji.12678. Epub 2024 May 13.

Polymorphisms of HLA genes and hypersensitivity to penicillin among patients in a Taiwanese population

Chih-Chun Wang  1 , I-Chieh Chen  2 , Guan-Cheng Lin  2 , Yi-Ming Chen  2   3   4   5   6 , Ching-Hui Shen  3   4   7
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Polymorphisms of HLA genes and hypersensitivity to penicillin among patients in a Taiwanese population

Chih-Chun Wang et al. Int J Immunogenet. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

Penicillin allergy is a potentially life-threatening condition that is common among patients. However, the genetic associations with penicillin allergy are not yet recognized for prevention or diagnosis, particularly in East Asian populations. We conducted a retrospective case-control study using data from the Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative and analysing DNA samples to identify eight major MHC Class I and Class II loci. We employed imputation methods for accurate HLA typing and enrolled 17,827 individuals who received penicillin. Logistic regression analyses were utilized to explore associations between HLA genotypes, comorbidities and allergy risk, while simultaneously conducting a subgroup analysis to explore the association between HLA genotypes, comorbidities and the severity of allergic reactions. Our study assigned 496 cases to the penicillin allergy group and 4960 controls to a matched group. The risk of penicillin allergy was significantly higher with HLA-DPB1*05:01 (OR = 1.36, p = .004) and HLA-DQB1*05:01 (OR = 1.54, p = .03), with adjusted p-values of .032 and .24, respectively. Urticaria was identified as a separate risk factor (OR = 1.73, p < .001). However, neither the HLA alleles nor the comorbidities had a significant relationship with the risk of severe penicillin-induced allergy. HLA-DPB1*05:01 was found to be significantly associated with penicillin allergy reactions among the Taiwanese population.

Keywords: HLA genotypes; MHC Class I and Class II; imputation; penicillin allergy.

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