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17th IHIW component "Immunogenetics of Ageing" - New NGS data.

ABSTRACT: The 'Immunogenetics of Aging' project is a component introduced in the 14th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop (IHIW) and developed further within subsequent workshops. The aim was to determine the relevance of immunogenetic markers, focusing on HLA, cytokine genes, and some innate immunity genes, for successful aging and an increased capacity to reach the extreme limits of life-span. Within the 17th IHIW we applied Next Generation Sequencing methods to refine further HLA associations at allele level in longevity, and to extend our knowledge to additional loci such as HLA-DQA1, HLA-DPB1 and HLA-DPA1. Analysis of relatively small number of healthy elderly and young controls from four populations showed that some HLA class I and class II alleles were significantly positively associated with healthy aging. Additionally we observed statistically significant differences in HLA allele distribution when the analysis was performed separately in elderly females and males compared to sex-matched young controls. Haplotypes, probably associated with better control of viral and malignant diseases were increased in the elderly sample. These preliminary NGS data could confirm our hypotheses that survival and longevity might be associated with selection of HLA alleles and haplotypes conferring disease resistance or susceptibility. Therefore HLA alleles and haplotypes could be informative immunogenetic markers for successful ageing.

SUBMITTER: Ivanova M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6773488 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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17th IHIW component "Immunogenetics of Ageing" - New NGS data.

Ivanova Milena M Creary Lisa E LE Al Hadra Bushra B Lukanov Tsvetelin T Mazzocco Michela M Sacchi Nicoletta N Ameen Reem R Al-Shemmari Salem S Moise Ana A Ursu Larisa Denisa LD Constantinescu Ileana I Vayntrub Tamara T Fernández-Viňa Marcelo A MA Shivarov Velizar V Naumova Elissaveta E

Human immunology 20190720 9

The 'Immunogenetics of Aging' project is a component introduced in the 14th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop (IHIW) and developed further within subsequent workshops. The aim was to determine the relevance of immunogenetic markers, focusing on HLA, cytokine genes, and some innate immunity genes, for successful aging and an increased capacity to reach the extreme limits of life-span. Within the 17th IHIW we applied Next Generation Sequencing methods to refine further HLA associations ...[more]

PMID: 31331679

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