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Enriched HLA-DQ3 phenotype and decreased class I major histocompatibility complex antigen expression in recurrent
V R Bonagura1, F P Siegal, A L Abramson
1Department of Pediatrics, Schneider Children's Hospital, New Hyde Park, New York 11042, USA.
Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
|May 1, 1994
Abstract:
Respiratory papillomas, caused by human papillomaviruses, are benign tumors that recur following removal. We evaluated immune function and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) phenotype and expression in these patients. MHC-independent immune function appeared normal. The frequency of peripheral blood MHC class II phenotypes was highly enriched for DQ3 and DR11, one split of DR5. Class I MHC antigen expression on papilloma tissue was markedly reduced. Together, these phenomena may facilitate papillomavirus evasion of the cellular immune response.