H1N1 hemagglutinin-specific HLA-DQ6-restricted CD4+ T cells can be readily detected in narcolepsy type 1 patients and healthy controls
2019
Following the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, an increased risk of narcolepsy type 1 was observed. Homology
between an H1N1 hemagglutinin and two hypocretin sequences has been reported.
T cell reactivity to these peptides was assessed in 81 narcolepsy type 1 patients and 19 HLA-DQ6-matched
healthy controls.
HLA-DQ6-restricted H1N1 hemagglutinin-specific T cell responses were detected in 28.4% of patients and
15.8% of controls. Despite structural homology between HLA-DQ6-hypocretin and -H1N1 peptide complexes, T
cell cross-reactivity was not detected.
These results indicate that it is unlikely that cross-reactivity between H1N1 hemagglutinin and hypocretin
peptides presented by HLA-DQ6 is involved in the development of narcolepsy.
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