Detection of a novel HLA-A*30 variant, A*30:109, in a Taiwanese individual

One nucleotide substitution at residue 488 of HLA-A*30:01:02 results in a novel allele, HLA-A*30:109.

A novel HLA allele, HLA-C*15:02:01:04, identified in a Taiwanese individual

One nucleotide substitution at residue 1924 of HLA-C*15:02:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-C*15:02:01:04.

Identification of a novel HLA-A*02:01:01 variant, HLA-A*02:01:01:09, in a Taiwanese bone marrow donor

An intronic mutation in intron 3 of A*02:01:01:01 leads to the formation of A*02:01:01:09.

HLA-A*11:256Q, a novel HLA-A*11 variant, detected in a Taiwanese individual

Nucleotide deletions from residues 409 to 417 of HLA-A*11:02:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-A*11:256Q.

Enhanced thermoelectricity of three-dimensionally mesostructured BixSb2-xTe3 nanoassemblies: from micro-scaled open gaps to isolated sealed mesopores

We describe an innovative interfacial design concept and nanostructuring of novel Bi_xSb_2-xTe₃ (BST) nanoassembled films comprising unique air-solid interfaces from micro-scaled open gaps to isolated sealed mesopores, and high-quality solid-solid ones including the coherent grain boundaries and specific twins, utilizing pulsed laser deposition (PLD), for potentially activating multiple thermoelectric enhancing mechanisms. The unusual mesopore embedded BST films exhibit the highest power factor of ∼33 μW cm^-1 K^-2, which is comparable to or higher than the previously reported values for BST, and the corresponding relatively low thermal diffusivity in contrast to that for dense pore-less BST films evidently reveals the crucial role of the three-dimensionally and densely arranged air-solid interfaces in significantly arising the phonon scattering.

Detection of a novel HLA-C*03 variant, HLA-C*03:227, in a Taiwanese individual

One nucleotide substitution at residue 19 of HLA-C*03:03:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-C*03:227.

The novel HLA-DRB1*15:140 allele discovered in a Taiwanese unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donor

One nucleotide substitution at residue 91 of HLA-DRB1*15:02:01:01 results in a new allele, HLA-DRB1*15:140.

HLA-C*07:566, a novel HLA-C*07 variant, detected in a Taiwanese hematopoietic stem cell donor

One nucleotide replacement in codon 334 of HLA-C*07:02:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-C*07:566.

Identification of a novel HLA-C allele, HLA-C*15:134, in a Taiwanese hematopoietic stem cell donor

One nucleotide substitution in codon 17 of HLA-C*15:02:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-C*15:134.

Detection of a novel HLA-A*11 variant, A*11:255, in a Taiwanese individual

One nucleotide substitution at residue 532 of HLA-A*11:02:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-A*11:255.

HLA-B*15:414, a novel variant of HLA-B*15, discovered in a Taiwanese individual

One nucleotide replacement at residue 221 of HLA-B*15:18:01:01 results in a new allele, HLA-B*15:414.

A dispermic chimerism detected in a Taiwanese potential unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donor

Chimerism is defined as the presence of 2 or more than 1 genetically distinct cell populations in an organism. Dispermic chimeras are derived from the fertilization of 1 or 2 matured nuclei by 2 sperms. We here report detection of a healthy and phenotypically normal female with normal ABO red blood cell typing in whom dispermic chimerism was suspected after 3 alleles were identified at multiple human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci using molecular HLA analysis. Molecular HLA typing showed the donor to have 3 HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DQB1 and -DPB1 alleles in blood, saliva and nail samples. In addition, 3 of her 9 short tandem repeat loci also showed to have 3 distinct alleles in blood, nail and saliva specimens. In all investigations, the third alleles were attributed to a dual paternal contribution. This case represents a dispermic chimerism, with 2 paternal and 1 maternal haplotypes variably distributed throughout body tissues in a healthy and phenotypically normal female without abnormalities in erythrocyte ABO blood group. The origin of this chimerism is probably due to the fertilization of a single egg and its polar body, or a parthenogenetic egg, by 2 sperms.

HLA-C*07:544, a novel HLA-C*07 variant, detected in a Taiwanese bone marrow donor

One nucleotide exchange at residue 768 of the HLA-C*07:02:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-C*07:544.

Identification of a novel HLA-B*07 variant, B*07:269, by sequence-based typing in a Taiwanese bone marrow stem cell donor

One nucleotide replacement at residue 559 of HLA-B*07:05:01:01 or B*07:06:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-B*07:269.

HLA-B*15:388, a novel variant of HLA-B*15, discovered in a Taiwanese individual

One nucleotide replacement at residue 47 of HLA-B*15:18:01:01 results in a new allele, HLA-B*15:388.

Detection of a novel HLA-B*46:01 variant, HLA-B*46:01:22, in a Taiwanese individual

One nucleotide replacement at residue 606 of HLA-B*46:01:01 results in a new allele, HLA-B*46:01:22.

Identification of a novel HLA-A*02 variant, HLA-A*02:621, in a Taiwanese bone marrow donor

One nucleotide replacement at residue 169 of HLA-A*02:01:01:01 results in a new allele, HLA-A*02:621.

Discovery of HLA-B*58:80, a novel HLA-B*58 variant, in a Taiwanese bone marrow donor

One nucleotide substitution at residue 133 of HLA-B*58:01:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-B*58:80.

Discovery of a novel HLA-DRB1*09 variant, HLA-DRB1*09:28, in a Taiwanese individual

One nucleotide substitution at residue 332 of HLA-DRB1*09:01:02 results in a novel allele, HLA-DRB1*09:28.

A novel HLA-B*38 variant, B*38:15, detected in a Taiwanese individual

One nucleotide substitution at residue 346 of HLA-B*38:02:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-B*38:15.

Recognition of a novel HLA-A*11 variant, HLA-A*11:196, in a Taiwanese unrelated bone marrow stem cell donor

One nucleotide substitution at residue 484 of HLA-A*11:01:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-A*11:196.

HLA-A*11:235Q, a novel HLA-A*11 variant, detected in a Taiwanese individual

Nucleotide deletions from residue 120 to 125 of HLA-A*11:01:01:01 result in a novel allele, HLA-A*11:235Q.

Discovery of a novel HLA-B*13:01 variant, HLA-B*13:01:12, in a Taiwanese bone marrow stem cell donor

One nucleotide substitution at codon 189 of HLA-B*13:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-B*13:01:12.

HLA-B*40:329, a novel HLA-B*40 variant, identified in a Taiwanese individual

One nucleotide substitution at codon 254 of HLA-B*40:01:01 results in a new allele, HLA-B*40:329.

Identification of a novel HLA-A*02 variant, HLA-A*02:614, in a Taiwanese individual

One nucleotide substitution at residue 806 of HLA-A*02:01:01:01 results in a new allele, HLA-A*02:614.