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Gorgan (Iran) population HLA genetics and anthropology. Hum Immunol 2019; 81:10-11. [PMID: 31818457 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2019.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Gorgan (Iran) have been studied for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 and -DQB1 genes for the first time. They are Turkmen and originated in East Asia around Altai Mts; they originally spoke a Turk language classified within the Turkish-Oguz group. Peripheral blood samples were collected from Gorgan City (Iran) and HLA typed by standard methodology. HLA allele frequencies were compared with 7984 chromosomes of other World populations and it was shown existence of admixture of Siberian and Mediterranean HLA characters in this population, probably due to longlasting contact with Persians. Three new HLA extended haplotypes were found: A*01:01-B*35:01-DRB1*03:01-DQB1*02:01, A*30:01-B*13:01-DRB1*15:01-DQB1*02:01 and A*31:01-B*35:01-DRB1*15:01-DQB1*03:01. Gorgan (Iran) were most close to Chuvashians (Noth Caspian Sea, Russia) and Siberians, like Tuvinians, Mansi and Buryats in Neighbour Joining and Vista analyses. It is established a relationship of this population with Kurgan (Gorgan, Iran) archaeological mounds culture. However, their kinship with Scythians (2nd century BC) and Sarmatians (4th century AD) is obscure although both of them spoke a Persian language.
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HLA-A, B, DRB1, DQA1, DQB1 alleles and haplotype frequencies in Dene and Cree cohorts in Manitoba, Canada. Hum Immunol 2017; 78:401-411. [PMID: 28359736 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2017.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Revised: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND First Nations in the Canadian province of Manitoba have disproportionately high rates of epidemic and endemic TB. Gene polymorphisms that modulate HLA Class I and II antigens are among the risk markers for TB, along with other biologic, and social determinants of health. HLA-A, B, DRB1, DQA1, DQB1 were typed in two Manitoba First Nation indigenous groups to identify and compare the frequency of gene polymorphisms that may influence susceptibility or resistance to TB. METHODS Participants who self-identified as either Dene or Cree enrolled into the study from two First Nation communities in Manitoba, Canada. Genomic DNA was extracted from blood samples collected with informed consent from Dene (N=63) and Cree (N=42) First Nation study participants. Participants self-reported having treated active TB, treated latent TB or no TB. HLA Class I and II molecules were typed using sequence-specific oligonucleotide (SSO) probes from commercially available kits. RESULTS The rates of treated active and latent TB were marginally higher among the Dene than the Cree participants (p=0.112). Class I and II HLA loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in both the Dene and Cree groups. In this exploratory analysis of TB and HLA allele frequencies in Dene and Cree cohorts HLA-A*03 and HLA-DQB1*05:03 were significantly associated with TB. CONCLUSIONS The high incidence of TB in both Dene and Cree populations in Canada requires both biomedical and socioeconomic prevention and control measures. Among the former, an understanding of HLA diversity among First Nations groups may aid the development of new effective vaccine and therapeutic modalities that depend on the interaction between small molecules and specific HLA epitopes.
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Arnaiz-Villena A, Palacio-Grüber J, Muñiz E, Campos C, Alonso-Rubio J, Gomez-Casado E, Salih SF, Martin-Villa M, Al-Qadi R. Genetic HLA Study of Kurds in Iraq, Iran and Tbilisi (Caucasus, Georgia): Relatedness and Medical Implications. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0169929. [PMID: 28114347 PMCID: PMC5256937 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Kurds from Iraq (Dohuk and Erbil Area, North Iraq) have been analyzed for HLA genes. Their HLA genetic profile has been compared with that of other Kurd groups from Iran and Tbilisi (Georgia, Caucasus) and also Worldwide populations. A total of 7,746 HLA chromosomes have been used. Genetic distances, NJ dendrograms and correspondence analyses have been carried out. Haplotype HLA-B*52—DRB1*15 is present in all three analyzed Kurd populations. HLA-A*02-B*51-DRB1*11 is present in Iraq and Georgia Kurds. Haplotypes common to Iran and Iraq Kurds are HLA DRB1*11—DQB1*03, HLA DRB1*03—DQB1*02 and others in a lower frequency. Our HLA study conclusions are that Kurds most probably belong to an ancient Mediterranean / Middle East / Caucasian genetic substratum and that present results and those previously obtained by us in Kurds may be useful for Medicine in future Kurd transplantation programs, HLA Epidemiology (HLA linked diseases) and Pharmacogenomics (HLA-associated drug side effects) and also for Anthropology. It is discussed that one of the most ancient Kurd ancestor groups is in Hurrians (2,000 years BC).
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- Antonio Arnaiz-Villena
- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, School of Medicine, Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, School of Medicine, Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, School of Medicine, Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, School of Medicine, Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, School of Medicine, Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Inmunología Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Autopista A6, Hipódromo, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, School of Medicine, Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- HLA Typing Department, Dohuk Specialized Laboratory Center, Dohuk, Iraq
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Arnaiz-Villena A, Muñiz E, del Palacio-Gruber J, Campos C, Alonso-Rubio J, Gomez-Casado E, Lopez-Pacheco F, Martin-Villa M, Silvera C. Ancestry of Amerindians and its Impact in Anthropology, Transplantation, HLA Pharmacogenomics and Epidemiology by HLA Study in Wiwa Colombian Population. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.2174/1874220301603010269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Background:HLA autosomic genes are unique because they conform the most polymorphic human system. Importance of this system is recognized in Medicine for Transplantation, Epidemiology (HLA and disease linkage), Pharmacogenomics (HLA linked to drug side effects) and for defining the origin of populations in both male and female lineages.Objectives:Studying HLA profile of a isolated Amerindian group from North Colombia (Wiwa) in order to draw conclusions about its Preventive Medicine, the genetic relationship with Worldwide populations and America peopling, since this last issue is hotly debated.Methodology:A total of 14,660 HLA chromosomes were included. Peripheral blood was obtained from volunteer blood donors belonging to Wiwa (also named Arsario) ethnic group. HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 and -DQB1 genes were analyzed by standard methods. Wiwa Amerindians relationships with others were calculated by using Arlequin, Dispan and Vista software computer packages.Results:Extended HLA, -A, -B, -C, -DRB1 and -DQB1 haplotypes have been studied for the first time in this population. Classical Amerindian haplotypes have been found and also new Wiwa (Arsario) Amerindian haplotypes. New haplotypes are A*68:01 - B*15:01 - C*03:03 - DRB1*14:02 - DQB1*03:02, A*11:01 - B*07:02 - C*07:02 - DRB1*15:03 - DQB1*06:02 and A*68:01 - B*15:01 - C*03:04 - DRB1*14:02 - DQB1*03:01.Conclusion:They have been reached after exhaustive comparisons of Wiwa with other Amerindians and Worldwide populations by using genetic distances, Neighbor Joining trees, correspondence analysis and specific group of alleles which are common and frequent in both Amerindians and Pacific Islanders. They are: 1) The Americas First Inhabitants have been probably come through Bering Strait and also through Pacific (from Austronesia and Asia) and Atlantic (from Europe) routes. A bidirectional gene flow is not discarded. 2) Genetic HLA Amerindian profile is separated from that of other Worldwide populations. 3) Amerindians geographical proximity groups’ relatedness is not concordant with HLA genetic relatedness, neither with language. This may be explained by a substantial population decrease that occurred after Europeans invaded America in 1492 and carried new pathogens and epidemics. 4) Our results are also useful for Wiwa and other Amerindians future preventive medicine (HLA linked diseases), HLA pharmacogenomics and transplantation regional programs.
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Mongkolsuk T, Tammakorn C, Kitpoka P, Thammanichanond D. A Rare HLA-DRB1*14:22-DQB1*04:01 Haplotype in a Kidney Donor: Implication in the Interpretation of Donor-Specific Antibody in Kidney Transplantation-A Case Report. Transplant Proc 2016; 48:943-5. [PMID: 27234774 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.12.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND The presence of donor-specific human leukocyte antigen antibodies (HLA-DSA) can be determined by performing Luminex assay with single-antigen beads. The single-antigen beads' panels cover the most frequent HLA alleles of the HLA-A, B, C, DRB1, DRB3/4/5, DQB, and DP loci, although the HLA typing for deceased donors often includes only HLA-A, B, and DR. Therefore, the information of haplotypic association between DRB1 and DQB1 is essential for the analysis of HLA-DSA, especially when HLA-DQ antibodies are identified in the patient's serum. CASE REPORT We report the finding of a rare HLA-DRB1*14:22-DQB1*04:01 haplotype in a Thai potential kidney donor. HLA class I and class II high-resolution typing were performed by a method of polymerase chain reaction with the use of sequence-specific primers. The HLA-A*24:02-C*04:06-B*13:01-DRB3*02:02-DRB1*14:22-DQA1*05:05-DQB1*04:01 haplotype in the kidney donor was confirmed by segregation analysis in the kidney donor's family. This rare haplotype was also identified in her father and the 2 of her offspring. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this is the 1st report of the rare HLA-DRB1*14:22-DQB1*04:01 haplotype in Thai individuals. The information of the rare HLA-DR-DQ haplotypic association provides a caution for HLA laboratory personnel when analyzing HLA-DSA in a patient with HLA-DQ antibodies and the HLA-DQ typing of a deceased donor is unavailable.
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- T Mongkolsuk
- Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Juárez-Martín AI, González-Sobrino BZ, Olvera ÁEC, Falfán-Valencia R. HLA class II alleles in the Otomi population of the Mezquital Valley: a genetic approach to the history of interethnic migrations in the Mexican Central Plateau. Hum Biol 2015; 86:167-84. [PMID: 25836745 DOI: 10.13110/humanbiology.86.3.0167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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From a historical and genetic point of view, the Otomi of the Mezquital Valley are a frontier people that have played an important role in the population dynamics of the Mexican Central Plateau. Due to the antiquity of their presence in the area, the Otomi may be bearers of ancient genetic variability, shared mainly today with other groups belonging to the Otomanguean linguistic family and with the Nahua. In this study we analyzed the HLA class II allele frequencies reported in Mexican indigenous populations, in order to provide an intraregional-level historical perspective of the genetic relationships between the Otomi of the Mezquital Valley and indigenous populations from other regions of Mexico. We examined genetic variation in HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 loci in 66 nonrelated individuals belonging to seven indigenous communities from the Ixmiquilpan municipality in the Mezquital Valley, in the State of Hidalgo, Mexico. The variability of the HLA-DRB1 gene among the Otomi of the Mezquital Valley was mainly concentrated in five alleles: -DRB1*08:02 (31.06%), -DRB1*04:07 (25.77%), -DRB1*14:06 (7.55%), -DRB1*14:02 (6.06%), and -DRB1*16:02 (4.55%); these alleles have been previously described in other indigenous populations. The most frequent alleles at the HLA-DQB1 locus were -DQB1*03:02 (34.09%), -DQB1*04:02 (31.03%), and -DQB1*03:01 (19.7%). Furthermore, the HLA-DQB1*02:02 allele was found in the Otomi group with a frequency of 2.27%; this allele has not been reported in Mexican indigenous populations. In conclusion, the genetic constitution of the Otomi population is intermediate to the northern groups and the genetic variability shared by the peoples of the central regions of Mexico. Furthermore, HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 allelic variability among the Otomi provides insight into the historical processes implied in the biological admixture with European, Asian, and African populations as well as in the admixture with the population of Mexico City associated with long-standing migratory processes.
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- Ana Itzel Juárez-Martín
- 1 Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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Kuranov AB, Vavilov MN, Abildinova GZ, Akilzhanova AR, Iskakova AN, Zholdybayeva EV, Boldyreva MN, Müller CA, Momynaliev KT. Polymorphisms of HLA-DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 in inhabitants of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. PLoS One 2014; 9:e115265. [PMID: 25531278 PMCID: PMC4274022 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Kazakhstan has been inhabited by different populations, such as the Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek and others. Here we investigate allelic and haplotypic polymorphisms of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes at DRB1, DQA1 and DQB1 loci in the Kazakh ethnic group, and their genetic relationship between world populations. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A total of 157 unrelated Kazakh ethnic individuals from Astana were genotyped using sequence based typing (SBT-Method) for HLA-DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 loci. Allele frequencies, neighbor-joining method, and multidimensional scaling analysis have been obtained for comparison with other world populations. Statistical analyses were performed using Arlequin v3.11. Applying the software PAST v. 2.17 the resulting genetic distance matrix was used for a multidimensional scaling analysis (MDS). Respectively 37, 17 and 19 alleles were observed at HLA-DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 loci. The most frequent alleles were HLA-DRB1*07:01 (13.1%), HLA-DQA1*03:01 (13.1%) and HLA-DQB1*03:01 (17.6%). In the observed group of Kazakhs DRB1*07:01-DQA1*02:01-DQB1*02:01 (8.0%) was the most common three loci haplotype. DRB1*10:01-DQB1*05:01 showed the strongest linkage disequilibrium. The Kazakh population shows genetic kinship with the Kazakhs from China, Uyghurs, Mongolians, Todzhinians, Tuvinians and as well as with other Siberians and Asians. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE The HLA-DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 loci are highly polymorphic in the Kazakh population, and this population has the closest relationship with other Asian and Siberian populations.
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Arnaiz-Villena A, Vargas-Alarcón G, Areces C, Enríquez-de-Salamanca M, Abd-El-Fatah-Khalil S, Fernández-Honrado M, Marco J, Martín-Villa JM, Rey D. Mixtec Mexican Amerindians: an HLA Alleles Study for America Peopling, Pharmacogenomics and Transplantation. Immunol Invest 2014; 43:738-55. [PMID: 25254939 DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2014.926369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Rey D, Amirzargar A, Areces C, Enríquez-de-Salamanca M, Marco J, Abd-El-Fatah-Khalil S, Fernández-Honrado M, Muñiz E, Martín-Villa JM, Arnaiz-Villena A. Gorgan (Turkmen in Iran) HLA genetics: transplantation, pharmacogenomics and anthropology. Immunol Invest 2014; 44:88-100. [PMID: 25058501 DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2014.936938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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HLA genetic profile of Mapuche (Araucanian) Amerindians from Chile. Mol Biol Rep 2013; 40:4257-67. [PMID: 23666052 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2509-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Amerindian Mapuche (Araucanians) are now living in Chile and Argentina at both sides of Andean Mountains. They are anthropologically and genetically different from southernmost South America Patagonian Amerindians. Most of the HLA alleles found in our Mapuche sample are frequent or very frequent in North and South America Amerindians: (1) Class I: A*02:01, A*03:01, A*68:01, B*39:09, B*51:01, (2) Class II: DRB1*03:01, DRB1*04:03, DRB1*07:01, DRB1*08:02, DRB1*14:02, DRB1*16:02. One of the nine most frequent extended haplotypes seems to be from European origin, suggesting the existence of a degree of admixture with Europeans in our Mapuche sample. It has been calculated of about 11 % admixture. Three of the extended haplotypes are also found in other Amerindians and five of them are newly found in Mapuche Amerindians: A*68:01-B*39:09-DRB1*08:02-DQB1*04:02; A*68:01-B*51:01-DRB1*04:03-DQB1*03:02; A*29:01-B*08:01-DRB1*03:01-DQB1*02:01; A*02:01-B*15:01-DRB1*04:03-DQB1*03:02; A*33:01-B*14:02-DRB1*07:01-DQB1*03:03. The medical importance of calculating HLA profile is discussed on the diagnostic (HLA and disease) and therapeutical bases of HLA pharmacogenomics and on the construction of a virtual transplantation HLA list profile. Also, anthropological conclusions are drawn.
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Arnaiz-Villena A, Parga-Lozano C, Moreno E, Areces C, Rey D, Gomez-Prieto P. The Origin of Amerindians and the Peopling of the Americas According to HLA Genes: Admixture with Asian and Pacific People. Curr Genomics 2011; 11:103-14. [PMID: 20885818 PMCID: PMC2874220 DOI: 10.2174/138920210790886862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2009] [Revised: 12/01/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The classical three-waves theory of American peopling through Beringia was based on a mixed anthropological and linguistic methodology. The use of mtDNA, Y chromosome and other DNA markers offers different results according to the different markers and methodologies chosen by different authors. At present, the peopling of Americas remains uncertain, regarding: time of population, number of peopling waves and place of peopling entrance among other related issues. In the present review, we have gathered most available HLA data already obtained about First Native American populations, which raise some doubts about the classical three waves of American peopling hypothesis. In summary, our conclusions are: 1) North West Canadian Athabaskans have had gene flow with: a) close neighboring populations, b) Amerindians, c) Pacific Islanders including East Australians and d) Siberians; 2) Beringia was probably not the only entrance of people to America: Pacific Ocean boat trips may have contributed to the HLA genetic American profile (or the opposite could also be true); 3) Amerindians entrance to America may have been different to that of Athabaskans and Eskimos and Amerindians may have been in their lands long before Athabaskans and Eskimos because they present and altogether different set of HLA-DRB1 allele frequencies; 4) Amerindians show very few “particular alleles”, almost all are shared with other Amerindians, Athabaskans and Pacific Islanders, including East Australians and Siberians; 5) Our results do not support the three waves model of American peopling, but another model where the people entrance is not only Beringia, but also Pacific Coast. Reverse migration (America to Asia) is not discarded and different movements of people in either direction in different times are supported by the Athabaskan population admixture with Asian-Pacific population and with Amerindians, 6) HLA variability is more common than allele veriability in Amerindians. Finally, it is shown that gene genealogy analises should be completed with allele frequency analyses in population relatednes and migrations studies.
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- A Arnaiz-Villena
- Department Immunology, University Complutense, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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Arnaiz-Villena A, Moscoso J, Granados J, Serrano-Vela JI, de la Peña A, Reguera R, Ferri A, Seclen E, Izaguirre R, Perez-Hernandez N, Vargas-Alarcon G. HLA Genes in Mayos Population from Northeast Mexico. Curr Genomics 2011; 8:466-75. [PMID: 19412332 PMCID: PMC2647159 DOI: 10.2174/138920207783591735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2007] [Revised: 11/01/2007] [Accepted: 11/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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HLA class I and class II alleles have been studied in 60 unrelated people belonging to Mayos ethnic group, which lives in the Mexican Pacific Sinaloa State. Mayos HLA profile was compared to other Amerindians and worldwide populations’ profile. A total of 14,896 chromosomes were used for comparisons. Genetic distances between populations, Neigbour-Joining dendrograms and correspondence analyses were performed to determine the genetic relationship among population. The new specific Mayo HLA haplotypes found are: HLA-A*02-B*35-DRB1*1406-DQB1*0301; HLA-A*02-B*48-DRB1*0404-DQB1*0302; HLA-A*24-B*51-DRB1*0407-DQB1*0302 and HLA-A*02-B*08-DRB1*0407-DQB1*0302. However, the typical Meso American HLADRB1*0407 represents a 40% of all DRB1 alleles. While common HLA characteristics are found in Amerindian distant ethnic groups, still new group specific HLA haplotypes are being found, suggesting that a common founder effect (i.e. high DRB1*0407) is noticed. Moreover, new HLA haplotypes are almost certainly appearing along time probably due to specific pathogen (?) selection for diversity. Mayo language is close to the Tarahumara one (another geographically close group); notwithstanding both groups are not genetically close according to our results, showing again the different evolution of genes and languages, which do not correlate. Finally, Sinaloa is one of the Mexican States in which more European genes are found. However, the results presented in this paper, where no European HLA genes are seen in Mayos, should have a bearing in establishing transplant programs and in HLA and disease studies.
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- A Arnaiz-Villena
- Department of Immunology, Universidad Complutense, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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Yang JH, Sohn YH, Ko SY, Choi SE, Kim MH, Oh HB. Anthropological analysis of Koreans using HLA class II diversity among East Asians. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 76:282-8. [PMID: 20522202 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01511.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) are useful markers for anthropological investigations because the allele and haplotype distributions at these loci vary widely among ethnic groups. HLA frequencies in Koreans, however, have not previously been analyzed on a phylogenetic basis. We determined the allele frequencies of four HLA class II (HLA-DRB1, -DQA1, -DQB1, and -DPB1) loci in 149 unrelated Korean individuals using a sequence-based typing method. A total of 29 HLA-DRB1, 17 HLA-DQA1, 16 HLA-DQB1, and 15 HLA-DPB1 alleles were identified. The most common allele at each locus was DRB1*0901, DQA1*0102, DQB1*0301, and DPB1*0501, respectively. Four-locus allelic association analysis showed the existence of 25 DRB1-DQA1-DQB1-DPB1 haplotypes with a frequency greater than 0.010. A dataset comprising ethnicity-specific information from published literature and the dbMHC database, as well as the allele frequencies determined in this study, was subjected to phylogenetic analysis. The analysis showed that Koreans are most closely related to Japanese and Han Chinese from Shandong province. Correspondence analyses showed that the current Korean population is located in a position intermediate between the northern and southern East Asian groups, supporting the theory of a bi- and/or multidirectional route of migration of early Korean settlers. This report can be used for anthropological studies, and may also be of use in the International Hematopoietic Stem Cell Sharing program.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Korea University Medical College, Seoul, Korea
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Di D, Sanchez-Mazas A. Challenging views on the peopling history of East Asia: the story according to HLA markers. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2011; 145:81-96. [PMID: 21484761 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 11/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The peopling of East Asia by the first modern humans is strongly debated from a genetic point of view. A north-south genetic differentiation observed in this geographic area suggests different hypotheses on the origin of Northern East Asian (NEA) and Southern East Asian (SEA) populations. In this study, the highly polymorphic HLA markers were used to investigate East Asian genetic diversity. Our database covers a total of about 127,000 individuals belonging to 84 distinct Asian populations tested for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DPB1, and/or -DRB1 alleles. Many Chinese populations are represented, which have been sampled in the last 30 years but rarely taken into account in international research due to their data published in Chinese. By using different statistical methods, we found a significant correlation between genetics and geography and relevant genetic clines in East Asia. Additionally, HLA alleles appear to be unevenly distributed: some alleles observed in NEA populations are widespread at the global level, while some alleles observed in SEA populations are virtually unique in Asia. The HLA genetic variation in East Asia is also characterized by a decrease of diversity from north to south, although a reverse pattern appears when one only focuses on alleles restricted to Asia. These results reflect a more complex migration history than that illustrated by the "southern-origin" hypothesis, as genetic contribution of ancient human migrations through a northern route has probably been quite substantial. We thus suggest a new overlapping model where northward and southward opposite migrations occurring at different periods overlapped.
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- Da Di
- Department of Anthropology, Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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Arnaiz-Villena A, Abd-El-Fatah S, Granados-Silvestre MA, Parga-Lozano C, Gómez-Prieto P, Rey D, Areces C, Peñaranda P, Menjívar M, Rodríguez-Pérez JM, Granados J, Vargas-Alarcón G. Human Leukocyte Antigen-DRB1 Class II Genes in Mexican Amerindian Mazahuas: Genes and Languages Do Not Correlate. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2011; 15:97-102. [DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2010.0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Antonio Arnaiz-Villena
- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Immunogenetics Division, Transplantation Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez. Mexico City, Mexico
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Martinez-Laso J, Montoya F, Areces C, Moscoso J, Silvera C, Rey D, Parga-Lozano C, Gomez-Prieto P, Enriquez de Salamanca M, Arnaiz-Villena A. HLA in Jaidukama: an Amerindian secluded Colombian population with new haplotypes and Asian and Pacific-shared alleles. Mol Biol Rep 2010; 38:3689-701. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0483-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2010] [Accepted: 11/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Silvera C, Vargas-Alarcon G, Areces C, Rey D, Parga-Lozano C, Gomez-Prieto P, Barbolla L, Martinez-Laso J, Arnaiz-Villena A. HLA genes in Wayu Amerindians from Colombia. Immunol Invest 2010; 40:92-100. [PMID: 20923327 DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2010.517390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Amerindians origins and prehistory are still debated. HLA profile is different to all other World populations, although they have particular alleles in common with Asians, Australians and Pacific Islanders. In the present work, HLA-A, -B, -DRB1, -DQB1 alleles have been studied in Wayu Amerindians from Colombia. HLA alleles haplotypes, genetic distances and NJ dendrograms were calculated by Arlequin and DISPAN software. Only a few both class I and class II alleles have been observed. Most common extended haplotypes include: A*24-B*51-DRB1*0403-DQB1*0302, A*2-B*15-DRB1*1602-DQB1*0301, A*2-B*35-DRB1*0407-DQB1*0302, but also A*68-B*15-DRB1*0403-DQB1*0302. No trace of Caucasoid or Negroid admixture is detected. The Wayu HLA profile is typical from Amerindians and shows how languages and genes do not correlated particularly in this case (i.e., Wayu closest HLA genetic group is North Argentinian Guarani group). Results obtained in this work may be useful for future transplant programs and also for HLA linked diseases and individualized pharmacogenetics.
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- Carlos Silvera
- Department of Genetics, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
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Vargas-Alarcón G, Granados J, Pérez-Hernández N, Rodríguez-Pérez JM, Canto-Cetina T, Coral-Vázquez RM, Areces C, Gómez-Prieto P, Arnaiz-Villena A. HLA-Class II Genes in Mexican Amerindian Mayas: Relatedness with Guatemalan Mayans and Other Populations. Immunol Invest 2010; 40:101-11. [DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2010.517588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Vargas-Alarcón G, Granados J, Rodríguez-Pérez JM, Parga C, Pérez-Hernández N, Rey D, Zuñiga J, Arnaiz-Villena A. Distribution of HLA Class II Alleles and Haplotypes in Mexican Mestizo Population: Comparison with Other Populations. Immunol Invest 2010; 39:268-83. [DOI: 10.3109/08820131003681151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Arnaiz-Villena A, Gonzalez-Alcos V, Serrano-Vela JI, Reguera R, Barbolla L, Parga-Lozano C, Gómez-Prieto P, Abd-El-Fatah-Khalil S, Moscoso J. HLA genes in Uros from Titikaka Lake, Peru: origin and relationship with other Amerindians and worldwide populations. Int J Immunogenet 2009; 36:159-67. [PMID: 19490211 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2009.00841.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Uros population from the Titikaka Lake live in about 42 floating reed ('totora') islands in front of Puno City (Peru) at a 4000 m high altiplano. They present both an mtDNA and a human leucocyte antigen (HLA) profile different from the surrounding populations: mtDNA A2 haplogroup is common to Uros and Amazon forest lowland Amerindians. HLA genetic distances between populations have been calculated and neighbour-joining dendrograms and correspondence analyses were carried out. Approximately 15 006 HLA chromosomes from worldwide populations have been used for comparisons. Only eight HLA-A alleles have been found, three of them accounting for most of the frequencies. The same phenomenon is seen for HLA-B, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 alleles: a few alleles (3, 4 and 3, respectively) are present in most individuals. The presence of HLA-B*4801 and HLA-DRB1*0901 alleles in a relatively high frequency (although not the most frequent alleles found) is a characteristic shared with Asians and some populations from the Andean altiplano. Three specific Uros haplotypes have been found among the most frequent ones: HLA-A*680102-B*3505-DRB1*0403-DQB1*0302; HLA-A*2402-B*1504-DRB1*1402-DQB1*0301; and HLA-A*2402-B*4801-DRB1*0403-DQB1*0302. The present study suggests that Uros may have been one of the first populations from the shores of the Titikaka Lake coming from the Amazonian forest, which might have given rise to other later differentiated ethnic group (i.e. Aymaras). Uros HLA profile is also useful to study genetic epidemiology of diseases linked to HLA and to construct a future transplant waiting list by adding up regional lists in order to get a bigger pool for transplanting with better HLA matching.
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- A Arnaiz-Villena
- Department of Immunology, University Complutense, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain.
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Golovanova OV, Konenkov VI, Shevchenko AV, Smolnikova MV. Frequencies of the DRB1, DQA1, DQB1 and TNFA alleles in immigrant population of west Siberia. RUSS J GENET+ 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795409080134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Parolín ML, Carnese FR. HLA-DRB1 alleles in four Amerindian populations from Argentina and Paraguay. Genet Mol Biol 2009; 32:212-9. [PMID: 21637670 PMCID: PMC3036916 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572009000200002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2008] [Accepted: 09/05/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is one of the biological systems of major polymorphisms. The study of HLA class II variability has allowed the identification of several alleles that are characteristic to Amerindian populations, and it is an excellent tool to define the relations and biological affinities among them. In this work, we analyzed the allelic distribution of the HLA-DRB1 class II locus in four Amerindian populations: Mapuche (n = 34) and Tehuelche (n = 23) from the Patagonian region of Argentina, and Wichi SV (n = 24) and Lengua (n = 17) from the Argentinean and Paraguayan Chaco regions, respectively. In all of these groups, relatively high frequencies of Amerindian HLA-DRB1 alleles were observed (DRB1*0403, DRB1*0407, DRB1*0411, DRB1*0417, DRB1*0802, DRB1*0901, DRB1*1402, DRB1*1406 and DRB1*1602). However, we also detected the presence of non-Amerindian variants in Mapuche (35%) and Tehuelche (22%). We compared our data with those obtained in six indigenous groups of the Argentinean Chaco region and in a sample from Buenos Aires City. The genetic distance dendrogram showed a clear-cut division between the Patagonian and Chaco populations, which formed two different clusters. In spite of their linguistic differences, it can be inferred that the biological affinities observed are in concordance with the geographic distributions and interethnic relations established among the groups studied.
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- Maria L Parolín
- Sección Antropología Biológica, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Argentina
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Martinez-Laso J, Siles N, Moscoso J, Zamora J, Serrano-Vela JI, R-A-Cachafeiro JI, Castro MJ, Serrano-Rios M, Arnaiz-Villena A. Origin of Bolivian Quechua Amerindians: their relationship with other American Indians and Asians according to HLA genes. Eur J Med Genet 2009; 49:169-85. [PMID: 16530714 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2005.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The Incas were Quechua-speaking people who settled down near Cuzco (Peru). They had an empire ranging from Ecuador to Chile, when Spanish conquerors seized their kingdom around 1532 AD. Nowadays, Quechua-speaking people inhabits Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Argentina; however, Quechua language was imposed by both Incas and Spaniards to many non-Quechua speaking communities. We have taken a sample of Quechuan Bolivian blood donors from La Paz (Titicaca Lake region) where Inca-Quechuas themselves believed that came from. This group was compared with 6892 individuals from 68 different world populations regarding HLA/DNA allele frequencies distribution. Genetic distances, dendrograms and correspondence analyses were carried out in order to establish relationships among populations. The main conclusions are: (1) DRB1 and -DQB1 haplotypes shared with Asians are found in Quechuas and are not observed in other (Mesoamerican) Amerindians. (2) Aymara-speaking people from the same Titicaca Lake (La Paz) area shows close genetic distances with Quechuas in one dimension results (genetic distances); however, their HLA gene frequency distribution differs according to Neighbor-Joining (NJ) trees and correspondence analysis (multidimensional and more reliable analyses). Also, the common high frequency Asian and Athabascan HLA-DRB1*0901 allele is found in Quechuas in a significant frequency. Quechuas are clearly included within the Amerindian group.
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- Jorge Martinez-Laso
- Departamento de Inmunologia, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Universidad Complutense, Pabellon 5, planta 4. Avda. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Balancing selection and heterogeneity across the classical human leukocyte antigen loci: a meta-analytic review of 497 population studies. Hum Immunol 2008; 69:443-64. [PMID: 18638659 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2008.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2008] [Revised: 05/03/2008] [Accepted: 05/07/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This paper presents a meta-analysis of high-resolution human leukocyte antigen (HLA) allele frequency data describing 497 population samples. Most of the datasets were compiled from studies published in eight journals from 1990 to 2007; additional datasets came from the International Histocompatibility Workshops and from the AlleleFrequencies.net database. In all, these data represent approximately 66,800 individuals from throughout the world, providing an opportunity to observe trends that may not have been evident at the time the data were originally analyzed, especially with regard to the relative importance of balancing selection among the HLA loci. Population genetic measures of allele frequency distributions were summarized across populations by locus and geographic region. A role for balancing selection maintaining much of HLA variation was confirmed. Further, the breadth of this meta-analysis allowed the ranking of the HLA loci, with DQA1 and HLA-C showing the strongest balancing selection and DPB1 being compatible with neutrality. Comparisons of the allelic spectra reported by studies since 1990 indicate that most of the HLA alleles identified since 2000 are very-low-frequency alleles. The literature-based allele-count data, as well as maps summarizing the geographic distributions for each allele, are available online.
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Su X, Bi L, Hai R, Qimuge S, Ying M, Bahring S, Gong M. HLA-DPB1, -DRB1, and -DQB1 polymorphism defined in Ewenki ethnic minority of China Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Int J Immunogenet 2007; 34:435-40. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2007.00718.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Barquera R, Zúñiga J, Hernández-Díaz R, Acuña-Alonzo V, Montoya-Gama K, Moscoso J, Torres-García D, García-Salas C, Silva B, Cruz-Robles D, Arnaiz-Villena A, Vargas-Alarcón G, Granados J. HLA class I and class II haplotypes in admixed families from several regions of Mexico. Mol Immunol 2007; 45:1171-8. [PMID: 17904223 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2007] [Revised: 07/28/2007] [Accepted: 07/31/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We studied HLA class I and class II alleles in 191 Mexican families (381 non-related individuals) to directly obtain the HLA-A/B/DRB1/DQB1 haplotypes and their linkage disequilibrium (LD). The most frequent HLA haplotypes observed were: A*02-B*39-DRB1*04-DQB1*0302, A*02-B*35-DRB1*04-DQB1*0302, A*68-B*39-DRB1*04-DQB1*0302, A*02-B*35-DRB1*08-DQB1*04, A*33-B*1402-DRB1*01-DQB1*05, and A*24-B*35-DRB1*04-DQB1*0302. The four most common haplotypes found by our study involve those previously reported in Amerindian populations. LD analysis of HLA-A-B and HLA-B-DRB1 loci showed significant associations between A29(19)-B44(12), A33(19)-B65(14), A1-B8, A26(19)-B44(12), A24(9)-B61(40), B65(14)-DR1, B8-DR17(3), B44(12)-DR7, B7-DR15(2), and B39(16)-DR4. Also, all DRB1-DQB1 associations showed significant LD values. Admixture estimations using a trihybrid model showed that Mexicans from the State of Sinaloa (Northern Mexico) have a greater proportion of European genetic component compared with Mexicans from the Central area of Mexico, who have a greater percentage of Amerindian genes. Our results are important for future comparative genetic studies of different Mexican ethnic groups with special relevance to disease association and transplantation studies.
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Moscoso J, Crawford MH, Vicario JL, Zlojutro M, Serrano-Vela JI, Reguera R, Arnaiz-Villena A. HLA genes of Aleutian Islanders living between Alaska (USA) and Kamchatka (Russia) suggest a possible southern Siberia origin. Mol Immunol 2007; 45:1018-26. [PMID: 17825912 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2007] [Accepted: 07/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Aleuts HLA profile has been compared with that of neighboring and worldwide populations. Thirteen thousand one hundred and sixty-four chromosomes have been used for this study. Computer programs have obtained HLA allele frequencies, genetic distances between populations, NJ relatedness dendrograms, correspondence analysis and most frequent HLA extended haplotypes. Aleuts have inhabited Aleutian Islands since about 9000 years BP according to fossil and genetic (mtDNA) records. They are genetically different to Eskimo, Amerindian and Na-Dene speakers according to their HLA profile; this correlates with cultural and anthropological Aleut distinctiveness. No typical Amerindian HLA alleles have been found in a significant frequency. Their HLA relatedness to Saami (or Lapps, northern Scandinavians), Finns and Pomors (North-West Russia) indicates an ancient possible origin from the Baikal Lake Area (southern Siberia) around the present day Buryat peopling area; other origins are not discarded. Aleuts characteristic HLA profile may influence future transplantation programs in the region and be useful to study diseases linked to HLA epidemiology.
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- Juan Moscoso
- Department of Immunology, Universidad Complutense, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain
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Ogata S, Shi L, Matsushita M, Yu L, Huang XQ, Shi L, Sun H, Ohashi J, Muramatsu M, Tokunaga K, Chu JY. Polymorphisms of human leucocyte antigen genes in Maonan people in China. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 69:154-60. [PMID: 17257318 PMCID: PMC7190092 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00698.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We examined human leucocyte antigen (HLA) gene polymorphisms in the Maonan people from southern China. HLA‐A, ‐B and ‐DRB1 alleles were determined in 108 healthy unrelated Maonan individuals by the polymerase chain reaction‐Luminex method, and haplotype frequencies for HLA‐A, ‐B and ‐DRB1 loci were estimated. The most frequent HLA‐A alleles were A*1101 (35.2%), A*0203 (17.6%), A*0207 (13.4%) and A*2402 (13.4%); HLA‐B alleles were B*1301(19.9%), B*1502 (14.8%), B*4601 (13.4%) and B*4001 (13.4%); HLA‐DRB1 alleles were DRB1*1202 (17.1%), DRB1*1602 (13.0%) and DRB1*1401 (10.7%). The most common haplotypes were A*0207‐B*4601 (10.6%), A*1101‐B*1301 (10.0%), A*1101‐B*4001 (8.4%), B*1502‐DRB1*1202 (12.0%), B*4601‐DRB1*1401 (5.8%), A*1101‐B*1502‐DRB1*1202 (7.1%) and A*0207‐B*4601‐DRB1*1401 (5.3%), profiles that are also found in populations from the southern region of East Asia. Phylogenetic and principal component analyses revealed that the Maonan people belong to the southeastern Asian group and are most closely related to the Buyi people.
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- S Ogata
- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Alegre R, Moscoso J, Martinez-Laso J, Martin-Villa M, Suarez J, Moreno A, Serrano-Vela JI, Vargas-Alarcon G, Pacheco R, Arnaiz-Villena A. HLA genes in Cubans and the detection of Amerindian alleles. Mol Immunol 2007; 44:2426-35. [PMID: 17123606 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2006] [Accepted: 10/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Caribbean Islands including Cuba were first inhabited by Meso-American and later by Arawak-speaking Amerindians from nowadays Venezuela. Spanish invaders brought to almost extinction to the Amerindian population after 1492. Black slaves from West Africa were taken into Cuba by Europeans. The degree of admixture among populations is approached. HLA alleles were studied by DNA techniques. Comparison with other worldwide populations (a total of 14.094 chromosomes) included genetic distances, Neighbour-Joining dendrograms, correspondence analyses and calculation of extended haplotypes. While African-European HLA features were clearly found, Amerindian HLA characteristics are less evident, indicating that Amerindian devastation was particularly marked after 1492 AD. However, typical Amerindian alleles have been found in our Cuban sample, i.e. DRB1*0403, DRB1*0404, DRB1*0407, DRB1*0411, DRB1*0802 and DRB1*1602. The presence of Amerindian alleles in Cubans [corrected] may have a bear in the making up of transplantation registries (both for bone marrow and solid organ transplantation) at the regional level and also be important for epidemiological studies of diseases linked to HLA.
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Raymond CK, Kas A, Paddock M, Qiu R, Zhou Y, Subramanian S, Chang J, Palmieri A, Haugen E, Kaul R, Olson MV. Ancient haplotypes of the HLA Class II region. Genome Res 2005; 15:1250-7. [PMID: 16140993 PMCID: PMC1199539 DOI: 10.1101/gr.3554305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Allelic variation in codons that specify amino acids that line the peptide-binding pockets of HLA's Class II antigen-presenting proteins is superimposed on strikingly few deeply diverged haplotypes. These haplotypes appear to have been evolving almost independently for tens of millions of years. By complete resequencing of 20 haplotypes across the approximately 100-kbp region that spans the HLA-DQA1, -DQB1, and -DRB1 genes, we provide a detailed view of the way in which the genome structure at this locus has been shaped by the interplay of selection, gene-gene interaction, and recombination.
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- Christopher K Raymond
- University of Washington Genome Center, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Vargas-Alarcón G, Hernández-Pacheco G, Moscoso J, Pérez-Hernández N, Murguía LE, Moreno A, Serrano-Vela JI, Granados J, Arnaiz-Villena A. HLA genes in Mexican Teeneks: HLA genetic relationship with other worldwide populations. Mol Immunol 2005; 43:790-9. [PMID: 16111752 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2005.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2005] [Accepted: 07/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The HLA allele frequency distribution of the Mexican Teenek Indians has been studied and compared with those of other First American Natives and worldwide populations (a total of 15694 chromosomes from 73 different populations were analyzed). This study corroborate the restricted HLA polymorphism in the Amerindian populations and demonstrate how the Amerindians show a relatively homogeneity as opposed to other First Native American groups. Finally, the present data support previous ones that state the lack of complete correlation between language and genetics in micro-environmental studies; Teenek Mayan language does not correspond with a close Mayan (Guatemala) relatedness.
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- Gilberto Vargas-Alarcón
- Department of Physiology and Grupo de Estudio en Genómica y Proteómica en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, 14080 Mexico City, Mexico.
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Arnaiz-Villena A, Siles N, Moscoso J, Zamora J, Serrano-Vela JI, Gomez-Casado E, Castro MJ, Martinez-Laso J. Origin of Aymaras from Bolivia and their relationship with other Amerindians according to HLA genes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 65:379-90. [PMID: 15787722 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00356.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Aymara Amerindians from the Titicaca Lake Andean highlands are studied for HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 gene frequencies. Genetic distances, neighbour-joining and correspondence analyses are performed by using other Amerindian and worldwide populations (15384 chromosomes are studied). The HLA genetic profile of Aymaras is different from neighbouring and language-related Quechuas (Incas). Both Quechuas and Aymaras seem to present an HLA-DRB1*0901 high frequency, which is present in a very low frequency or absent in Mesoamericans (Mazatecans, Mayans) and most studied Amerindians. Moreover, it is observed a closer relatedness of Aymaras with Amerindians from the Amazon Basin and Chaco lowlands, compared to Quechuans.
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- Department of Immunology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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Mateus Pereira LH, Socorro A, Fernandez I, Masleh M, Vidal D, Bianchi NO, Bonatto SL, Salzano FM, Herrera RJ. Phylogenetic information in polymorphic L1 andAlu insertions from East Asians and Native American populations. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2005; 128:171-84. [PMID: 15761878 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This study attempts to ascertain genetic affinities between Native American and East Asian populations by analyzing four polymorphic Alu insertions (PAIs) and three L1 polymorphic loci. These two genetic systems demonstrated strong congruence when levels of diversity and genetic distances were considered. Overall, genetic relatedness within Native American groups does not correlate with geographical and linguistic structure, although strong grouping for Native Americans with East Asians was demonstrated, with clear discrimination from African and European groups. Most of the variation was assigned to differences occurring within groups, but the interpopulation variation found for South Amerindians was recognizably higher in comparison to the other sampled groups of populations. Our data suggest that bottleneck events followed by strong influence of genetic drift in the process of the peopling of the Americas may have been determinant factors in delineating the genetic background of present-day South Amerindians. Since no clear subgroups were detected within Native Americans and East Asians, there is no indication of multiple waves in the early colonization of the New World.
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- L H Mateus Pereira
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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Uinuk-Ool TS, Takezaki N, Derbeneva OA, Volodko NV, Sukernik RI. Variation of HLA class II genes in the Nganasan and Ket, two aboriginal Siberian populations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 31:43-51. [PMID: 15009181 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2370.2004.00443.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Allelic frequencies at the three most polymorphic loci of the HLA class II region (DRB1, DQA1 and DQB1) were determined in the Nganasan and Ket, the remnants of the two most ancient groups in the Lower Yenisey River/Taimyr Peninsula region in northern Siberia. By single-stranded conformational polymorphism typing, verified by sequencing, 19 HLA-DRB1-DQA1-DQB1 haplotypes and 15 HLA-DRB1, seven DQA1 and 11 DQB1 alleles were found. The most frequent alleles were DRB1*1301 (23.5%), DQA1*0103 (29.4%), *0501/03/05 (29.4%), and DQB1*0301/09 (32.4%) in the Ket, and DRB1*0901 (25%), DQA1*0301 (39.6%), and DQB1*0301/09 (37.5%) in the Nganasan. The distribution patterns and comprehensive phylogenic analysis based on the haplotype frequencies of 17 Siberian populations suggest that the founders of both the Ket and the Nganasan came from Palaeolithic populations in the Altai-Sayan Upland.
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- T S Uinuk-Ool
- Department of Immunogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Biology, Tübingen, Germany.
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Gibert M, Sanchez-Mazas A. Geographic patterns of functional categories of HLA-DRB1 alleles: a new approach to analyse associations between HLA-DRB1 and disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 30:361-74. [PMID: 14641545 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2003.00418.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Because specific amino acids found within the peptide-binding cleft of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules have been implicated in HLA/disease associations, an approach which consists in grouping the alleles according to their functional properties at the protein level may enable us to better understand HLA associations than the conventional allelic classification. In this study, we applied this methodology to investigate the associations between HLA-DRB1 and rheumatoid arthritis. The alleles were first classified into seven functional categories [restrictive supertype patterns (RSPs)], among which three were known to be significantly associated with susceptibility (one category) or resistance (two categories) to rheumatoid arthritis. The frequencies of these categories were then estimated in 104 population samples previously tested for HLA-DRB1, and their variability was analysed spatially on a worldwide scale by applying an original methodology for detecting discontinuities in geographically patterned data. RSP frequencies were also compared to known values of rheumatoid arthritis prevalence in some populations. The results indicated that the three RSP frequency distributions were geographically structured, and that these patterns could generally be explained by the history of human migrations. However, the peculiar pattern observed for RSP 'A' (conferring susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis) indicated a possible association with some latitude-dependent disease. Furthermore, the very high correlation coefficient found between RSP 'A' frequencies and rheumatoid arthritis prevalence confirmed the significant disease association of this functional category. In contrast, the putative protective effect of the other RSPs ('De' and 'Q') was not detectable at the worldwide level, but may be significant in specific geographic areas. This study shows that population genetic diversity analyses based on a functional grouping of HLA alleles provide an efficient way to explore the mutual influence of HLA genetic variation and disease.
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- M Gibert
- Université de la Mediterranée, Marseille Cedex 5, France.
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Uinuk-Ool TS, Takezaki N, Klein J. Ancestry and kinships of native Siberian populations: The HLA evidence. Evol Anthropol 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/evan.10124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Lin JH, Liu ZH, Lv FJ, Fu YG, Fan XL, Li SY, Lu JM, Liu XY, Xu AL. Molecular analyses of HLA-DRB1, -DPB1, and -DQB1 in Jing ethnic minority of Southwest China. Hum Immunol 2003; 64:830-4. [PMID: 12878363 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(03)00128-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In the present study, DNA typing for HLA-DRB1, DQB1 and DPB1 was performed using polymerase chain reaction-sequencing based typing (PCR-SBT) method in 144 random selected Jing ethnic individuals inhabiting in South China. Allele frequencies and two-locus haplotypes (DRB1-DQB1) were statistically analyzed and 20 DPB1 alleles, 27 DRB1 and 20 DQB1 were detected. The most frequent DPB1 allele was DPB1*0501 with the percentage of 36.9% followed by DPB1*1301 (15.7%), DPB1*0401 (11.0%) and DPB1*020102 (9.8%). Among the 27 detected DRB1 alleles, DRB1*120201 (13.8%) was most commonly observed followed by DRB1*150201, *030101 and *090102 alleles with the frequencies of 9.4%, 9.1% and 8.3%, respectively. Among the 20 detected DQB1 alleles the most predominant one was DQB1*030101/0309 (19.9%). DQB1*050201 (19.1%), DQB1*0201/0202 (16.1%) and DQB1*050101 (12.3%) were also frequently observed in Jing population. Statistical analysis of two-locus haplotypes showed that DRB1*120201-DQB1*030101/DRB1*120201-DQB1*0309 (HF = 9.4%, D = 6.65x10(-2)) was most predominant followed by DRB1*030101-DQB1*0201/DRB1*030101-DQB1*0202 (HF = 8.1%, D = 6.66 x 10(-2)). The comparison of HLA class II allele and haplotype frequencies in Jing with those in other populations all over the world and a dendrogram based on the DRB1, DQB1 and DPB1 genes suggested that Jing ethnic population has an origin of Southeast Asia and is belonged to the southern group of Chinese populations.
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- Jing-hai Lin
- Department of Biochemistry, Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering of MOE, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yatsen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Gómez-Casado E, Martínez-Laso J, Moscoso J, Zamora J, Martin-Villa M, Perez-Blas M, Lopez-Santalla M, Lucas Gramajo P, Silvera C, Lowy E, Arnaiz-Villena A. Origin of Mayans according to HLA genes and the uniqueness of Amerindians. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2003; 61:425-36. [PMID: 12823766 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00040.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The HLA allele frequency distribution of the Mayans from Guatemala was studied and compared with those of other First American Natives and worldwide populations (a total of 12,364 chromosomes and 6182 individuals from 60 different populations). The main conclusions were (1): the closest Amerindian group to Mayans is the Arhuacs, who were the first recorded Caribbean Islands' inhabitants (2). Mayans are not so close to Mesoamerican Zapotec, Mixe and Mixtec Amerindians, who genetically cluster together. Mixe had been related to Mayans only on linguistic bases (3). DRB1*0407 and DRB1*0802 alleles are found in 50% of Mayans; these alleles are also found in other Amerindians, but the Mayans' high frequencies may be showing a founder effect for this Mesoamerican-Caribbean population (4). Extended Mayan specific HLA haplotypes are described for the first time (5). Language and genes do not completely correlate in microgeographical studies (6). Significant genetic input from outside is not noticed in Meso and South American Amerindians according to the genetic analyses; while all world populations (including Africans, Europeans, Asians, Australians, Polynesians, North American Na-Dene Indians and Eskimos) are genetically related. Meso and South American Amerindians tend to remain isolated in the neighbour joining analyses.
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- E Gómez-Casado
- Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, H 12 de Octubre, Universidad Complutense, 28041 Madrid, Spain
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Leffell MS, Fallin MD, Erlich HA, Fernandez-Vĩna M, Hildebrand WH, Mack SJ, Zachary AA. HLA antigens, alleles and haplotypes among the Yup'ik Alaska natives: report of the ASHI Minority Workshops, Part II. Hum Immunol 2002; 63:614-25. [PMID: 12072196 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(02)00415-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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As part of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics coordinated studies among minority populations, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles were defined for 460 volunteer Yup'ik Eskimos from the Yukon Kuskokwim delta region of southwestern Alaska. The study group included 252 adults with no other first-degree relatives and 48 informative nuclear families. Full Yupik ancestry through both maternal and paternal grandparents was claimed by 81.1% of participants. HLA-A, -B, -Cw, -DRB1, and -DQB1 alleles were determined by SBT, SSOP, reverse SSOP, and/or RSCA according to the protocols of five participating laboratories. Polymorphism was limited with 3-6 alleles comprising > 80% of the alleles observed at each locus. Homozygosity was high, particularly at the HLA-A and -DQB1 loci, with 36.6% and 44% of individuals having a single allele defined at these respective loci. HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 alleles were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, whereas HLA-Cw and -DQB1 alleles gave significant deviation (p = 0.002; 0.005). Significant linkage disequilibrium (p < or = 0.00001) was observed in all pairwise evaluations. A new Cw*0806 allele was observed in high linkage disequilibrium with B*4801(Delta = 0.099; Delta(rel) = 1.0). Three extended haplotypes were found to have frequencies > 5%, the most prevalent being A*2402; B*4801; DRB1*0401; DQB1*0301 (0.0933). Comparison of available class I data indicate that the Yup'ik share several common alleles with other Native American populations, including: A*2402, *0206, *6801; B*1501, *2705, *3501, *4002, *4801, *5101; and Cw*0202, *0304, *0401. Comparisons of class II data also confirm a close relationship of the Yup'ik to two other Eskimo populations, Siberian and East Greenland Eskimos. DRB1*0401 and *1101, which occur in high frequency among these Eskimo populations, but not in other Native Americans, were also prevalent among the Yup'ik, with respective frequencies of 0.232 and 0.107.
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- Mary S Leffell
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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The presentation of peptides to T cells by MHC class II molecules is of critical importance in specific recognition by the immune system. Expression of class II molecules is exquisitely controlled at the transcriptional level. A large set of proteins interact with the promoters of class II genes. The most important of these is CIITA, a master controller that orchestrates expression but does not bind directly to the promoter. The transcriptosome complex formed at class II promoters is a model for induction of gene expression.
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- Jenny Pan-Yun Ting
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and The Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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This paper describes a new approach to modeling population structure for genes under strong balancing selection of the type seen in plant self-incompatibility systems and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) system of vertebrates. Simple analytic solutions for the number of alleles maintained at equilibrium and the expected proportion of alleles shared between demes at various levels are derived and checked against simulation results. The theory accurately captures the dynamics of allele number in a subdivided population and identifies important values of m (migration rate) at which allele number and distribution change qualitatively. Starting from a panmictic population, as migration among demes decreases a qualitative change in dynamics is seen at approximately m(crit) approximately equal to the square root of(s/4piNT) where NT is the total population size and s is a measure of the strength of selection. At this point, demes can no longer maintain their panmictic allele number, due to increasing isolation from the total population. Another qualitative change occurs at a migration rate on the same order of magnitude as the mutation rate, mu. At this point, the demes are highly differentiated for allele complement, and the total number of alleles in the population is increased. Because in general u << m<(crit) at intermediate migration rates slightly fewer alleles may be maintained in the total population than are maintained at panmixia. Within this range, total allele number may not be the best indicator of whether a population is effectively panmictic, and some caution should be used when interpreting samples from such populations. The theory presented here can help to analyze data from genes under balancing selection in subdivided populations.
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720-3140, USA.
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Arnaiz-Villena A, Vargas-Alarcón G, Granados J, Gómez-Casado E, Longas J, Gonzales-Hevilla M, Zuñiga J, Salgado N, Hernández-Pacheco G, Guillen J, Martinez-Laso J. HLA genes in Mexican Mazatecans, the peopling of the Americas and the uniqueness of Amerindians. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2000; 56:405-16. [PMID: 11144288 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2000.560503.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The HLA allele frequency distribution of the Mexican Mazatecan Indians (Olmec culture) has been studied and compared with those of other First American Natives and worldwide populations (a total of 12,100 chromosomes; 6,050 individuals from 59 different populations). The main conclusions are: 1) An indirect evidence of Olmec and Mayan relatedness is suggested, further supporting the notion that Olmecs may have been the precursors of Mayans; 2) Language and genetics do not completely correlate in microenvironmental studies; and 3) Peopling of the Americas was probably more complex than postulated by Greenberg and others (three peopling waves). Significant genetic input from outside is not noticed in Meso and South American Amerindians according to the phylogenetic analyses; while all world populations (including Africans, Europeans, Asians, Australians, Polynesians, North American Na-Dene Indians and Eskimos) are genetically related. Meso and South American Amerindians tend to remain isolated in the Neighbor-Joining, correspondence and plane genetic distance analyses.
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- A Arnaiz-Villena
- Department of Immunology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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High levels of allelic diversity and strong linkage disequilibrium are found in the major histocompatibility (MHC) system in humans and other vertebrates. This article proposes several descriptive statistics that quantify the extent and pattern of strong linkage disequilibrium between pairs of highly polymorphic loci. It also develops an approximate analytic theory incorporating the effects of balancing selection, mutation, recombination, and genetic drift at two closely linked loci and compares the theoretical predictions with published surveys of the MHC class II loci, DQA1 and DQB1, in humans and nonhuman primates. The descriptive statistics proposed include the fraction of complementary haplotypes (haplotypes with D' = 1), the fraction of excess haplotypes, and the numbers of alleles at each locus in complementary haplotypes with one or more alleles at the other locus. The model assumes the infinite alleles model of mutation and the symmetric overdominance model of selection. Analytic approximations in some cases are obtained in the strong selection, weak mutation (SSWM) limit introduced by J. Gillespie. The predictions of the approximate analysis are confirmed by simulation. Both the analytic theory and simulations show that relatively few haplotypes will be found when selection is strong and recombination is weak relative to genetic drift. The model can reproduce many of the observed patterns at DQA1 and DQB1 provided that the recombination rate is assumed to be very small.
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- M Slatkin
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3140, USA.
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Monsalve MV, Helgason A, Devine DV. Languages, geography and HLA haplotypes in native American and Asian populations. Proc Biol Sci 1999; 266:2209-16. [PMID: 10649635 PMCID: PMC1690343 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A number of studies based on linguistic, dental and genetic data have proposed that the colonization of the New World took place in three separate waves of migration from North-East Asia. Recently, other studies have suggested that only one major migration occurred. It is the aim of this study to assess these opposing migration hypotheses using molecular-typed HLA class II alleles to compare the relationships between linguistic and genetic data in contemporary Native American populations. Our results suggest that gene flow and genetic drift have been important factors in shaping the genetic landscape of Native American populations. We report significant correlations between genetic and geographical distances in Native American and East Asian populations. In contrast, a less clear-cut relationship seems to exist between genetic distances and linguistic affiliation. In particular, the close genetic relationship of the neighbouring Na-Dene Athabaskans and Amerindian Salishans suggests that geography is the more important factor. Overall, our results are most congruent with the single migration model.
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- M V Monsalve
- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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Bruges-Armas J, Martinez-Laso J, Martins B, Allende L, Gomez-Casado E, Longas J, Varela P, Castro MJ, Arnaiz-Villena A. HLA in the Azores Archipelago: possible presence of Mongoloid genes. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1999; 54:349-59. [PMID: 10551418 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540404.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The HLA profile of the Azoreans has been compared with those of other world populations in order to provide additional information regarding the history of their origins. The allele frequencies, genetic distances between populations, correspondence analyses and most frequent haplotypes were calculated. Our results indicate that the Azorean population most likely contains an admixture of high-frequency Caucasoid, Mongoloid and, to a lesser degree, Negroid HLA genes. The middle Atlantic Azores Archipelago was officially colonized by the Portuguese after 1439 and historical records are concordant with the existence of Caucasoid and Negroid population. However, Mongoloid genes were not suspected, but the Oriental HLA haplotypes A24-B44-DR6-DQ1, A29-B21-DR7-DQ2 and A2-B50-DR7-DQ2 are the fourth, fifth and sixth most frequent ones in Azores. A correspondence analysis shows that the Azorean population is equidistant from Asian and European populations and genetic distances are in some cases closer to the Asian than to European ethnic groups, and never are significantly different; also, B*2707 subtype is found in Asians and Azoreans (but not in Europeans) and the same Machado-Joseph Disease founder haplotypes (Chr 14) are found in both Japanese and Azoreans. It is proposed that a Mongoloid population exists in Azores; whether, the arrival occurred prior to discovery is undetermined.
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- J Bruges-Armas
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Santo Espirito de Angra do Heroismo, Azores
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Verity DH, Marr JE, Ohno S, Wallace GR, Stanford MR. Behçet's disease, the Silk Road and HLA-B51: historical and geographical perspectives. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1999; 54:213-20. [PMID: 10519357 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540301.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Behçet's disease (BD), also known as the Silk Road disease, is a blinding inflammatory disorder of young adults found predominantly between the Mediterranean basin and the Orient, and is strongly associated with the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigen HLA-B51. In this article we review the history of Behçet's disease since its first description by Hippocrates, the development of the trading routes collectively known as the Silk Road and the effect of population movement on the distribution of HLA-B51. The global distribution of this antigen among healthy control populations bears a striking similarity both to the ancient trading routes and the distribution of Behçet's disease, suggesting a genetic risk that migrated in parallel with population movement between the Mediterranean and Asia. However, certain indigenous Amerindian peoples have a high prevalence of HLA-B51 but no reported cases of BD. Furthermore, a clear genealogical relationship exists between eastern, but not central, Siberian populations with the Amerindians. Since a high level of recombination within the MHC is known to have occurred in these eastern populations before their migration into Beringia, we suggest that disruption of genetic loci in linkage disequilibria with HLA-B51 may be one reason for the absence of disease in these high HLA-B51-bearing populations. However, a contributory influence of environmental factors is not excluded by this data, and the wide variation that exists in relative risk of HLA-B51 even within Europe would support other non-genetic risk factors on the Silk Road which may be absent, or non-contributory to disease, in the Americas.
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- D H Verity
- Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
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Arnaiz-Villena A, Iliakis P, González-Hevilla M, Longás J, Gómez-Casado E, Sfyridaki K, Trapaga J, Silvera-Redondo C, Matsouka C, Martínez-Laso J. The origin of Cretan populations as determined by characterization of HLA alleles. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1999; 53:213-26. [PMID: 10203014 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.530301.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The Cretan HLA gene profile has been compared with those of other Mediterranean populations in order to provide additional information regarding the history of their origins. The allele frequencies, genetic distances between populations, relatedness dendrograms and correspondence analyses were calculated. Our results indicate that the Indoeuropean Greeks may be considered as a Mediterranean population of a more recent origin (after 2000 B.C.), while all other studied Mediterraneans (including Cretans) belong to an older substratum which was present in the area since pre-Neolithic times. A significant Turkish gene flow has not been detected in the Greek or Cretan populations, although Greeks and Turks have two high frequency HLA-DRB-DQB haplotypes in common. It is proposed that Imazighen (Caucasoid Berbers living at present in the North African coast and Saharan areas) are the remains of pre-Neolithic Saharan populations which could emigrate northwards between about 8000-6000 B.C., when desert desiccation began. They also could be part of the stock that gave rise to Sumerians, Cretans and Iberians; this is supported by both linguistic and HLA genetic data.
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- A Arnaiz-Villena
- Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, H. 12 de Octubre, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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To set an accurate chronological framework to the evolution of primate class I and II genes in the major histocompatibility complex (Mhc), the rate of silent nucleotide substitutions in exons and introns is examined for various cDNA and genome sequences currently available. The rate is sensitive to the GC content and correlates negatively with increased GC biases at the third codon positions of Mhc genes. The intergenic recombination rate in the HLA region is estimated from the synonymous nucleotide differences at 37 linked loci. Any HLA subregion is recombined more or less at the ordinary rate of 1 cM per 1 Mb, although the rate may be reduced in some subregions. This information is used to discuss HLA haplotypes when they are applied to studies of human demography. The unusual polymorphism in the alpha-helix of HLA-DRB1 is also revisited in relation to intragenic recombination, but the molecular mechanism and the evolutionary cause both remain enigmatic.
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- Department of Biosystems Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Kanagawa, Japan
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