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Mansoori Derakhshan S, Zeinali Sehrig F, Sohrabi N, Shiva S, Baradaran B, Shekari Khaniani M. The Association between Human Leukocyte Antigen Class II DR3-DQ2 Haplotype and Type 1 Diabetes in Children of the East Azerbaijan State of Iran. IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL 2015; 17:e28380. [PMID: 26473079 PMCID: PMC4601240 DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.28380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Revised: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is an autoimmune disease. Several associations between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex and T1D were found in various populations. Associations with various HLA types depend on the investigated populations. However, such associations have not yet been investigated in the East Azerbaijan state of Iran with Turkish ethnicity. Objectives: The aims of the current study was to describe T1D genetic susceptibility conferred by HLA class II alleles (DRB1*0301, DQA1*0501 and DQB1*0201) and to determine haplotype frequencies among T1D patients. Patients and Methods: This study was a case-control study. The number of samples was determined using the Cochran formula. Eighty unrelated T1D patients, including 42 (52.5%) females and 38 (47.5%) males, were randomly recruited from the East Azerbaijan state of Iran. Typing of HLA was performed by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific priming (PCR-SSP) on DNA extracted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 80 unrelated patients and 80 unrelated healthy control donors, who were selected randomly. For haplotype analysis, the logistic regression model was performed that allows joint estimation of Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) via haplotypes. Results: The frequency of drb1*0301 (82.5% vs. 11.3%), dqa1*0501 (82.5% vs. 36.3%) and dqb1*0201 (81.3% vs. 35%) were significantly higher among patients compared with that of healthy subjects. Conclusions: Our investigation demonstrated that there is a highly significant association between the studied alleles and T1D. It can be construed that haplotype HLA-DR3-DQ2 has a very modest effect with respect to the risk of T1D.
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- Sima Mansoori Derakhshan
- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran
- Department of Medical Genetic, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran
- Department of Medical Genetic, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran
- Department of Medical Genetic, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran
- Corresponding Author: Mahmoud Shekari Khaniani, Department of Medical Genetic, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran. Tel: +98-4113371587, Fax: +98-4113371587, E-mail:
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Liu N, Zhang Z, Shan X, Wang L, Cui S. A novel HLA-B allele, B*07:55, identified by sequence-based typing. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2013; 81:121-123. [PMID: 23278383 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Revised: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The novel allele differs from HLA-B*07:02:01 by a single nucleotide substitution at position 538 in exon 3.
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- N Liu
- HLA Laboratory, Beijing Red Cross Blood Center, Beijing, China
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Wang E, Zhao Y, Monaco A, Uccellini L, Kirkwood JM, Spyropoulou-Vlachou M, Panelli MC, Marincola FM, Gogas H. A multi-factorial genetic model for prognostic assessment of high risk melanoma patients receiving adjuvant interferon. PLoS One 2012; 7:e40805. [PMID: 22911710 PMCID: PMC3404079 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Accepted: 06/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Purpose IFNa was the first cytokine to demonstrate anti-tumor activity in advanced melanoma. Despite the ability of high-dose IFNa reducing relapse and mortality by up to 33%, large majority of patients experience side effects and toxicity which outweigh the benefits. The current study attempts to identify genetic markers likely to be associated with benefit from IFN-a2b treatment and predictive for survival. Experimental design We tested the association of variants in FOXP3 microsatellites, CTLA4 SNPs and HLA genotype in 284 melanoma patients and their association with prognosis and survival of melanoma patients who received IFNa adjuvant therapy. Results Univariate survival analysis suggested that patients bearing either the DRB1*15 or HLA-Cw7 allele suffered worse OS while patients bearing either HLA-Cw6 or HLA-B44 enjoyed better OS. DRB1*15 positive patients suffered also worse RFS and conversely HLA-Cw6 positive patients had better RFS. Multivariate analysis revealed that a five-marker genotyping signature was prognostic of OS independent of disease stage. In the multivariate Cox regression model, HLA-B38 (p = 0.021), HLA-C15 (p = 0.025), HLA-C3 (p = 0.014), DRB1*15 (p = 0.005) and CT60*G/G (0.081) were significantly associated with OS with risk ratio of 0.097 (95% CI, 0.013–0.709), 0.387 (95% CI, 0.169–0.889), 0.449 (95% CI, 0.237–0.851), 1.948 (95% CI, 1.221–3.109) and 1.484 (95% IC, 0.953–2.312) respectively. Conclusion These results suggest that gene polymorphisms relevant to a biological occurrence are more likely to be informative when studied in concert to address potential redundant or conflicting functions that may limit each gene individual contribution. The five markers identified here exemplify this concept though prospective validation in independent cohorts is needed.
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- Ena Wang
- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center and Trans-NIH Center for Human Immunology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center and Trans-NIH Center for Human Immunology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center and Trans-NIH Center for Human Immunology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center and Trans-NIH Center for Human Immunology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- First Department of Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Zhang MY, Chen FY, Zhong H. Meta-analysis of human leukocyte antigen genetic polymorphisms and susceptibility to chronic myelogenous leukemia in Chinese population. Leuk Res 2011; 35:1564-70. [PMID: 21840597 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2011.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2011] [Revised: 07/09/2011] [Accepted: 07/11/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genetic polymorphisms are assumed to be correlated to the risk of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in various ethnicities. Up to now, no clear consensus has been reached. Our goal is to address this issue in Chinese population. By searching the data in PubMed, Embase and four Chinese databases (prior to July 2010), the association of HLA genetic polymorphisms with CML has been fixed as the research objective. We studied a totality of 12 studies, comprising 2281 CML cases and 41000 health controls. The data demonstrated that HLA-A*11, A*74, HLA-B*40, B*47, B*55 and B*81 alleles were correlated with the increasing risk of CML. Nevertheless, HLA-DRB1*13 allele seemed to contribute to the genetic protection to CML. Conclusively we suggested that certain HLA alleles might be in association with the pathogenesis of CML in Chinese population. Due to little statistical scale, larger studies and particularly in a mono-people background, our hypothesis need to be further investigated in the future.
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- Min-Yue Zhang
- Department of Hematology, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shaghai, People's Republic of China
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Zhu BF, Yang G, Shen CM, Qin HX, Liu SZ, Deng YJ, Fan SL, Deng LB, Chen F, Zhang P, Fang J, Chen LP, Wang HD, Wang ZY, Lucas R. Distributions of HLA-A and -B alleles and haplotypes in the Yi ethnic minority of Yunnan, China: relationship to other populations. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2010; 11:127-35. [PMID: 20104647 PMCID: PMC2816316 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b0900232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the distributions of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A and -B alleles and HLA-A-B haplotypes in the Yi ethnic minority of the Yunnan Province, situated in southwestern China. Methods: DNA typing for HLA-A and -B loci was performed using the polymerase chain reaction-sequence-based typing (PCR-SBT) method on 114 randomly selected healthy individuals of the Yi population. The allelic frequencies of HLA-A and -B loci were calculated by direct counting and HLA-A-B haplotypes were estimated using the expectation maximization algorithm. Results: A total of 17 HLA-A and 38 HLA-B alleles were found in the Yi population. The most frequent alleles were A*2402 (32.46%), A*1101 (26.32%), and A*0203 (10.09%) at the HLA-A locus and B*4601 (12.28%), B*1525 (10.09%), B*4001 (8.77%), and B*3802 (7.89%) at the HLA-B locus. The predominant HLA-A-B haplotypes were A*2402-B*1525 (7.86%) and A*0203-B*3802 (5.64%), followed by A*1101-B*4001 (4.69%). Phylogenetic analysis indicates that the Yi population in the Honghe, Yunnan Province of China basically belongs to groups of southeastern Asian origin, but shares some characteristics with northeastern Asian groups. Conclusion: The present study may add to the understanding of HLA polymorphism in the Yi ethnic group that was poorly defined previously, and provide useful information for bone marrow transplantation, anthropological research, and forensic sciences as well as for disease-association studies.
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- Bo-feng Zhu
- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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A novel human leukocyte antigen-A allele, A*240212, has been identified during routine sequence-specific oligonucleotide typing and sequence-based typing in a sample from a registered donor of Chinese Marrow Donor Program. The A*240212 allele differs from the most closely matching allele A*24020101 by one nucleotide substitution in Exon 2, at position 230, while the nucleotide exchange is silent mutation.
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- N Liu
- HLA Laboratory, Beijing Red Cross Blood Center, Beijing, China.
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Nagy M, Entz P, Otremba P, Schoenemann C, Murphy N, Dapprich J. Haplotype-specific extraction: a universal method to resolve ambiguous genotypes and detect new alleles - demonstrated on HLA-B. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 69:176-80. [PMID: 17257321 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00741.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Haplotype-specific extraction (HSE) allows the collection of individual alleles by separating diploid samples into their haploid components. The separation step is performed using magnetic beads in conjunction with allele-group-specific probes. The haplo-separated DNA samples can be directly typed with downstream applications such as sequence-specific oligonucleotide (SSO) typing, sequence-specific primer (SSP) typing, and sequence-based (SB) typing. Here we show that HSE permits the direct sequencing of an allele in its individual, separated state, including previously unknown alleles. Allele pair combinations that cannot be resolved by SSP, SSO, or generic SB typings can be unambiguously typed after the alleles are separated by HSE, which allows for new alleles to be easily detected without cloning. We show how HSE was performed to separate samples with locus-specific ambiguities in human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B, which could not be resolved by means of generic SB typing for either sample. After haplotype-specific separation of the respective allele pairs, novel polymorphisms in the HLA-B*56 and HLA-B*44 alleles were clearly detected by SB typing.
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- M Nagy
- Institute of Legal Medicine, Humboldt-University, Charite, Berlin 10115, Germany.
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Bernardo I, Castillo-Rama M, Paz-Artal E, Grande C, Castro-Panete MJ. A new HLA-B allele, HLA-B*4068, identified in an Equatorian individual. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 68:528-30. [PMID: 17176448 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00708.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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HLA-B*4068 shares exon 2 with HLA-B*4008 and exon 3 with HLA-B*4004.
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- I Bernardo
- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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Li X, Ghandri N, Piancatelli D, Adams S, Chen D, Robbins FM, Wang E, Monaco A, Selleri S, Bouaouina N, Stroncek D, Adorno D, Chouchane L, Marincola FM. Associations between HLA class I alleles and the prevalence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) among Tunisians. J Transl Med 2007; 5:22. [PMID: 17480220 PMCID: PMC1887520 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-5-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2007] [Accepted: 05/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The high prevalence of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) in Southern Asia and Mediterranean Northern Africa suggests genetic predisposition among other factors. While Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) haplotypes have been conclusively associated with NPC predisposition in Asians, Northern African Maghrebians have been less intensely studied. However, low resolution serological methods identified weak positive associations with HLA-B5, B13 and B18 and a negative with HLA-B14. Using sequence based typing (SBT), we performed a direct comparison of HLA class I frequencies in a cohort of 136 Tunisian patients with NPC matched for gender, age and geographical residence to 148 normal Tunisians. The bimodal age distribution of NPC in Maghrebians was also taken into account. HLA frequencies in normal Tunisians were also compared with those of Northern Moroccan Berbers (ME) to evaluate whether the Tunisian population in this study could be considered representative of other Maghrebian populations. HLA-B14 and -Cw08 were negatively associated with NPC (odd ratio = 0.09 and 0.18 respectively, Fisher p2-value = 0.0001 and = 0.003). Moreover, positive associations were observed for HLA-B-18, -B51 (split of -B5) and -B57 (p2-value < 0.025 in all) confirming previous findings in Maghrebs. The HLA-B14/Cw*08 haplotype frequency (HF) was 0.007 in NPC patients compared to 0.057 in both Tunisian (OR = 0.12; p2-value = 0.001) and Moroccan controls. This study confirms several previous associations noted by serologic typing between HLA class I alleles and the prevalence of NPC in Maghrebians populations. In addition, we identified a putative haplotype rare in Tunisian patients with NPC that may serve as a genetic marker for further susceptibility studies.
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- Xin Li
- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- CNR, Institute for Organ Transplant and Immunocytology, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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Lafont BAP, McGraw CM, Stukes SA, Buckler-White A, Plishka RJ, Byrum RA, Hirsch VM, Martin MA. The locus encoding an oligomorphic family of MHC-A alleles (Mane-A*06/Mamu-A*05) is present at high frequency in several macaque species. Immunogenetics 2007; 59:211-23. [PMID: 17256149 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-007-0190-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2006] [Accepted: 12/11/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Several macaques species are used for HIV pathogenesis and vaccine studies, and the characterization of their major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes is required to rigorously evaluate the cellular immune responses induced after immunization and/or infection. In this study, we demonstrate that the gene expressing the Mane-A*06 allele of pig-tailed macaques is an orthologue of the locus encoding the Mamu-A*05 allele family in rhesus macaques. Analysis of the distribution of this locus in a cohort of 63 pig-tailed macaques revealed that it encodes an oligomorphic family of alleles, highly prevalent (90%) in the pig-tailed macaque population. Similarly, this locus was very frequently found (62%) in a cohort of 80 Indian rhesus macaques. An orthologous gene was also detected in cynomolgus monkeys originating from four different geographical locations, but was absent in two African monkey species. Expression analysis in pig-tailed macaques revealed that the Mane-A*06 alleles encoded by this locus are transcribed at 10- to 20-fold lower levels than other MHC-A alleles (Mane-A*03 or Mane-A*10). Despite their conservation and high prevalence among Asian macaque species, the alleles of the Mane-A*06 family and, by extension their orthologues in rhesus and cynomolgus monkeys, may only modestly contribute to cellular immune responses in macaques because of their low level of expression.
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- Bernard A P Lafont
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Yang G, Deng YJ, Hu SN, Wu DY, Li SB, Zhu J, Zhu BF, Liu Y. HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 polymorphism defined by sequence-based typing of the Han population in Northern China. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 67:146-52. [PMID: 16441486 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00529.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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DNA typing for human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A, -B and -DRB1 was performed using polymerase chain reaction-sequence-based typing method on 618 randomly selected healthy individuals of the Han population in Northern China. Allele frequencies and haplotypes were statistically analyzed. A total of 84 HLA-A alleles, 143 B alleles, and 122 DRB1 alleles were detected, and 853 A-B-DRB1 haplotypes, 473 A-B haplotypes, and 551 B-DRB1 haplotypes were statistically inferred. Statistical analysis of three-locus haplotypes showed that A*0207-B*4601-DRB1*0901 (3.06%) was the most predominant. Gene frequencies and haplotypic associations within HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 loci were determined at a high-resolution (four digit) allelic level and should provide useful information in anthropology, bone marrow donor registry, legal medicine, and disease association studies.
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- G Yang
- The National Laboratory of the Ministry of Health for Forensic Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Garino E, Berrino M, Bertinetto F, Caropreso P, Chidichimo R, Dametto E, Fasano ME, Frisaldi E, Mazzola G, Tondat F, Boccadoro M, Bruno B, Amoroso A. Identification of a new allele, HLA-DRB5*0113, through three different molecular biology techniques. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2006; 67:427-9. [PMID: 16671952 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00588.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A new HLA-DRB5 allele, HLA-DRB5*0113, has been identified in an Italian patient during routine HLA typing in order to activate a bone marrow donor search. HLA typing was performed by different molecular biology techniques, and the results showed that the HLA-DRB5*0113 allele differs from HLA-DRB5*010101 allele for three nucleotide substitutions at codons 57 (GAC-->GAT; Asp) and 58 (GCT-->GAG; Ala-->Glu) of exon 2.
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- E Garino
- Transplantation Immunology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy.
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Quiroga I, Sweeney D, Sutton PM, Chapple SDJ, Souto-Grando JP, Barnardo MCNM, Fuggle SV. Identification of a novel MICA allele: MICA*051. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 63:466-9. [PMID: 15104678 DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-2815.2004.00195.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We have identified a novel MICA allele, MICA*051, detected by the polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific primers and characterized by sequence-based typing. MICA*051 appears to be the result of a recombination between MICA*00801 and MICA*00701 at intron 2.
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- I Quiroga
- Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Petersdorf EW, Malkki M. Human leukocyte antigen matching in unrelated donor hematopoietic cell transplantation. Semin Hematol 2005; 42:76-84. [PMID: 15846573 DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2005.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) from unrelated donors is a curative therapy for many malignant and nonmalignant blood disorders. The success of unrelated HCT is influenced by the degree of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) compatibility between the donor and patient. When donor matching for HLA alleles is feasible, overall transplant outcome is superior. The presence of donor-recipient mismatching is associated with increased risk of post-transplant complications including graft rejection, acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and mortality; these risks are increased with multiple HLA mismatches. For the majority of patients who lack HLA-matched unrelated donors, current research is focused on the identification of permissible HLA mismatches. The influence of nongenetic factors on the tolerability of HLA mismatching has recently become evident, demonstrating a need for the integration of both genetic and nongenetic variables in donor selection.
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- Effie W Petersdorf
- Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Marsh SGE. Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, update March 2005. Int J Immunogenet 2005; 32:217-8. [PMID: 15932630 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2005.00520.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- S G E Marsh
- Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
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Entz P, Toliat MR, Hampe J, Valentonyte R, Jenisch S, Nürnberg P, Nagy M. New strategies for efficient typing of HLA class-II loci DQB1 and DRB1 by using Pyrosequencing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 65:67-80. [PMID: 15663743 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00345.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: 11/30/2022]
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The characterization of genetic risk factors for complex diseases located on chromosome-6 frequently requires human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genotyping of large patient cohorts. Currently available methods do not support high-throughput HLA typing beyond the major allele group level. We, thus, developed a high-throughput approach for the HLA-DQB1 and HLA-DRB1 loci that is based on Pyrosequencing. Pyrosequencing offers a higher degree of automation than direct sequencing or oligotyping. Using a dispensation order optimized for the particular HLA locus, rapid group typing and fine resolution can be achieved. We implemented the method for two important HLA loci--DQB1 and DRB1. The HLA-DQB1 typing method comprises the following steps: splitting the potential alleles after a generic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification into groups with a first Pyrosequencing reaction and resolving the split allele groups by means of five further Pyrosequencing reactions. The HLA-DR gene family is known to be the most polymorphic one in the HLA class-II region because of a large number of DRB1 alleles. Because of this complex nature, HLA-DRB1 typing was performed by means of a combination of sequence-specific PCR typing and Pyrosequencing. HLA-DQB1 typing and HLA-DRB1 typing were performed successfully by using standard DNA samples with the help of known HLA genotypes and in a blind study by using the samples from the Deutscher Zell Austausch 2002 and 2003. The approach was optimized and was practically tested for genotyping in disease association studies. Our well-elaborated Pyrosequencing-based protocols offer a new alternative to the existing HLA class-II typing methods and represent a convenient and economic solution, a unique combination of high accuracy with high-sample throughput.
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- P Entz
- Gene Mapping Center and Department of Molecular Genetics, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, Germany
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Pedron B, Yakouben K, Adjaoud D, Auvrignon A, Landman J, Guerin V, Leverger G, Vilmer E, Sterkers G. Listing of Common HLA Alleles and Haplotypes Based on the Study of 356 Families Residing in the Paris, France, Area: Implications for Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donor Selection. Hum Immunol 2005; 66:721-31. [PMID: 15993718 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2005.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2004] [Revised: 02/09/2005] [Accepted: 02/16/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In this study we have identified frequent human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A, -B, -C,-DRB1, and -DQB1 alleles, frequent HLA-B/C, HLA-DRB1/DQB1 two-allele associations, and the most common HLA-A/B/C/DRB1/DQB1 five-locus haplotypes in a population residing in the Paris, France, area. The study was carried out in 356 families of children awaiting hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT), with the selection criterion that haplotypes could be assigned with certainty to both the patient and at least one parent. Parental haplotypes were HLA-A, -B serologically typed, and HLA-C, -DRB1, -DQB1 broadly typed by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe. The alleles of the most frequent haplotypes were subsequently defined at a high-resolution level by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific primer. The results on the distribution of common alleles and common allele associations demonstrated similarities with the previously published data in Caucasian populations, as expected from the geographic origin of the studied population. More importantly, this study provides the largest listing of common B/C and DRB1/DQB1 associations and of common five-allele haplotypes defined with certainty in a Caucasian population to date. These results can be used to help estimate the likelihood of finding a suitable donor in unrelated HSCT and to delineate search strategies for potential donors.
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- B Pedron
- Laboratory of Immunology, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The success of unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is influenced by the degree of HLA compatibility between the donor and patient. The goal of this review is to summarize new findings in the field of immunogenetics and HCT from unrelated donors using myeloablative conditioning regimens. RECENT FINDINGS Molecular typing methods can discriminate unique alleles encoded by HLA class I and II genes. Incompatibility of donor-recipient HLA alleles increases posttransplant complications including graft rejection, acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease, and mortality. These posttransplant risks increase with increasing numbers of HLA mismatches. The identification of permissible HLA mismatches may be aided by the use of functional assays. Nongenetic factors, including the stage of disease at the time of transplantation, may influence the effect of HLA mismatching on survival. SUMMARY HLA alleles are functionally relevant. Unrelated HCT can be optimized by comprehensive and precise donor-recipient allele matching. For patients with high-risk diseases who lack matched donors, use of donors with a single HLA mismatch may permit early treatment before disease progression.
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- Effie W Petersdorf
- University of Washington School of Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Clinical Research, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
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de Groot N, Doxiadis GG, De Groot NG, Otting N, Heijmans C, Rouweler AJM, Bontrop RE. Genetic makeup of the DR region in rhesus macaques: gene content, transcripts, and pseudogenes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:6152-7. [PMID: 15128802 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.10.6152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In the human population, five major HLA-DRB haplotypes have been identified, whereas the situation in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) is radically different. At least 30 Mamu-DRB region configurations, displaying polymorphism with regard to number and combination of DRB loci present per haplotype, have been characterized. Until now, Mamu-DRB region genes have been studied mainly by genomic sequencing of polymorphic exon 2 segments. However, relatively little is known about the expression status of these genes. To understand which exon 2 segments may represent functional genes, full-length cDNA analyses of -DRA and -DRB were initiated. In the course of the study, 11 cDRA alleles were identified, representing four distinct gene products. Amino acid replacements are confined to the leader peptide and cytoplasmatic tail, whereas residues of the alpha1 domain involved in peptide binding, are conserved between humans, chimpanzees, and rhesus macaques. Furthermore, from the 11 Mamu-DRB region configurations present in this panel, 28 cDRB alleles were isolated, constituting 12 distinct cDRA/cDRB configurations. Evidence is presented that a single configuration expresses maximally up to three -DRB genes. For some exon 2 DRB sequences, the corresponding transcripts could not be detected, rendering such alleles as probable pseudogenes. The full-length cDRA and cDRB sequences are necessary to construct Mhc class II tetramers, as well as transfectant cell lines. As the rhesus macaque is an important animal model in AIDS vaccine studies, the information provided in this communication is essential to define restriction elements and to monitor immune responses in SIV/simian human immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus macaques.
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- Nanine de Groot
- Department of Comparative Genetics and Refinement, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
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Uyar FA, Dorak MT, Saruhan-Direskeneli G. Human leukocyte antigen-A, -B and -C alleles and human leukocyte antigen haplotypes in Turkey: relationship to other populations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 64:180-7. [PMID: 15245373 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00258.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this study, we present, for the first time, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I allele and haplotype frequencies at the DNA level in a sample of 142 donors from Turkey. HLA typing was performed by medium-to-high resolution polymerase chain reaction sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes method. The most frequent HLA alleles at class I locus were A*0201(0.257), -B*35(0.204) and -Cw*04(0.173). A*0201-B*35-Cw*04(0.056) was the most common three-locus haplotype. Allele and haplotype frequency comparisons and neighbour-joining dendrograms, constructed using DA genetic distances and correspondence analysis using HLA-A, -B and -C, and -DRB1 allele frequencies, revealed similarities with other Mediterranean and European populations, but not with Mongol populations. These results agree with previous studies and confirm that the present day Turkish population is genetically more similar to its geographic neighbours than its historical neighbours in central Asia. The comprehensive HLA data on the Turkish population at the DNA level including up to six-locus putative haplotypes generated in this study will be useful for further studies.
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- F A Uyar
- Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Physiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Garino E, Berrino M, Mazzola G, Boccadoro M, Bruno B, Bertinetto F, Bertola L, Caropreso P, Frisaldi E, Marin F, Panniello ML, Tondat F, Dall'Omo AM. Identification of a new HLA-DRB1 allele in three members of an Italian family. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 64:210-2. [PMID: 15245378 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00262.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Abstract A new human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 allele, HLA-DRB1*1149, has been identified in three members of an Italian family during routine sequence based typing. This new allele differs from HLA-DRB1*110101 only for a single nucleotide substitution at position 113 of exon 2 resulting in an amino acid change from Valine (GTG) to Alanine (GCG) at codon 38.
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- E Garino
- Transplantation Immunology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital of Turin, Italy.
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Frison S, Crespiatico L, Longhi E, Guizzardi E, Poli F, Scalamogna M. HLA-B*1819, a novel HLA-B allele identified by sequence-based typing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 63:592-4. [PMID: 15140039 DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-2815.2004.00216.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this brief communication, we describe a novel human leukocyte antigen-B (HLA-B) allele (HLA-B*1819). This allele, found in an Italian Caucasian individual, differs from HLA-B*180101 by three nucleotide changes in exon 3. These mutations are located at positions 527, 538, and 539 where a T, a C, and a T are substituted respectively, by an A, a T, and a G, leading to three aminoacidic substitutions at codon 152 from Valine to Glutamic Acid (GTG-->GAG), at codon 155 from Histidine to Glutamine (CAC-->CAG), and at codon 156 from Cysteine to Tryptophan (TGT-->TGG).
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- S Frison
- Centro Trasfusionale e di Immunologia dei Trapianti, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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Shao W, Lobashevsky ES, Kaslow RA, Dorak MT. MICA intron 1 sequences of conserved extended HLA haplotypes: implications for sequencing-based typing. Genes Immun 2004; 5:371-4. [PMID: 15164101 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I chain-related gene A (MICA) has a high degree of genetic diversity. Several methods have been used in MICA typing. Recent studies reported different results for the same reference cell lines typed by different methods. By searching the GenBank, we found an indel polymorphism in MICA intron 1 corresponding to the area where one of the sequencing-based typing primers used by others is located. We investigated this polymorphism in 43 reference samples by primer cycle sequencing. This approach revealed three haplotype-specific patterns of polymorphisms in intron 1. This study provided evidence that one of the primers commonly used in MICA typing may fail to amplify both alleles in certain heterozygous combinations. Our data showed a correlation between the three patterns in MICA intron 1 and exon 5 short tandem repeat (STR) alleles. Being neutral ones, the intron 1 and STR polymorphisms appeared to mark the ancestral lineages better than the coding region polymorphisms.
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- W Shao
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
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Lafont BAP, Buckler-White A, Plishka R, Buckler C, Martin MA. Pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) possess six MHC-E families that are conserved among macaque species: implication for their binding to natural killer receptor variants. Immunogenetics 2004; 56:142-54. [PMID: 15148641 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0663-4] [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] [Received: 12/22/2003] [Revised: 02/24/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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MHC loci encode highly polymorphic molecules involved in the presentation of self and non-self peptides to cells of the adaptive and innate immune systems. Although variable, MHC-E genes are well conserved among primates and provide signals to natural killer cells. In this study, we sequenced and analyzed MHC-E alleles of pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), a nonhuman primate used for HIV pathogenesis and vaccine studies. Among a group of seven macaques, the characterization of eight Mane-E alleles revealed an increased number of polymorphic sites compared with human HLA-E alleles. Phylogenetic analyses of MHC-E alleles from pig-tailed macaque, rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) and cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) demonstrated that the three macaque species shared six families of macaque MHC-E alleles and indicated that these families existed in the common ancestor 5.5 million years ago. Polymorphic Mane-E sites were not concentrated within the peptide-binding pockets, but were distributed throughout the entire ORF. The peptide-binding domain of Mane-E is similar to its human analogue, and peptide substrates theoretically capable of binding to Mane-E molecules were found in the leader sequence of classical Mane-A and -B molecules. Additionally, the polymorphic amino acids located in the alpha(1) and alpha(2) domains of Mane-E molecules have side chains expected to be oriented toward solvent and away from the peptide-binding groove, suggesting that some of them (positions 19, 73, 79 and 145) might be available for interaction with polymorphic receptors of natural killer cells.
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- Bernard A P Lafont
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 4 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Rajalingam R, Ge P, Reed EF. A sequencing-based typing method for HLA-DQA1 alleles. Hum Immunol 2004; 65:373-9. [PMID: 15120193 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2004.01.012] [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] [Received: 12/02/2003] [Revised: 01/20/2004] [Accepted: 01/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sequencing-based typing (SBT) is the most comprehensive method for characterizing human leukocyte antigen gene polymorphisms. Development of a SBT method for DQA1 is hampered because of a deletion of codon 56 in nearly half of the known DQA1 alleles. Sequence electropherograms of heterozygous samples comprising a deletion allele and a non-deletion allele display misalignment after codon 56 because of a three base-pair shift in the deletion allele. To overcome this problem, we have designed three group-specific primer sets to selectively amplify the deletion alleles from the nondeletion alleles. DNA samples are initially polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-typed using these primer sets along with an internal positive control primer set specific to growth hormone gene 1 (hGH1). The positive group-specific PCR reactions were selectively repeated without hGH1 control primers, and the amplicons were used as template in sequencing reactions. The sequence data were analyzed to obtain DQA1 types using ABI MatchTools software as well as the newly available Conexio Genomics Assign SBT Genotyping Software. The method was validated using a panel of reference DNA from the University of California, Los Angeles, International DNA Exchange Program. We conclude that the present SBT method is a technically simple and robust procedure to characterize the sequence polymorphisms in exon 2 of DQA1 gene.
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- Raja Rajalingam
- University of California, Los Angeles, Immunogenetics Center, Department of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Nesci S, Buffi O, Iliescu A, Luchetti M, Battarra MR, Amadei M, Visani G, Andreani M. A new HLA-DRB1*11 allele, DRB1*1144, identified by cloning and sequencing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 63:282-3. [PMID: 14989721 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00176.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report here the identification of a novel DRB1*11 allele, DRB1*1144, identified during sequence-based HLA-DRB1 typing. Molecular cloning and direct sequencing confirmed that the new allele is identical to DRB1*110401 at exon 2, except for a single nucleotide substitution (GTG-->GCG) changing codon 38 from Valine to Alanine.
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- S Nesci
- Laboratorio di Ricerca di Onco-Ematologia, Dipartimento di Onco-Ematologia, Azienda Ospedale 'San Salvatore', Pesaro, Italy.
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Hampe J, Valentonyte R, Manaster C, Teuber M, Jenisch S, Entz P, Nagy M, Schreiber S. Nonelectrophoretic method for high-throughput HLA-DRB1 group genotyping. Biotechniques 2004; 36:148-51. [PMID: 14740497 DOI: 10.2144/04361dd01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Hurley CK, Setterholm M, Lau M, Pollack MS, Noreen H, Howard A, Fernandez-Vina M, Kukuruga D, Müller CR, Venance M, Wade JA, Oudshoorn M, Raffoux C, Enczmann J, Wernet P, Maiers M. Hematopoietic stem cell donor registry strategies for assigning search determinants and matching relationships. Bone Marrow Transplant 2003; 33:443-50. [PMID: 14676778 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Registries and cord blood banks around the world collect and store the HLA types of volunteers in order to identify matched unrelated donors for patients requiring hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This task is complicated by the many formats in which HLA types are provided by the testing laboratories (types obtained by serology vs by DNA-based methods; high vs intermediate vs low resolution) and by the need to identify which of these diverse types are most likely to match the HLA assignments of a searching patient as closely as possible. Conversion of the assignments to 'search determinants' may be included within the algorithm used to select and prioritize a list of potentially suitable donors, either as an aid to matching or as a tool to optimize the performance of comparisons within large data files. The strategies used by registries to create search determinants are described. A set of search determinants, utilized by the National Marrow Donor Program, is provided as an example and is intended to initiate further discussion aimed at understanding the process used by each registry with the possibility of developing a standard process among registries worldwide.
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- C K Hurley
- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
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Poli F, Crespiatico L, Frison S, Longhi E, Marlianici E, Scalamogna M. HLA-B*5808, a new HLA-B allele characterized by sequence based typing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 62:551-3. [PMID: 14617040 DOI: 10.1046/j.1399-0039.2003.00111.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This brief communication describes a new HLA-B allele (HLA-B*5808) detected in an Italian white volunteer bone marrow donor. With serology, this subject was typed as HLA-B15,17, whereas with molecular biology B*15, B*51, B*52 and/or B*58 could be assigned. In order to clarify the results, direct and cloning sequencing of exons 2, 3 and 4 were carried out. This new allele is identical to HLA-B*5801 in exon 2 except for a silent point mutation at nucleotide 141 where a C is substituted by a T; exons 3 and 4 are typical of HLA-B*51, B*52 and B*78. The peculiar sequence of B*5808 could explain the discrepancy between the serological and molecular typing results.
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- F Poli
- Centro Trasfusionale e di Immunologia dei Trapianti, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico IRCCS, Milano, Italy.
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Jin P, Wang E. Polymorphism in clinical immunology - From HLA typing to immunogenetic profiling. J Transl Med 2003; 1:8. [PMID: 14624696 PMCID: PMC280736 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-1-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2003] [Accepted: 11/18/2003] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The pathology of humans, in contrast to that of inbred laboratory animals faces the challenge of diversity addressed in genetic terms as polymorphism. Thus, unsurprisingly, treatment modalities that successfully can be applied to carefully-selected pre-clinical models only sporadically succeed in the clinical arena. Indeed, pre-fabricated experimental models purposefully avoid the basic essence of human pathology: the uncontrollable complexity of disease heterogeneity and the intrinsic diversity of human beings. Far from pontificating on this obvious point, this review presents emerging evidence that the study of complex system such as the cytokine network is further complicated by inter-individual differences dictated by increasingly recognized polymorphisms. Polymorphism appears widespread among genes of the immune system possibly resulting from an evolutionary adaptation of the organism facing an ever evolving environment. We will refer to this high variability of immune-related genes as immune polymorphism. In this review we will briefly highlight the possible clinical relevance of immune polymorphism and suggest a change in the approach to the study of human pathology, from the targeted study of individual systems to a broader view of the organism as a whole through immunogenetic profiling.
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- Ping Jin
- Immunogenetics Section – Department of Transfusion Medicine – Clinical Center – National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland USA
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- Immunogenetics Section – Department of Transfusion Medicine – Clinical Center – National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland USA
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Steiner NK, Gans C, Baldassarre L, Bradshaw D, Rizzo M, Divekar S, Koester R, Ng J, Hartzman RJ, Hurley CK. Twenty-five novel HLA-B alleles. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2003; 62:263-6. [PMID: 12956882 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00095.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Twenty-five novel HLA-B alleles are described in this paper: B*0729, B*1309, B*1814, B*1815, B*2724, B*2725, B*3539, B*3926, B*4037, B*4040, B*4042, B*4043, B*4044, B*4204, B*440203, B*4428, B*4429, B*4430, B*4505, B*5308, B*5309, B*5510, B*5511, B*570102, and B*5709. Most of the variants are single nucleotide substitutions. Two involve variants at the Bw4/Bw6 epitope. Two alleles carry substitutions of conserved amino acids.
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- N K Steiner
- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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Steiner NK, Rizzo M, Bradshaw D, Baldassarre L, Jones P, Koester R, Ng J, Hartzman RJ, Hurley CK. Seventeen novel HLA-A alleles. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2003; 62:256-8. [PMID: 12956880 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00090.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This paper describes 17 novel HLA-A alleles: A*0244, A*0251, A*0254, A*0309, A*1111, A*2432, A*2434, A*2504, A*2618, A*2905, A*2906, A*3106, A*3107, A*3207, A*6820, A*7407, and A*7408. Most substitutions are found in other alleles.
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- N K Steiner
- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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Witter K, Lau M, Zahn R, McNicholas A, Albert ED. Novel HLA-Cw*03 allele, Cw*030303, identified by nucleotide sequencing. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2003; 62:179-81. [PMID: 12889999 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00082.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this paper we report the identification of a new HLA- Cw*03 allele in a sample that has been distributed in the International UCLA Terasaki Cell/DNA Exchange. This novel allele officially designed Cw*03033 and renumbered to Cw*030303 (2) found in cell no. 1054 from an Asian Indian donor differs from Cw*030301 by a silent substitution at codon 128, GGG-->GGA (nucleotide position 384). This new allelic variant was confirmed by several other laboratories participating in the UCLA Terasaki Cell/DNA Exchange (3).
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- K Witter
- Labor of Immunogenetics, University Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Lafont BAP, Buckler-White A, Plishka R, Buckler C, Martin MA. Characterization of pig-tailed macaque classical MHC class I genes: implications for MHC evolution and antigen presentation in macaques. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 171:875-85. [PMID: 12847257 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.2.875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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MHC-dependent CD8(+) T cell responses have been associated with control of viral replication and slower disease progression during lentiviral infections. Pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), two nonhuman primate species commonly used to model HIV infection, can exhibit distinct clinical courses after infection with different primate lentiviruses. As an initial step in assessing the role of MHC class I restricted immune responses to these infections, we have cloned and characterized classical MHC class I genes of pig-tailed macaques and have identified 19 MHC class I alleles (Mane) orthologous to rhesus macaque MHC-A, -B, and -I genes. Both Mane-A and Mane-B loci were found to be duplicated, and no MHC-C locus was detected. Pig-tailed and rhesus macaque MHC-A alleles form two groups, as defined by 14 polymorphisms affecting mainly their B peptide-binding pockets. Furthermore, an analysis of multiple pig-tailed monkeys revealed the existence of three MHC-A haplotypes. The distribution of these haplotypes in various Old World monkeys provides new insights about MHC-A evolution in nonhuman primates. An examination of B and F peptide-binding pockets in rhesus and pig-tailed macaques suggests that their MHC-B molecules present few common peptides to their respective CTLs.
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- Bernard A P Lafont
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Fasano ME, Dametto E, Day S, Dunn P, Tacconella M, Curtoni ES. A new allele, HLA-DRB4*010304. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2003; 62:76-8. [PMID: 12859598 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00069.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We report here the identification of a novel DRB4*01 allele, DRB4*010304, found in a patient waiting for a liver transplantation. The new allele was detected during a routine DNA-based HLA typing. Sequencing confirmed that the new allele is identical to DRB4*01030101 at exon 2 except for position 216 where the new allele has a T instead of a C.
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- M E Fasano
- Transplantation Immunology Service, S. Giovanni Hospital, Turin, Italy.
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Maiers M, Schreuder GMT, Lau M, Marsh SGE, Fernandez-Viña M, Noreen H, Setterholm M, Katovich Hurley C. Use of a neural network to assign serologic specificities to HLA-A, -B and -DRB1 allelic products. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2003; 62:21-47. [PMID: 12859593 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00097.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A computational method was used to predict the serologic specificities of HLA molecules encoded by the HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 loci. The polypeptide sequences of a subset of alleles (numbering 149) with well-defined serologic assignments were used to train a neural network to predict broad and split serologic assignments for each HLA allelic product. The resultant neural network assignments were compared with those of a validation set containing the sequences of 74 HLA-A, 175 HLA-B, and 117 HLA-DRB1 alleles that had previous serologic test assignments but were not part of the training set. The network was able to correctly predict at least one of the serologic assignments of the majority of the validation alleles (99% of the HLA-A set, 86% HLA-B, 94% HLA-DRB1). The remainder received either no assignment (1% HLA-A, 13% HLA-B, 5% HLA-DRB1) or a different but closely related assignment (1% HLA-B and -DRB1). Overall, the variation in serologic assignment by the network appeared comparable to the assignments seen among different laboratories using serologic techniques. When used to predict the serologic assignments of 393 HLA alleles without known serologic types, the network was able to predict assignments for most alleles (95% HLA-A, 85% HLA-B, 96% HLA-DRB1). The majority of these assignments were consistent with assignments predicted by sequence homologies with known alleles. The remainder did not receive an assignment and likely represent new combinations of epitopes.
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- M Maiers
- National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN 55413, USA.
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Longhi E, Frison S, Espaolas de Arias A, Bianchi P, Ferrioli G, Poli F, Scalamogna M. Characterization of two new HLA-B alleles by sequence-based typing: HLA-B*0817 and HLA-B*1311. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2003; 62:66-71. [PMID: 12859596 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00054.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this brief communication we report the characterization of two new HLA-B variants officially named HLA-B*0817 and HLA-B*1311. The HLA-B*0817 allele was identified in a Caucasoid male candidate for renal transplantation in the North Italy Transplant program. The nucleotidic sequence of exons 2, 3 and 4 of this novel allele is identical to that of HLA-B*0804 except for three point mutations in exon 2: from A to G at position 259, from C to G at position 261 and from G to A at position 302. These mutations are responsible for two aminoacidic substitutions [Asn (r) Glu, codon 63, and Ser (r) Asn, codon 77]. HLA-B*1311 was found in a volunteer donor belonging to National Marrow Donor Program(R). This new variant is identical to that of HLA-B*1301 except for three nucleotide substitutions at positions 353, 355 and 369 leading to two aminoacidic variations from Ile to Thr at codon 94 and from Ile to Leu at codon 95 and a silent mutation at codon 99.
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- E Longhi
- Centro Trasfusionale e di Immunologia dei Trapianti, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Hurley CK, Fernandez Vina M, Setterholm M. Maximizing optimal hematopoietic stem cell donor selection from registries of unrelated adult volunteers. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2003; 61:415-24. [PMID: 12823765 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00096.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Today, more than 50 registries of HLA-typed potential adult hematopoietic stem cell donors have been established in 40 countries and include more than 7.5 million volunteers. HLA testing of new volunteers includes HLA-A, -B and often -DR typing at low to intermediate resolution. Searching patients are tested for these same loci, preferably at a higher level of resolution. Over 95,000 patient searches are received by registries annually resulting in approximately 4660 unrelated transplants. In 2001, nearly one-third of transplants involved a patient in one country receiving stem cells from a donor in another. The diversity of the HLA system complicates the search process, requiring sophisticated registry algorithms for matching, and expertise in allele and haplotype frequencies and associations to design search strategies. Within registries, HLA frequency data have been used to evaluate optimal registry size and composition.
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- C K Hurley
- Department of Oncology, CW Bill Young Marrow Donor Recruitment and Research Program, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3970 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
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McCluskey J, Kanaan C, Diviney M. Nomenclature and serology of HLA class I and class II alleles. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN IMMUNOLOGY 2003; Appendix 1:Appendix 1S. [PMID: 18432895 DOI: 10.1002/0471142735.ima01s52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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This overview presents nomenclature and serology information on human leucocyte antigens, or HLA molecules, which are encoded by a cluster of genes linked on the short arm of chromosome 6. This region is known as the major histocompatibility coclass II molecules based upon their structure, tissue distribution, and source of peptide antigen, as well as upon their interactions with T cell subsets.
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- James McCluskey
- University of Melbourne and Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Melbourne, Australia
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