Human leukocyte antigen-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 and -DQB1 allele and haplotype frequencies in an Albanian population from Kosovo

Int J Immunogenet. 2013 Apr;40(2):104-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2012.01136.x. Epub 2012 Jun 22.

Abstract

HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 genotyping was performed in a sample of Albanian population from Kosovo. The comparison of the respective allele frequencies through Fst analysis resulted in a close relationship with the Albanians from Albania, the Bulgarians, FYROM Macedonians and Greeks, while the other neighbouring populations are slightly more distant.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Albania / ethnology
  • Ethnicity / genetics
  • Gene Frequency
  • Genetics, Population
  • Genotype
  • HLA-A Antigens / genetics*
  • HLA-B Antigens / genetics*
  • HLA-C Antigens / genetics*
  • HLA-DQ beta-Chains / genetics*
  • HLA-DRB1 Chains / genetics*
  • Haplotypes
  • Humans
  • Yugoslavia

Substances

  • HLA-A Antigens
  • HLA-B Antigens
  • HLA-C Antigens
  • HLA-DQ beta-Chains
  • HLA-DQB1 antigen
  • HLA-DRB1 Chains