Identification of a novel allele, HLA-DPB1*18:01:01:04, in an African American renal transplant candidate

HLA. 2020 Jun;95(6):591-592. doi: 10.1111/tan.13803. Epub 2020 Jan 20.

Authors

Padma Kuchipudi¹, Thomas R Turner^{2

3}, Susan C Forney⁴, John A Gerlach⁴, Chak-Sum Ho⁵

Affiliations

¹ Gift of Life Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Anthony Nolan Research Institute, London, UK.
³ UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK.
⁴ Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
⁵ Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, Itasca, Illinois.

PMID: 31943840
DOI: 10.1111/tan.13803

Abstract

HLA-DPB1*18:01:01:04 differs from HLA-DPB1*18:01:01:01 by four substitutions within intron 1.

Keywords: LinkSeq; Pacific biosciences single-molecule real-time DNA sequencing; novel allele.

© 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

MeSH terms

Alleles
Base Sequence
Black or African American*
HLA-DP beta-Chains
Humans
Kidney Transplantation*

Substances

HLA-DP beta-Chains
HLA-DPB1 antigen