Two novel HLA-DRB1 alleles detected in inhabitants from the island of Crete

HLA. 2021 Feb;97(2):163-166. doi: 10.1111/tan.14126. Epub 2020 Nov 8.

Irene Mavroudi^{1

2}, Helen Latsoudis³, Maria Zamanakou⁴, Alexandros Kanterakis⁵, Helen A Papadaki^{1

2}

¹ Public Cord Blood Bank of Crete, Department of Haematology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
² Haemopoiesis Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece.
³ Information Systems Laboratory, Institute of Computer Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Greece.
⁴ CEMIA SA, Larissa, Greece.
⁵ Computational Biomedicine Laboratory, Institute of Computer Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Greece.

Abstract

Characterization of the novel HLA-DRB1*04:311 and HLA-DRB1*11:277 alleles in two Greek individuals of Cretan origin.

Keywords: Crete; HLA class II antigens; HLA-DRB1 novel alleles.