Identification of novel HLA alleles discovered in 2019-2021

Hum Immunol. 2021 Dec;82(12):982-984. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2021.08.005. Epub 2021 Aug 20.

Authors

Kelly J Ingram¹, Elaine F O'Shields¹, David F Kiger¹, Eric M Netherton¹, Michael D Gautreaux²

Affiliations

¹ HLA/Immunogenetics and Immunodiagnostics Laboratories, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, United States.
² HLA/Immunogenetics and Immunodiagnostics Laboratories, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, United States. Electronic address: mgautrea@wakehealth.edu.

PMID: 34420809
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2021.08.005

Abstract

In this paper, we describe 15 novel HLA alleles discovered and officially named in the calendar years 2019 through the first half of 2021.

Keywords: Next generation sequencing; Novel HLA alleles.

Copyright © 2021 American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

MeSH terms

Alleles*
Exons*
Female
HLA Antigens / genetics
HLA Antigens / immunology*
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Humans
Male

Substances

HLA Antigens