The first report of the human platelet alloantigen 4b allele in a Brazilian.

abstract：:Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the only cure for most haematological malignancies, however, the mortality rate remains high. Complications after HSCT include relapse, graft versus host disease (GvHD), graft rejection and infection. Over the last few years several groups, have demonstrated that...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Norden J,Pearce KF,Irving JAE,Collin MP,Wang XN,Wolff D,Kolb HJ,Socie G,Kuzmina Z,Greinix H,Holler E,Rocha V,Gluckman E,Hromadnikova I,Dickinson AM

更新日期：2018-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, there is a lack of information on polymorphism of human leucocyte antigen-F (HLA-F) gene in ethnically diverse human populations. In this study, HLA-F allelic typing was performed for 690 individuals representing two southern Chinese Han populations (Hunan Han and Guangdong Han) and two northern Chinese pop...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Pan FH,Liu XX,Tian W

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This piece was originally requested as a white paper from the Scientific and Clinical Affairs Committee of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI), of which the author was then Chairman. Upon review by the ASHI Board of Directors and the Editors of their journal, it was considered too con...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Eckels DD

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a key molecule of the innate immune system and a competent to bind carbohydrates of a variety of microorganisms, resulting in complement activation and opsonophagocytosis against various pathogens. However, there is no systemic investigation on the MBL's role in innate immune responses ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Sheng A,Lan J,Wu H,Lu J,Wang Y,Chu Q,Jia Z,Song M,Liu L,Wang W

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms within genes coding innate immune response proteins are involved in genetic susceptibility to various conditions. We investigated the frequency of P2RX7 A1513C and TLR2 -196 to -174 ins/del polymorphisms in healthy Polish population. Frequency of minor alleles was relatively similar to the pattern presen...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Lewandowska M,Garczyńska P,Jędrychowska-Dańska K,Kopczyńska P,Masłowska A,Witas H

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Luminex xMAP system has become an important tool for HLA antibody screening and identification in sera of transplant patients. Recently, the Luminex single antigen bead assay was shown to be prone to an artefact, the so called prozone phenomenon: Sera with high titer HLA antibodies gave negative results when teste...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Weinstock C,Schnaidt M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge on blood group phenotypes is of key importance in clinical practice. It used in blood transfusion practice to determine the direction of recruitment of voluntary donors as required for each population within a country, and for disease association and population genetics studies. This study aimed at reporting...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Doku GN,Agbozo WK,Annor RA,Kisseh GD,Owusu MA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used molecular methods to determine the frequencies of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A, -B and -C alleles in normal, healthy, unrelated individuals from North India using polymerase chain reaction and hybridization with sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes as there is no comprehensive report showing molecu...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Rani R,Marcos C,Lazaro AM,Zhang Y,Stastny P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify HLA-B*15 subtypes distribution in Han population in Beijing, People's Republic of China, 826 unrelated healthy individuals were typed using the polymerase chain reaction-sequence-based typing method. Within the 246 HLA-B*15 positive individuals, 29 HLA-B*15 alleles were identified, the most predominant of ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Yang G,Deng YJ,Qin H,Zhu BF,Chen F,Shen CM,Sun ZM,Chen LP,Wu J,Mu HF,Lucas R

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perforin is one of the key effector molecules of cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells. The influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles on peripheral blood perforin-positive CD4, CD8, CD16 and CD 56 cells was studied by flow cytometry. HLA-DRB1 typing was done in normal healthy subjects (NHS: n = 156) and patients with pulmona...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Rajeswari DN,Selvaraj P,Raghavan S,Jawahar MS,Narayanan PR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (TIM-3) has been shown to be associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study, we investigated the association of four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the TIM-3 gene with RA susceptibility in Chinese Hui and Han groups. Using restriction ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Xu J,Yang Y,Liu X,Wang Y

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) has been implicated in the pathogenicity of severe sepsis by both genetic association studies and animal models. Conflicting functional data have emerged in relation to genetic variants and TNFalpha protein production. Therefore, we assessed the functionality of TNFalpha genetic...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： O'Dwyer MJ,Mankan AK,Ryan AW,Lawless MW,Stordeur P,Kelleher D,McManus R,Ryan T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes involved in regulation of the nuclear factor - kappa B (NF-κB) pathway are suggested to play a role in the pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). The present study aimed to assess the association between the NF-κB1, TRAF3 and TLRs genes single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and disease susceptibility as...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Rybka J,Gębura K,Wróbel T,Wysoczańska B,Stefanko E,Kuliczkowski K,Bogunia-Kubik K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we addressed the question of how often HLA-DRB1-matched donors can be found by further typing of AB-matched donors and whether Cw preselection can be helpful. Sixty-eight patients and 174 donors were enrolled in the study. In all donors, confirmatory DNA Cw typing was performed to check reliabili...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Nowak J,Mika-Witkowska R,Zajko M,Łopacz P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is the most important TLR among the pattern recognition receptors which recognizes lipopolysaccharide of gram-negative bacteria. They identify a highly conserved structure of microbes called pathogen-associated molecular patterns and activate immune and inflammatory responses that have been...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Sinha S,Singh J,Jindal SK,Birbian N,Singla N

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier studies suggested that a variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in intron 2 of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) gene might be associated with some chronic inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases and solid tumours. To study the distribution of this polymorphism in China, 1352 samples...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Jiang J,Zhang X,Sun D,Jin Y,Bai J,Chen F,Fu S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here a novel human leukocyte antigen (HLA) allele, DRB1*1449, in the Han-Chinese population. The nature of the new allele was confirmed by the sequencing-based typing (SBT) method. Genomic DNA and six subclones containing DNA fragment of DRB1 exon 2 were sequenced in both forward and reverse directions. The ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Miao KR,Xue M,Zhou XY,Xu R,Fei XM,Pan QQ,Zhang JW,Zhao X,Fan S,KuKuruga D,Xu AL,Wang CY

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which mainly affects the skin and nervous system. The disease has several clinical forms. This study investigated the MICA and HLA-B genes in 223 samples from leprosy patients and 201 samples from healthy individuals matched for age, gender and et...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： do Sacramento WS,Mazini PS,Franceschi DA,de Melo FC,Braga MA,Sell AM,Tsuneto LT,Visentainer JE

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past decade has witnessed hundreds of reports declaring or not being able to replicable genetic association with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility. BANK1 is a gene that encodes a B-cell-specific scaffold protein and its activation can affect B-cell-receptor-induced calcium mobilization from intrace...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Fan Y,Tao JH,Zhang LP,Li LH,Ye DQ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Illumina first introduced their TruSight human leucocyte antigen (HLA) next-generation sequencing (NGS) typing kit in 2015 and subsequently followed up with a new version in 2016. Here we report on our experience comparing the two versions of the Illumina HLA NGS kits. ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Profaizer T,Lázár-Molnár E,Pole A,Delgado JC,Kumánovics A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sunlight/ultraviolet (UV) irradiation has been recognized as an important risk factor for developing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, the interpretation of genetic variations involved in UV-light sensitivity is largely unknown. Recent studies indicated that two genetic variations of ERCC2/XPD gene (rs17997...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Wan L,Lin YJ,Sheu JJ,Huang CM,Tsai Y,Tsai CH,Wong W,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) form a diverse family of receptors that control the functions of natural killer cells. Sequencing of KIR from primates has revealed the unexpected extent to which this gene family has diversified mostly likely in response to pathogens and to pathogen-mediated selecti...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Martinez-Borra J,Khakoo SI

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new allelic variant in MICB*005 lineage, MICB*005:09, has been identified in a male Uyghur individual recruited from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China by PCR-sequence-based typing (Sanger sequencing) and confirmed by cloning and sequencing. Aligned with MICB*005:03, this new allelic variant shows a synonymous...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Tursun M,Wang Z,Guo W,Hasim A,Tian W

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune diabetes [type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) and part of malnutrition-related diabetes] has been shown to have genetic predisposition. Studies in IDDM 5 have lead to the discovery of a novel polymorphism 163 A-->G, of SUMO4 (small ubiquitin-related modifier) gene, a...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Sedimbi SK,Kanungo A,Shastry A,Park Y,Sanjeevi CB

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play an essential role in the control of viral replication during human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, the efficacy of the CTL response varies between individuals. We tested the hypothesis that genetic polymorphisms in the lytic effector molecule perforin could influenc...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： McIlroy D,Meyer L,Dudoit Y,Samri A,Delfraissy JF,Autran B,Debré P,Theodorou I

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-18 (IL-18) plays a vital role in both innate and acquired immunity. We analysed polymorphisms at -607(C/A) and -137(G/A) in the promoter region of IL-18 gene by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction in normal healthy subjects (n = 173) and patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (n = 165). Allele, genotyp...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Harishankar M,Selvaraj P,Rajeswari DN,Anand SP,Narayanan PR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FcγRIIB contains a unique immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif (ITIM) and functions as a negative feedback regulator of leucocyte activation and antibody production. We have previously reported FcγRIIB-nt645+25A/G gene polymorphism to be associated with prevalence and severity of periodontitis, FcγRIIB expre...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Wang Y,Sugita N,Kikuchi A,Iwanaga R,Hirano E,Shimada Y,Sasahara J,Tanaka K,Yoshie H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and reconstructed 5-locus haplotypes of the CCL2 gene, in knee osteoarthritis (OA) cases and in controls. The CCL2 rs2857657 variant (G) allele was observed more frequently in female knee OA cases than in controls. One haplotype (H5) was observed exclusively in t...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Hulin-Curtis SL,Bidwell JL,Perry MJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a protein able to bind to carbohydrate patterns on pathogen membranes; upon MBL binding, its' associated serine protease MBL-associated serine protease type 2 (MASP2) is autoactivated, promoting the activation of complement via the lectin pathway. For both MBL2 and MASP2 genes, the freq...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Ferraroni NR,Segat L,Guimarães RL,Brandão LA,Crovella S,Constantino-Silva RN,Loja C,da Silva Duarte AJ,Grumach AS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the IMGT/HLA Database, the DNA sequence of A*11:53 is identical to A*11:02:01 in exons 2, 3, 4 and 5 except at codon 276. A*11:53 was reported as a rare variant of A*11, while A*11:02:01 was understood to be the second most frequently observed variant of A*11 after A*11:01:01 in Taiwanese. We sequenced HL...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Yang KL,Chu CC,Marsh SG,Lin PY

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00