Identification of a novel MICB allele, MICB*030, by cloning and sequencing.

abstract：:The human platelet alloantigen (HPA) 4b allele is rarely observed in Caucasians and the observed incidence in Asians is usually lower than 1.0%. We report the first Brazilian with the allele HPA-4b, and were able to determined that he inherited it from his father. ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Toralles-Pereira C,de M C Pardini MI,Deffune E,Machado PE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the novel variant of HLA-DRB1*09:01, DRB1*09:01:08, discovered in a Taiwanese volunteer bone marrow donor by a sequence-based typing (SBT) method. The DNA sequence of DRB1*09:01:08 is identical to the sequence of DRB1*09:01:02 in exon 2 except a silent mutation at nucleotide position 261(C→T) (GCC→GCT a...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Yang KL,Lee SK,Yang SY,Kao RH,Lin CL,Lin PY

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:The distributions of HLA allele and haplotype are variable in different ethnic populations and the data for some populations have been published. However, the data on HLA-C and HLA-DQB1 loci and the haplotype of HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 loci at a high-resolution level are limited in Zhejiang Han popu...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Chen N,Wang W,Wang F,Dong L,Zhao S,Zhang W,He J,Huang H,Zhu F

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy is one of the most neglected infectious tropical diseases of the skin and the nerves caused by the intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium leprae. The inducible NOS isoform encoded by NOS2A plays a vital role in host defence against bacterial infections. The functional promoter polymorphisms in NOS2A are associat...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Messias-Reason IJ,van Tong H,Velavan TP

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is an autoimmune bullous epidermal disease, characterized by autoantibodies specific to the desmosomal protein desmoglein 1 (dsg1) and by acantholysis, the rupture of the cellular junctions among keratinocytes. Known also as fogo selvagem (wild fire) in Brazil, the disease has distinct epidemi...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Köhler KF,Petzl-Erler ML

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FCGR locus is characterized by high polymorphism and sequence homology. In particular, the Ile232Thr polymorphism in the FCGR2B gene results in inaccurate genotyping in most published papers. The purpose of the study was to develop an accurate genotyping assay able to discriminate this polymorphism. ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Bonatti F,Adorni A,Percesepe A,Martorana D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-DQB1*06:48 has single nucleotide polymorphisms within codons 70 and 62 of exon 2 (GGG>AGG and AAG>AAC) relative to HLA-DQB1*06:02:01 and HLA-DQB1*06:37. This results in amino acid differences (G>R and K>N) that will change the polarity and charge of the encoded antigen and may therefore affect its peptide repertoi...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Foster L,Tate D,Poulton K

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic association between recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) and human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class I and II alleles and HLA haplotypes. Families selected had at least one child suffering from recurrent aphthous stomatitis in addition to one or both of the parents. HLA-...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Albanidou-Farmaki E,Deligiannidis A,Markopoulos AK,Katsares V,Farmakis K,Parapanissiou E

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：: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：:We propose a bioinformatics pipeline in which we use an ESTs database to predict and validate single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) directly linked to gene-coding regions at the HLA class I genes (HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C). Annotation originated from our analysis revealed various classes of possible new variations that...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Figueiredo TC,de Oliveira JR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are related to innate immunity. TLR9, a member of TLRs, is expressed in immune cell-rich tissues and mediates cellular response. We investigated the association between TLR9 polymorphisms and kidney allograft outcomes. To investigate whether TLR9 polymorphisms are associated with acute r...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Kim TH,Jeong KH,Kim SK,Lee SH,Ihm CG,Lee TW,Moon JY,Yoon YC,Chung JH,Park SJ,Kang SW,Kim YH

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Single nucleotide polymorphisms within the promoter or other regulatory sequences of cytokine genes were evaluated and compared between an Iranian population and populations of different ethnic/geographical background. In 40 healthy Iranian subjects, cytokine typing was performed by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Bagheri M,Abdi-Rad I,Omrani D,Khalkhali HR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) plays an important role in the attenuation of adaptive immune responses in higher vertebrates. Here, we describe the identification of the Pekin duck PD-L1 orthologue (duPD-L1) and its gene structure. The duPD-L1 cDNA encodes a 311-amino acid protein that has an amino acid identity of...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Yao Q,Fischer KP,Tyrrell DL,Gutfreund KS

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：: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

abstract：:C-reactive protein (CRP) is an inflammation marker implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. To investigate association of the CRP rs1417938, rs1800947, rs1205 variants with susceptibility to schizophrenia 208 unrelated Armenians (103 patients and 105 healthy controls) were genotyped. In this pilot study, none ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Zakharyan R,Chavushyan A,Khoyetsyan A,Stahelova A,Arakelyan A,Boyajyan A,Mrazek F,Petrek M

更新日期：2010-10-01 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 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) G949T in the mannose-binding lectin ( MBL ) 1 gene has been associated with low MBL-A concentration in serum and detected at different frequencies in various European pig populations. However, the origin of this SNP is not known. Part of the MBL1 gene was sequenced in 12 wild b...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Bergman IM,Sandholm K,Ekdahl KN,Okumura N,Uenishi H,Guldbrandtsen B,Essler SE,Knoll A,Heegaard PM,Edfors I,Juul-Madsen HR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, DNA typing for human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DPB1, -DRB1, and -DQB1 was performed using polymerase chain reaction-sequence-based-typing (PCR-SBT) method on 94 randomly selected, healthy, unrelated individuals from the Ewenki ethnic population in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. A total ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Su X,Bi L,Hai R,Qimuge S,Ying M,Bahring S,Gong M

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：: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：: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：:Natural killer (NK) cells have killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) that recognize and interact with HLA class I antigen. The KIRs are a multigene family and its members are often highly polymorphic. Evidence is emerging from disease-association studies that KIR receptors can play beneficial roles in viral ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Gardiner CM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunological inflammatory reaction is one of the key links in the occurrence and development of post-traumatic osteomyelitis after microbial invasion. Growing evidence suggests complex interactions between IFN-γ and bone remodelling cells. However, potential association of IFN-γ gene polymorphism with susceptibility ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Zhao XQ,Jiang N,Hu YJ,Yu B

更新日期：2020-04-01 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