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Prenatal typing of Rh and Kell blood group system antigens: the edge of a watershed.

Abstract：

:Knowledge of the molecular basis of the blood group systems has enabled the development of assays for blood group genotyping. At this time, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assays validated on fetal material obtained by invasive means (chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis) are available for all clinically relevant fetal blood groups, However, only Rh typing (D, C, c, E, and e) and K1 genotyping assays are discussed in this review. Importantly, one must remember that results of genotyping assays will not always be concordant with serological typing. Thus, the RhD genotyping assays have to be modified in response to increased understanding of the molecular biology of this blood group system. RhD typing assays should produce negative results when tested on the black RhD-negative RHD alleles, RHDpsi and r's. PCR-based assays can be used to determine paternal zygosity. For RhD zygosity testing, the real-time quantitative PCR approach and the direct detection of the hybrid Rhesus box, which is the result of the deletion of the RHD gene are available. Recently, methods for noninvasive prenatal genotyping have been investigated. The use of fetal cells circulating in the maternal circulation has been explored; however, the scarcity of circulating fetal cells has limited the use of this approach. More promising are the results obtained with RhD typing assays with cell-free fetal DNA, which is present in the maternal circulation in a concentration of 25 genomic equivalents per milliliter of maternal blood in early pregnancy increasing to 100 copies per milliliter in the third trimester, which is cleared from the circulation within a few hours of delivery. The positive predictive value of this approach is virtually 100%, but false-negative results are (infrequently) encountered. Therefore, this assay can at present only be used for screening of RhD-negative women to make the use of antenatal prophylaxis more targeted and hence more cost-effective. For the clinical management of the pregnancies of alloimmunized women, the development of a control for the presence and the amplification of fetal DNA is needed, which is at present only available in male pregnancies. Assays for the genotyping of the other Rh antigens or Kell antigens with cell-free fetal DNA have not yet been described.

journal_name

Transfus Med Rev

journal_title

Transfusion medicine reviews

authors

van der Schoot CE,Tax GH,Rijnders RJ,de Haas M,Christiaens GC

doi

10.1053/tmrv.2003.50001

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-01-01 00:00:00

pages

31-44

issue

eissn

0887-7963

issn

1532-9496

pii

S0887796302000032

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pub_type

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Prenatal typing of Rh and Kell blood group system antigens: the edge of a watershed.