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Conserved extended haplotypes of the major histocompatibility complex: further characterization

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Tevfik Dorak

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Abstract

Since the complete sequencing of a human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) haplotype, interest in non-human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genes encoded in the MHC has been growing. Non-HLA genes, which outnumber the HLA genes, may contribute to or account for HLA and disease associations. Most information on non-HLA genes has been obtained in separate studies of individual loci. To comprehensively address polymorphisms of relevant non-HLA genes in 'conserved extended haplotypes' (CEH), we investigated 101 International Histocompatibility Workshop reference cell lines and nine additional anonymous samples representing all 37 unambiguously characterized CEHs at MICA, NFKBIL1, LTA, NCR3, AIF1, HSPA1A, HSPA1B, BF, NOTCH4 and a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at HLA-DQA1 as well as MICA, NOTCH4, HSPA1B and all five tumour necrosis factor short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms. This work (1) provides an extensive catalogue of MHC polymorphisms in all CEHs, (2) unravels interrelationships between HLA and non-HLA haplotypical lineages, (3) resolves reported typing ambiguities and (4) describes haplospecific markers for a number of CEHs. Analysis also identified a DQA1 SNP and segments containing MHC class III polymorphisms that corresponded with class II (DRB3 and DRB4) lineages. These results portray the MHC where lineages containing non-HLA and HLA variants in linkage disequilibrium may operate in concert and can guide more thorough design and interpretation of HLA-disease relationships.


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Author(s): Dorak MT, Shao W, Machulla HKG, Lobashevsky ES, Tang J, Park MH, Kaslow RA

Publication type: Review

Publication status: Published

Journal: Genes and Immunity

Year: 2006

Volume: 7

Issue: 6

Pages: 450-467

ISSN (print): 1466-4879

ISSN (electronic): 1476-5470

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.gene.6364315

DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364315


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