title: [Study of class I HLA polymorphism in the Tunisian population].
abstract: The HLA class I gene polymorphism (HLA-A, -B) was investigated in a population of 102 Tunisians. Allele and haplotype frequencies as well as linkage disequilibrium between HLA-A and HLA-B loci were calculated and compared with other populations. The most frequent alleles were A2 (23%), A30 (12.5%), A3 (10.2%), A1 (8.5%), A23 (7.4%) for the HLA-A locus and B21 (14.3%), B44 (11.4%), B35 (9.6%), B5 (8.5%) for the HLA-B locus. The most frequent haplotype was A3 B21 (2.6%) and a positive linkage disequilibrium was found for the following allelic associations: A11 B35 (X2 = 6.8), A28 B35 (X2 = 5.3), and A30 B35 (X2 = 5). In conclusion, a specific distribution of HLA class I components in terms of antigen and haplotype frequencies characterizes the Tunisian population. This specific pattern may reflect the great ethnical diversity of this community. All these informations may be helpful in the future for HLA and disease association studies.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hmida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mojaat
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abid
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dridi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Genetet
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boukef
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Semana
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001782:Blood Donors; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006239:Haplotypes; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D014416:Tunisia
chemical_list: D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I