title: High resolution molecular typing of HLA class II region in the population of the island of Krk, Croatia.
abstract: The HLA class II alleles (DRB1, DRB3, DRB5, DQA1, and DQB1) and haplotypic associations were studied in the population of the island of Krk using the PCR-SSOP method and the 12th International Histocompatibility Workshop primers and probes. Allele and haplotypic frequencies were compared with the general Croatian population. Significant differences were observed between the population of the island of Krk and Croatians for: a) three broad specificities at DRB1 locus (DRB1*01, *15, and *07), b) one allele at DRB3 locus (DRB3*0301), c) one allele at DQA1 locus (DQA1*0201), d) one allele at DQB1 locus (DQB1*0303). Four unusual haplotypic associations, which have not yet been described in the Croatian population, DRB1*1301-DQA1*0103-DQB1*0607, DRB1*1302-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0605, DRB1*1305-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0605 and DRB1*1305-DQA1*0103-DQB1*0603 were observed in the population from the island of Krk.
authors.affiliation: National Referral Organ Transplantation and Tissue Typing Center, University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Grubić
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zunec
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cecuk-Jelicić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kastelan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kerhin-Brkljacić
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kastelan
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens