title: The HLA Dictionary 2001: a summary of HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1/3/4/5 and -DQB1 alleles and their association with serologically defined HLA-A, -B, -C, -DR and -DQ antigens.
abstract: This report presents the serological equivalents of 123 HLA-A, 272 HLA-B and 155 HLA-DRB1 alleles. The equivalents cover over 64% of the presently identified HLA-A, -B and -DRB1 alleles. The dictionary is an update of the one published in 1999 (<1>Schreuder et al., 1999, Tissue Antigens, 54, 409) and also includes equivalents for HLA-C, DRB3, DRB4, DRB5 and DQB1 alleles. The data summarize information obtained by the WHO Nomenclature Committee for Factors of the HLA System, the International Cell Exchange (UCLA), the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) and individual laboratories. In addition, a listing is provided of alleles that are expressed as antigens with serological reaction patterns that differ from the well-established HLA specificities. The equivalents provided will be useful in guiding searches for unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donors in which patients and/or potential donors are typed by either serology or DNA-based methods. These equivalents will also serve typing and matching procedures for organ transplant programmes where HLA typings from donors and from recipients on waiting lists represent mixtures of serological and molecular typings. The tables with HLA equivalents and a questionnaire for submission of serological reaction patterns for poorly identified allelic products will also be available on the WMDA web page: www.worldmarrow.org
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, E3-Q, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, NL-2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands. G.M.T.Schreuder@lumc.nl
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Schreuder
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Hurley
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maiers
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kollman
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Noreen
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D015236:HLA-C Antigens / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D059826:HLA-DRB3 Chains; D059845:HLA-DRB4 Chains; D059847:HLA-DRB5 Chains; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D015236:HLA-C Antigens; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; C069051:HLA-DQB1 antigen; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D059826:HLA-DRB3 Chains; D059845:HLA-DRB4 Chains; D059847:HLA-DRB5 Chains