title: HLA analysis of the Parsi (Zoroastrian) population in Pakistan.
abstract: The Parsis of Pakistan are descendants of Zoroastrians from Iran who fled to Gujarat in India after the Arab invasion in 900 AD. A small group eventually migrated from India to Karachi in Pakistan. In this study, the Parsis from Pakistan were analyzed at the HLA-B, -C, -DRB1 and -DQB1 loci using the polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP). The most common alleles at the HLA loci were HLA-B*35 (15.9%), HLA-Cw*0602 (21.4%), HLA-DRB1*11 (23.0%), and HLA-DQB1*02 (24.7%). Data analysis suggests that the Parsis of Pakistan and India descended from the same stock and may have the closest ancestry with Jewish and Italian populations.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical and Genetic Engineering Laboratories, GPO Box 2891, Islamabad-44000, Pakistan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohyuddin
authors.forename: S Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Mehdi
mesh_terms: D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D015236:HLA-C Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000208:ethnology; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: 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