title: Serologic and molecular characterization of the B(A) blood group in the Chinese population.
abstract: B(A) phenotype individuals have normal B antigen and a small amount of A antigen on the RBCs with anti-A in the plasma. Some highly potent monoclonal anti-A reagents are capable of agglutinating B(A) RBCs, which therefore usually results in a discrepancy between RBC and plasma ABO grouping. To date, five B(A) alleles (ABO B(A)01, B(A)02, B(A)03, B(A)04, and B(A)05) have been defined by nucleotide sequences. To get a more complete picture of B(A) phenotypes found in the Chinese population and resolve blood donor typing problems caused by B(A) alleles,a serologic and molecular study of nine unrelated Chinese individuals and three families carrying B(A) alleles was conducted. Allele B(A)02 with a 700C>G mutation, allele B(A)04 with a single 640A>G substitution, and allele B(A)05 with a 641T>C mutation were detected in multigenerational families and unrelated blood donors. Neither the B(A)01 nor B(A)03 alleles with 703A>G substitutions were observed in this study. In addition, a polymerase chain reaction with a sequence-specific primer genotyping assay was developed for rapid identification of B(A)02, B(A)04, and B(A)05 alleles using genomic DNA samples.
authors.affiliation: Blood Group Reference Lab, Shanghai Blood Center, 1191 Hong Qiao Road, Shanghai 200051.
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005192:Family Health; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010375:Pedigree; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System