An HLA-A*02:01-B*13:01-DRB1*14:01:03 haplotype conserved in Taiwanese and a possible close relationship between DRB1*14:01:03 and DRB1*14:54.
We here report sequence confirmation and analysis of the variant HLA-DRB1*14:01:03 on three voluntary bone marrow donors and the conserved haplotype carrying DRB1*14:01:03 allele in Taiwanese population. In exon 2, the DNA sequence of DRB1*14:01:03 is identical to HLA-DRB1*14:01:01 except a silent nucleotide substitution at position 192. However, sequence specific primer (SSP) reaction pattern of DRB1*14:01:03 matched with the pattern of DRB1*14:54 instead of DRB1*14:01:01, 14:01:02 or 14:01:03. In exon 3, at position 421, DRB1*14:01:03 has an identical nucleotide as DRB1*14:54 but differs from DRB1*14:01:01. We think the discrepancy of the allele assignment by SSP typing protocol and by sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe (SSO) and sequence-based typing methods should be addressed. We assume DRB1*14:54 is probably the parental allele for DRB1*14:01:03.
Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Cord Blood Bank, Buddhist Tzu Chi Stem Cells Centre and Marrow Donor Registry, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan. edward@tzuchi.com.tw
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D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D016415:Sequence Alignment
D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains