title: 16(th) IHIW: population global distribution of killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) and ligands.
abstract: In the last fifteen years, published reports have described KIR gene-content frequency distributions in more than 120 populations worldwide. However, there have been limited studies examining these data in aggregate to detect overall patterns of variation at regional and global levels. Here, we present a summary of the collection of KIR gene-content data for 105 worldwide populations collected as part of the 15th and 16th International Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Workshops, and preliminary results for data analysis.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, USA. jhollenbach@chori.org
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hollenbach
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Augusto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alaez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bubnova
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fae
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Galarza
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gorodezky
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karabon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kusnierczyk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rickards
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tavoularis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trachtenberg
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Middleton
mesh_terms: D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006648:Histocompatibility / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000235:genetics; D008024:Ligands; D054340:Receptors, KIR / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins; D008024:Ligands; D054340:Receptors, KIR