title: Detection of a novel variant of HLA-A*02, HLA-A*02:570, in a Taiwanese unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donor.
abstract: Two nucleotide changes at residue 142 (G → A) and residue 144 (A → C) of HLA-A*02:01:01:01 result in a novel allele, HLA-A*02:570.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Tzu Chi Cord Blood Bank, and Buddhist Tzu Chi Bone Marrow Donor Registry, Buddhist Tzu Chi Stem Cells Centre, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.|Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
authors.forename: E K L
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)/University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Tzu Chi Cord Blood Bank, and Buddhist Tzu Chi Bone Marrow Donor Registry, Buddhist Tzu Chi Stem Cells Centre, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013624:Taiwan; D061349:Unrelated Donors
chemical_list: D015234:HLA-A Antigens
keywords: HLA-A*02:570; hematopoietic stem cell; human leukocyte antigen