title: KIR and HLA genotyping of Japanese descendants from Curitiba, a city of predominantly European ancestry from Southern Brazil.
abstract: We hereby report the KIR gene frequencies and the frequencies of HLA ligands of KIR for Brazilians of Japanese ancestry. A total of 51 individuals were genotyped for presence/absence of KIR (killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors) genes and presence of HLA (human leukocyte antigens) ligands. KIR was genotyped using two pairs of sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) and HLA ligands were typed by LABType® SSO reagent kits (One Lambda, USA). These data are fully available in Allele Frequencies Net Database, under the population name "Brazil Curitiba Japanese KIR".
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba CEP 81531-980, Brazil. Electronic address: danillo@augusto.bio.br.
authors.forename: Danillo G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Augusto
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba CEP 81531-980, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonardo M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Amorim
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba CEP 81531-980, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ticiana D J
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba CEP 81531-980, Brazil. Electronic address: perler@ufpr.br.
authors.forename: Maria Luiza
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Petzl-Erler
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D054340:Receptors, KIR / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D054340:Receptors, KIR
keywords: Brazil; Frequencies; Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors; Population genetics