title: HLA-A, -B, -C, -DQA1, -DQB1, -DRB1, -E, -F and -G genotyping of 130 individuals from Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal.
abstract: One hundred and thirty unrelated Azorean individuals were randomly selected to study the frequencies of high-resolution HLA alleles and haplotypes in the Azorean (Terceira) population. HLA-A, -B, -Cw, -DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 high-resolution genotyping was performed by polymerase chain reaction using commercial kits. HLA-E, -F and -G alleles, were genotyped by sequence-based typing. All loci were in HWE, showing no locus-level deviations. The genotype data is available in the Allele Frequencies Net Database under the population name "Azores Terceira Island" and the identifier (AFND112579).
authors.affiliation: SEEBMO, Hospital de Santo Espirito da ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal; Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Genetics & Arthritis Research Group (GARG), c IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: bfbettencourt@seebmo.org.
authors.forename: Bruno Filipe
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Bettencourt
authors.affiliation: SEEBMO, Hospital de Santo Espirito da ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal; Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Genetics & Arthritis Research Group (GARG), c IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Margarida Rodrigues
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: SEEBMO, Hospital de Santo Espirito da ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.
authors.forename: Joaquim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: SEEBMO, Hospital de Santo Espirito da ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal; Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Genetics & Arthritis Research Group (GARG), c IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Bruna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amaro
authors.affiliation: SEEBMO, Hospital de Santo Espirito da ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fialho
authors.affiliation: SEEBMO, Hospital de Santo Espirito da ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal; Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Genetics & Arthritis Research Group (GARG), c IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meneses
authors.affiliation: SEEBMO, Hospital de Santo Espirito da ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal; Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Genetics & Arthritis Research Group (GARG), c IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana Rita
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Couto
authors.affiliation: SEEBMO, Hospital de Santo Espirito da ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal; Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Genetics & Arthritis Research Group (GARG), c IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Jácome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bruges Armas
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001394:Azores; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D015236:HLA-C Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains / Q000235:genetics; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains / Q000235:genetics; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains / Q000235:genetics; D059951:HLA-G Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D011174:Portugal; D000097625:HLA-E Antigens
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D015236:HLA-C Antigens; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D059951:HLA-G Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D000097625:HLA-E Antigens; C062341:HLA-F antigens
keywords: Azores; HLA alleles; Haplotypes; Portugal