Reanalysis of sequence‐based HLA‐A, ‐B and ‐Cw typings: how ambiguous is today’s SBT typing tomorrow
- 16 September 2007
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Tissue Antigens
- Vol. 70 (5), 383-389
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00921.x
Abstract
The permanently increasing number of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-alleles and the growing list of ambiguities require continuous updating of high-resolution HLA typing results. Two different kinds of ambiguities exist: the first, when two or more allele combinations have identical heterozygous sequences, and the second, when differences are located outside the analyzed region. The number of HLA-A, B and C alleles recognized in 1999 was almost tripled in 2006. Two hundred individuals, sequence-based typing (SBT) typed in the period from 1999 to 2002, were reanalyzed using the 2006 database. A final allele typing result of at least four digits was obtained for HLA-A, -B and -C by heterozygous sequencing of exons 2 and 3 and, if necessary, additional exons and/or allele-specific sequencing. Storage of the individual sequences in a specially developed database enabled reanalysis with all present and future HLA releases. In the 5-year period HLA-A, -B and -C typing results became ambiguous in 37%, 46% and 41% of the cases. Most were because of differences outside the analyzed region; ambiguities because of different allele combinations with identical heterozygous sequences were present in 7%, 8% and 13% of the HLA-A, -B and -C typings. These results indicate that within 5 years, approximately half of the HLA SBT typings become ambiguous.Keywords
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