PMID- 20017299 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100112 LR - 20221207 IS - 1003-9406 (Print) IS - 1003-9406 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 4 DP - 2009 Aug TI - [DRB1 * 1454: the common allele of human leukocyte antigen-DRB1 * 14 in Chinese Han populations]. PG - 379-82 AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate and compare the distribution of HLA-DRB1 * 14 alleles between the southern and northern Chinese Han populations. METHODS: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles of 436 southern and 713 northern Chinese Han bone marrow volunteers were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-sequence-based-typing (SBT) method, among them the DRB1 * 1401/1439/1454 ambiguous allele pairs were identified using DRB1 * 14 high-resolution PCR-sequence specific primer (SSP) kits. Also, the clinic samples previously reported as DRB1 * 1401 were re-genotyped using the same PCR-SSP kits. The allelic distribution of DRB1 * 14 in southern and northern Chinese Han population were compared by chi-square test method. RESULTS: Eighty-one ambiguous allele pairs of DRB1 * 1401/1439/1454 and 54 clinic samples previously reported as DRB1 * 1401 were all identified as DRB1 * 1454. Among the 436 Southern Han donors, six subtypes of DRB1 * 14 allele were observed including DRB1 * 1454 (69.57%), DRB1 * 1402 (1.45%), DRB1* 1403 (1.45%), DRB1 * 1404 (4.35%), DRB1 * 1405 (20.29%) and DRB1 * 1407 (2.90%). In the 713 northern Han donors, a total of seven subtypes were observed including DRB1 * 1454 (35.48%), DRB1 * 1403 (12.90%), DRB1 * 1404 (6.45%), DRB1 * 1405 (37.63%), DRB1 * 1407 (4.30%), DRB1 * 1411 (1.08%) and DRB1 * 1412 (2.15%). CONCLUSION: DRB1 * 1454 and DRB1 * 1405 were the most common alleles of HLA-DRB1 * 14 in Chinese Han populations. The distribution of HLA-DRB1 * 14 differ significantly between the southern and northern Chinese Han population, while DRB1 * 1405 showed similar distribution pattern in the two populations but DRB1 * 1454 had higher frequency in southern than in northern Chinese Han population. FAU - Cheng, Liang-hong AU - Cheng LH AD - Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Testing Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518035 P.R. China. chenglh99@yahoo.com.cn FAU - Jin, Shi-zheng AU - Jin SZ FAU - Zou, Hong-yan AU - Zou HY FAU - Gao, Su-qin AU - Gao SQ FAU - Li, Zhen AU - Li Z FAU - Wang, Da-ming AU - Wang DM LA - chi PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - China TA - Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi JT - Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics JID - 9425197 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DR Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DRB1 Chains) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Asian People/ethnology/*genetics MH - Genotype MH - HLA Antigens/*genetics MH - HLA-DR Antigens/*genetics MH - HLA-DRB1 Chains MH - Humans EDAT- 2009/12/19 06:00 MHDA- 2010/01/13 06:00 CRDT- 2009/12/19 06:00 PHST- 2009/12/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/12/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/01/13 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi. 2009 Aug;26(4):379-82.