PMID- 32623908 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210625 LR - 20210625 IS - 1555-3892 (Electronic) IS - 0963-6897 (Print) IS - 0963-6897 (Linking) VI - 29 DP - 2020 Jan-Dec TI - Umbilical Cord Blood Units Cryopreserved in the Public Cord Blood Bank: A Breakthrough in iPSC Haplobanking? PG - 963689720926151 LID - 10.1177/0963689720926151 [doi] LID - 0963689720926151 AB - The use of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is an emerging therapeutic option for precision medicine. Cord blood (CB) cells with lower immunogenicity, fewer genomic changes, and persistent epigenetic memory might be ideal candidates for iPSC production. Based on the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) distribution of cord blood units (CBUs) in the public CB bank, we estimated the coverage of the Korean population with HLA-homozygous iPSCs to repurpose cryopreserved CBUs. We analyzed a total of 27,904 Korean CBUs donated to the public CB bank. Low-to-intermediate resolution typing was performed for HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 alleles, and individuals possessing homozygous HLA haplotypes were identified by direct counting. Moreover, the matching probabilities for zero-mismatch transplantation were calculated for 27,904 CBUs and 50,000,000 potential Korean patients. Among the preserved CBUs, 15 HLA-A, 40 HLA-B, and 13 HLA-DRB1 alleles as well as 48 homozygous HLA-A-B-DRB1 haplotypes were identified at serological equivalents (2 digits). The 48 identified homozygous haplotypes cumulatively matched 78.18% of the 27,904 Korean CB donors as zero HLA-mismatch iPSC sources. Among the combinations of 1,699 haplotypes with frequencies greater than 0.001%, assuming a population of 50 million, those 48 haplotypes can provide a match for 78.37% of potential Korean recipients. A practicable number of HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 homozygous iPSC lines derived from CBUs may be an efficient option in allogeneic iPSC therapy because this type of haplobanking may provide cell lines with optimal HLA matching for up to three-quarters of the Korean population. FAU - Roh, Eun Youn AU - Roh EY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1787-7509 AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Republic of Korea. AD - Seoul Metropolitan Public Cord Blood Bank-ALLCORD, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea. AD - Both the authors contributed equally to this study as co-first authors. FAU - Oh, Sohee AU - Oh S AD - Department of Biostatistics, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Republic of Korea. AD - Both the authors contributed equally to this study as co-first authors. FAU - Yoon, Jong Hyun AU - Yoon JH AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Republic of Korea. AD - Seoul Metropolitan Public Cord Blood Bank-ALLCORD, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Byoung Jae AU - Kim BJ AD - Seoul Metropolitan Public Cord Blood Bank-ALLCORD, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Republic of Korea. FAU - Song, Eun Young AU - Song EY AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea. FAU - Shin, Sue AU - Shin S AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Republic of Korea. AD - Seoul Metropolitan Public Cord Blood Bank-ALLCORD, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Cell Transplant JT - Cell transplantation JID - 9208854 SB - IM MH - Blood Banks/*standards MH - Cryopreservation/*methods MH - Fetal Blood/*chemistry MH - Humans MH - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/*metabolism PMC - PMC7563803 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Korean OT - cord blood OT - haplobanking OT - homozygous OT - human leukocyte antigen (HLA) OT - iPSC (induced pluripotent stem cell) COIS- Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. EDAT- 2020/07/07 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/29 06:00 PMCR- 2020/07/06 CRDT- 2020/07/07 06:00 PHST- 2020/07/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1177_0963689720926151 [pii] AID - 10.1177/0963689720926151 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Transplant. 2020 Jan-Dec;29:963689720926151. doi: 10.1177/0963689720926151.