PMID- 37947386 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240117 LR - 20240201 IS - 2059-2310 (Electronic) IS - 2059-2302 (Linking) VI - 103 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Jan TI - 18th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop: Report on the SNP-HLA Reference Consortium (SHLARC) component. PG - e15293 LID - 10.1111/tan.15293 [doi] AB - The SNP-HLA Reference Consortium (SHLARC), a component of the 18th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop, is aimed at collecting diverse and extensive human leukocyte antigen (HLA) data to create custom reference panels and enhance HLA imputation techniques. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have significantly contributed to identifying genetic associations with various diseases. The HLA genomic region has emerged as the top locus in GWAS, particularly in immune-related disorders. However, the limited information provided by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), the hallmark of GWAS, poses challenges, especially in the HLA region, where strong linkage disequilibrium (LD) spans several megabases. HLA imputation techniques have been developed using statistical inference in response to these challenges. These techniques enable the prediction of HLA alleles from genotyped GWAS SNPs. Here we present the SHLARC activities, a collaborative effort to create extensive, and multi-ethnic reference panels to enhance HLA imputation accuracy. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. HLA: Immune Response Genetics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Silva, Nayane S B AU - Silva NSB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5511-8426 AD - Center for Research in Transplantation and Translational Immunology, Nantes Universite, INSERM, Ecole Centrale Nantes, Nantes, France. AD - Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Medicine, Sao Paulo State University - Unesp, Botucatu, Brazil. FAU - Bourguiba-Hachemi, Sonia AU - Bourguiba-Hachemi S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2452-2861 AD - Center for Research in Transplantation and Translational Immunology, Nantes Universite, INSERM, Ecole Centrale Nantes, Nantes, France. FAU - Douillard, Venceslas AU - Douillard V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6762-4083 AD - Center for Research in Transplantation and Translational Immunology, Nantes Universite, INSERM, Ecole Centrale Nantes, Nantes, France. FAU - Koskela, Satu AU - Koskela S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9258-9163 AD - Finnish Red Cross Blood Service Biobank, Helsinki, Finland. FAU - Degenhardt, Frauke AU - Degenhardt F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7516-3179 AD - Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein - Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany. FAU - Clancy, Jonna AU - Clancy J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0568-6676 AD - Finnish Red Cross Blood Service Biobank, Helsinki, Finland. FAU - Limou, Sophie AU - Limou S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7702-8234 AD - Center for Research in Transplantation and Translational Immunology, Nantes Universite, INSERM, Ecole Centrale Nantes, Nantes, France. FAU - Meyer, Diogo AU - Meyer D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7155-5674 AD - Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Biosciences Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Masotti, Cibele AU - Masotti C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4462-0941 AD - Molecular Oncology Center, Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Knorst, Stefan AU - Knorst S AD - Molecular Oncology Center, Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Naslavsky, Michel Satya AU - Naslavsky MS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9068-1713 AD - Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Biosciences Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Franke, Andre AU - Franke A AD - Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein - Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany. FAU - Castelli, Erick C AU - Castelli EC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2142-7196 AD - Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Medicine, Sao Paulo State University - Unesp, Botucatu, Brazil. FAU - Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine AU - Gourraud PA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1131-9554 AD - Center for Research in Transplantation and Translational Immunology, Nantes Universite, INSERM, Ecole Centrale Nantes, Nantes, France. FAU - Vince, Nicolas AU - Vince N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3767-6210 AD - Center for Research in Transplantation and Translational Immunology, Nantes Universite, INSERM, Ecole Centrale Nantes, Nantes, France. LA - eng GR - European Union (via the FEDER) under the Programme of Investments for the Future/ GR - European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program/ GR - INSERM/ GR - Nantes Metropole, the Pays de la Loire Region/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231110 PL - England TA - HLA JT - HLA JID - 101675570 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - *Genome-Wide Association Study MH - Immunogenetics MH - Alleles MH - HLA Antigens/genetics MH - Genotype OTO - NOTNLM OT - 18th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop OT - HLA OT - SHLARC OT - SNP OT - imputation OT - reference panel EDAT- 2023/11/10 12:43 MHDA- 2024/01/17 06:42 CRDT- 2023/11/10 08:43 PHST- 2023/10/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/11/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/01/17 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/11/10 12:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/11/10 08:43 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/tan.15293 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - HLA. 2024 Jan;103(1):e15293. doi: 10.1111/tan.15293. Epub 2023 Nov 10.