Identification of 11 novel HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQB1 alleles in the 1000 Genomes Project panel

Julie Di Cristofaro^{1

2}, Philippe Gouret³, Jacques Chiaroni^{1

2}, Laurent Abi-Rached^{4

5}, Julien Paganini³

Affiliations

¹ Etablissement Français du Sang PACA Corse, Biologie des Groupes Sanguins, Marseille, France.
² Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES, "Biologie des Groupes Sanguins", Marseille, France.
³ Xegen, Gemenos, France.
⁴ Aix Marseille Université, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
⁵ SNC5039 CNRS, Marseille, France.

Julie Di Cristofaro et al. HLA. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;97(3):246-248.

doi: 10.1111/tan.14164. Epub 2020 Dec 15.

Julie Di Cristofaro^{1

2}, Philippe Gouret³, Jacques Chiaroni^{1

2}, Laurent Abi-Rached^{4

5}, Julien Paganini³

¹ Etablissement Français du Sang PACA Corse, Biologie des Groupes Sanguins, Marseille, France.
² Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES, "Biologie des Groupes Sanguins", Marseille, France.
³ Xegen, Gemenos, France.
⁴ Aix Marseille Université, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
⁵ SNC5039 CNRS, Marseille, France.

Abstract

We isolated 11 novel HLA alleles in the 1000 Genomes Project using PolyPheMe software.

Keywords: 1000 genomes project; HLA; NGS; alleles; exome.

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