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Samandary S, Kridane-Miledi H, Sandoval JS, Choudhury Z, Langa-Vives F, Spencer D, Chentoufi AA, Lemonnier FA, BenMohamed L. Associations of HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C alleles frequency with prevalence of herpes simplex virus infections and diseases across global populations: implication for the development of an universal CD8+ T-cell epitope-based vaccine. Hum Immunol 2014; 75:715-29. [PMID: 24798939 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2014.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2013] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A significant portion of the world's population is infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 and/or type 2 (HSV-1 and/or HSV-2), that cause a wide range of diseases including genital herpes, oro-facial herpes, and the potentially blinding ocular herpes. While the global prevalence and distribution of HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections cannot be exactly established, the general trends indicate that: (i) HSV-1 infections are much more prevalent globally than HSV-2; (ii) over a half billion people worldwide are infected with HSV-2; (iii) the sub-Saharan African populations account for a disproportionate burden of genital herpes infections and diseases; (iv) the dramatic differences in the prevalence of herpes infections between regions of the world appear to be associated with differences in the frequencies of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles. The present report: (i) analyzes the prevalence of HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections across various regions of the world; (ii) analyzes potential associations of common HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C alleles with the prevalence of HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections in the Caucasoid, Oriental, Hispanic and Black major populations; and (iii) discusses how our recently developed HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLA-C transgenic/H-2 class I null mice will help validate HLA/herpes prevalence associations. Overall, high prevalence of herpes infection and disease appears to be associated with high frequency of HLA-A(∗)24, HLA-B(∗)27, HLA-B(∗)53 and HLA-B(∗)58 alleles. In contrast, low prevalence of herpes infection and disease appears to be associated with high frequency of HLA-B(∗)44 allele. The finding will aid in developing a T-cell epitope-based universal herpes vaccine and immunotherapy.
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- Sarah Samandary
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- UNITE INSERM 1016, Institut Cochin, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, 82, Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Plate-Forme Technologique, Centre d'Ingénierie Génétique Murine, Département de Biologie du Développement, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- UNITE INSERM 1016, Institut Cochin, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, 82, Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Institute for Immunology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Xiong F, Xiao L, Luo M, Huang F. Identification of HLA-A*02-B*46 haplotype allele variant in Guangdong Han populations on the basis of PCR-SBT. BMC Res Notes 2009; 2:55. [PMID: 19348686 PMCID: PMC2674454 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2008] [Accepted: 04/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The HLA-A*02-B*46 haplotype is one of most frequent haplotypes among Guangdong Han populations. To explore the characteristics of the HLA-A*02-B*46 haplotype in Guangdong Han populations, the genetic polymorphism of HLA-A*02-B*46 haplotype was analysed by PCR-SBT in our study. Findings Among 88 samples with the homozygotes for HLA-A*02-B*46 in the low resolution, 4 different alleles for A*02 (A*0201, A*0203, A*0206, A*0207) and 1 allele for B*46 (B*4601) were identified by PCR-SBT. Among them, the A*0207 allele was the predominant allele. Inversely, among the samples with HLA-A*2-B*46(-), six alleles were detected for A*02 (A*020101, A*0203, A*0205, A*0206 and A*0207), and the A*0201 allele was predominant. On the other hand, the HLA-A*02-B*46 haplotype presented moderate heterozygosis (32.95%). In addition, the linkage with DRB1 was analysed in HLA-A*2-B*46 haplotype, and there existed 10 alleles with DRB1. With the low resolution for DRB1, the other 10 DRB1 alleles all linked with the HLA-A*02-B*46 haplotype except for DRB1*01, DRB1*10, and DRB1*17. Moreover, we found eight alleles of DRB1 in the HLA-A*0207-B*4601 haplotype. Conclusion The polymorphism distribution of the A*02 allele between the HLA-A*02-B*46 and HLA-A*02-B*46(-) haplotypes among the Guangdong Han populations provides useful information for research on unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (UHSCT), anthropology, and disease association for populations with the HLA-A*02-B*46 haplotype.
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- Fu Xiong
- The Department of Tissue Typing Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, PR China.
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Díez H, Guzmán F, Alba MP, Cuéllar A, Thomas MC, López MC, Rosas F, Velasco V, González JM, Patarroyo ME, Puerta CJ. Immunological and structural characterization of an epitope from the Trypanosoma cruzi KMP-11 protein. Peptides 2007; 28:1520-6. [PMID: 17683828 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2007] [Revised: 06/15/2007] [Accepted: 06/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The K1 peptide is an HLA-A*0201-restricted cytotoxic epitope derived from the Trypanosoma cruzi KMP-11 protein, this being the etiological agent of Chagas' disease. This work describes the K1 peptide's secondary structure and its recognition by sera from chagasic patients. Circular dichroism and NMR spectroscopy analysis revealed that the K1 peptide adopts an alpha-helical conformation. Fifty-six percent of individuals had anti-K1 and 86% anti-KMP-11 antibodies by ELISA in the chronic Chagas' group and 28 and 68% in the indeterminate Chagas' group, respectively. By contrast, no reactivity was observed in sera from healthy individuals and tuberculosis patients. Antibody response subclass specificity to the K1 peptide was IgG1 and IgG3. Taken together these results support the idea that the K1 peptide acts as a B-cell-inducer epitope during Chagas' disease.
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- H Díez
- Laboratorio de Parasitología Molecular, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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Diez H, López MC, Del Carmen Thomas M, Guzmán F, Rosas F, Velazco V, González JM, Puerta C. Evaluation of IFN-gamma production by CD8 T lymphocytes in response to the K1 peptide from KMP-11 protein in patients infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. Parasite Immunol 2006; 28:101-5. [PMID: 16441508 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2005.00815.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The cellular response mediated by MHC class I restricted CD8+ T cells has been shown to be crucial in the control of Chagas disease. The K1 peptide derived from T. cruzi KMP-11 protein has a high binding affinity to the HLA-A*0201 molecule. Nevertheless, it is not known whether this peptide is processed and displayed as an MHC class I epitope during natural infection by T. cruzi. The aim of this study was to evaluate, by ELISPOT assay, the ability of K1 peptide to activate CD8+ T lymphocytes to produce IFN-gamma. Therefore, CD8+ T lymphocytes from 22 HLA-A*0201+ individuals, 12 chronic chagasic patients and 10 uninfected controls, were analysed. The results revealed that two of the chagasic patients had IFN-gamma-secreting CD8+ T cells that were able to respond to K1 peptide with a relative frequency of 110 and 230 per million CD8+ T cells. In contrast, none of HLA-A*0201+ uninfected controls responded to K1 peptide. Responses to HLA-A*0201 restricted peptide from the influenza matrix protein were found in six chagasic patients and four uninfected controls with an average frequency of 175 and 111 cells per million CD8+ T cells, respectively. Moreover, a flow cytometric assay for degranulation showed that chagasic responders had K1-specific cytotoxic CD8+ T cells. It is shown here for the first time that the K1 peptide is efficiently processed, presented and recognized by CD8+ T lymphocytes during the natural course of Chagas disease.
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- H Diez
- Laboratorio de Parasitología Molecular, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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Arévalo-Herrera M, Valencia AZ, Vergara J, Bonelo A, Fleischhauer K, González JM, Restrepo JC, López JA, Valmori D, Corradin G, Herrera S. Identification of HLA-A2 restricted CD8(+) T-lymphocyte responses to Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein in individuals naturally exposed to malaria. Parasite Immunol 2002; 24:161-9. [PMID: 12078650 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2002.00449.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Specific CD8(-) T-lymphocyte (CTL) activity against Plasmodium pre-erythrocytic stages (P-ES) derived antigens is considered one of the most important mechanisms for malaria protection. Plasmodium vivax is the second most prevalent human malaria parasite species distributed worldwide. Although several CTL epitopes have been identified in Plasmodium falciparum P-ES derived antigens, none has been described for P. vivax to date. In this study, we analysed HLA-A*0201 specific CD8(-) T-lymphocyte responses to the P. vivax circumsporozoite (CS) protein in both malaria exposed and non-exposed populations from the Colombian Pacific Coast. First, we analysed the prevalence of HLA-A2 allele in the study populations and found that approximately 38 of the individuals expressed this molecule and that 50 of them were HLA-A*0201. We then selected, on the P. vivax CS, five peptide sequences containing the HLA-A*0201 binding motifs and used the corresponding synthetic peptides to evaluate the CD8(-) T-lymphocyte interferon (IFN)-gamma response. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from the HLA-A*0201 donors were in vitro stimulated with these peptides and IFN-gamma production was determined by an ELISPOT assay. Specific CD8(-) T-lymphocyte responses were detected for three peptides located in the C-terminal region of the protein. Specific responses to these peptides were also detected in several individuals expressing different HLA-A*02 subtypes. The potential of these peptides to induce specific cytolysis and that of long synthetic peptides comprising these epitopes as P. vivax malaria vaccine subunits are being studied.
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Plasmodium vivax represents the most widespread malaria parasite worldwide. Although it does not result in as high a mortality rate as P. falciparum, it inflicts debilitating morbidity and consequent economic impact in endemic communities. In addition, the relapsing behavior of this malaria parasite and the recent resistance to anti-malarials contribute to making its control more difficult. Although the biology of P. vivax is different from that of P. falciparum and the human immune response to this parasite species has been rather poorly studied, significant progress is being made to develop a P. vivax-specific vaccine based on the information and experience gained in the search for a P. falciparum vaccine. We have devoted great effort to antigenically characterize the P. vivax CS protein and to test its immunogenicity using the Aotus monkey model. Together with other groups we are also assessing the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of the asexual blood stage vaccine candidates MSP-1 and DBP in the monkey model, as well as the immunogenicity of Pvs25 and Pvs28 ookinete surface proteins. The transmission-blocking efficacy of the responses induced by these latter antigens is being assessed using Anopheles albimanus mosquitoes. The current status of these vaccine candidates and other antigens currently being studied is described.
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Mehra NK, Jaini R, Rajalingam R, Balamurugan A, Kaur G. Molecular diversity of HLA-A*02 in Asian Indians: predominance of A*0211. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2001; 57:502-7. [PMID: 11556980 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2001.057006502.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The North Indians are considered predominantly Caucasoid with an admixture of genes from the Mongoloid and Aryan races. The present study was undertaken to investigate the genetic diversity of HLA-A*02 in the North Indian population and determine the frequency distribution of its molecular subtypes at the population level. The study revealed a high occurrence of A*0211 (33.8%) in this population along with increased frequencies of the common Oriental alleles, A*0206 (7.5%) and A*0207 (32.5%) and also of HLA-A*0205 (15%) commonly observed in negroid populations. HLA-A*0211 has only been reported with very low frequencies among the Ticuna Jews, Thai population, and Colombian Blacks in the malaria endemic areas of Africa. Significantly, we observed an unexpectedly low frequency of A*0201 (3.8%) in contrast to its distribution in Western Caucasians in whom it constitutes 95% of the HLA-A2 repertoire. Prevalence of HLA-A*0211 at very high frequencies among North Indians may be a consequence of the founder effect, racial admixture or selection pressure due to environmental factors in this population.
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- N K Mehra
- Department of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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Ellis JM, Henson V, Slack R, Ng J, Hartzman RJ, Katovich Hurley C. Frequencies of HLA-A2 alleles in five U.S. population groups. Predominance Of A*02011 and identification of HLA-A*0231. Hum Immunol 2000; 61:334-40. [PMID: 10689125 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(99)00155-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Direct DNA sequencing was used to determine the frequency of alleles within the HLA-A2 family in five US population groups. The most frequently detected HLA-A2 allele in all groups was HLA-A*02011. Caucasian and Native American populations appear to be the most homogeneous exhibiting 95.7% and 94.3% A*02011, respectively. Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander populations were the most allelicly diverse populations with 9 and 7 different HLA-A2 alleles present, respectively, but the majority of the populations were HLA-A*02011. African-Americans were also diverse, not in the number of alleles seen, but in the percentage of non-A*02011 alleles in the population. HLA-A*0202 (25.8%) and A*0205 (12.9%) were present in a large percentage of African-Americans. Only 13 of the 31 known HLA-A2 alleles were observed in the study. The allelic distributions reflected statistically significant differences among population groups.
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- J M Ellis
- Department of Microbiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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Park MH, Whang DH, Kang SJ, Han KS. HLA-A*02 allele frequencies and haplotypic associations in Koreans. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2000; 55:250-6. [PMID: 10777100 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2000.550308.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We have investigated the frequencies of HLA-A*02 alleles and their haplotypic associations with HLA-B and -DRB1 loci in 439 healthy unrelated Koreans, including 214 parents from 107 families. All of the 227 samples (51.7%) typed as A2 by serology were analyzed for A*02 alleles using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-low ionic strength-single-strand conformation polymorphism (LIS-SSCP) method. A total of six different A*02 alleles were detected (A*02 allele frequency 29.6%): A*0201/9 (16.6%), *0203 (0.5%), *0206 (9.3%), *0207 (3.0%), and one each case of *0210 and *02 undetermined type. Two characteristic haplotypes showing the strongest linkage disequilibrium were A*0203-B38-DRB]*1502 and A*0207-B46-DRB1*0803. Besides these strong associations, significant two-locus associations (P<0.001) were observed for A*0201 with B61, DRB1*0901 and DRB1*1401, and for A*0206 with B48 and B61. HLA haplotypes carrying HLA-A2 showed a variable distribution of A*02 alleles, and all of the eight most common A2-B-DR haplotypes occurring at frequencies of > or =1% were variably associated with two different A*02 alleles. These results demonstrate that substantial heterogeneity is present in the distribution of HLA-A*02 alleles and related haplotypes in Koreans.
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- M H Park
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.
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Bodmer JG, Marsh SG, Albert ED, Bodmer WF, Bontrop RE, Dupont B, Erlich HA, Hansen JA, Mach B, Mayr WR, Parham P, Petersdorf EW, Sasazuki T, Schreuder GM, Strominger JL, Svejgaard A, Terasaki PI. Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 1998. Vox Sang 1999; 77:164-91. [PMID: 10545854 DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1999.7730164.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- J G Bodmer
- ICRF Cancer and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, UK.
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Pittet MJ, Valmori D, Dunbar PR, Speiser DE, Liénard D, Lejeune F, Fleischhauer K, Cerundolo V, Cerottini JC, Romero P. High frequencies of naive Melan-A/MART-1-specific CD8(+) T cells in a large proportion of human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A2 individuals. J Exp Med 1999; 190:705-15. [PMID: 10477554 PMCID: PMC2195613 DOI: 10.1084/jem.190.5.705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 364] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Using fluorescent HLA-A*0201 tetramers containing the immunodominant Melan-A/MART-1 (Melan-A) tumor-associated antigen (Ag), we previously observed that metastatic lymph nodes of melanoma patients contain high numbers of Ag-experienced Melan-A-specific cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTLs). In this paper, we enumerated and characterized ex vivo Melan-A-specific cells in peripheral blood samples from both melanoma patients and healthy individuals. High frequencies (>/=1 in 2,500 CD8(+) T cells) of Melan-A-specific cells were found in 10 out of 13 patients, and, surprisingly, in 6 out of 10 healthy individuals. Virtually all Melan-A-specific cells from 6 out of 6 healthy individuals and from 7 out of 10 patients displayed a naive CD45RA(hi)/RO(-) phenotype, whereas variable proportions of Ag-experienced CD45RA(lo)/RO(+) Melan-A-specific cells were observed in the remaining 3 patients. In contrast, ex vivo influenza matrix-specific CTLs from all individuals exhibited a CD45RA(lo)/RO(+) memory phenotype as expected. Ag specificity of tetramer-sorted A2/Melan-A(+) cells from healthy individuals was confirmed after mitogen-driven expansion. Likewise, functional limiting dilution analysis and interferon gamma ELISPOT assays independently confirmed that most of the Melan-A-specific cells were not Ag experienced. Thus, it appears that high frequencies of naive Melan-A-specific CD8(+) T cells can be found in a large proportion of HLA-A*0201(+) individuals. Furthermore, as demonstrated for one patient followed over time, dramatic phenotype changes of circulating Melan-A-specific cells can occur in vivo.
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- Mikaël J. Pittet
- From the Division of Clinical Onco-Immunology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch
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- From the Division of Clinical Onco-Immunology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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- From the Division of Clinical Onco-Immunology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch
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- From the Division of Clinical Onco-Immunology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch
- Multidisciplinary Oncology Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Multidisciplinary Oncology Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Tissue Typing Laboratory, Department of Biology and Biotechnology (DIBIT), Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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- From the Division of Clinical Onco-Immunology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch
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- From the Division of Clinical Onco-Immunology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch
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Fleischhauer K, Agostino A, Zino E, Mazzi B, Benazzi E, Arevalo-Herrera M, Herrera S, Bordignon C, Romero P. Molecular characterization of HLA class I in Colombians carrying HLA-A2: high allelic diversity and frequency of heterozygotes at the HLA-B locus. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1999; 53:519-26. [PMID: 10395101 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.530601.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes (PCR-SSOP) typing was used to analyze HLA class I A, B and C alleles in three different Colombian populations. Fifty-nine samples were from Hispano-American Mestizos living in the urban areas of Cali (referred to here as Aso population). Forty-four and thirty samples were from the African Black populations of Zacarias (Zac) and Punta Soldado (PS), respectively. Samples were selected for expression of HLA-A2 by monoclonal antibody staining and allele-specific hybridization, and their HLA-A2 subtype distribution has been reported previously. Although only a limited number of samples was analyzed, the data suggest the existence of a remarkable degree of HLA class I polymorphism in the populations studied, with representatives of most serological classes. Despite their common African origin, the populations Zac and PS, both resident in malaria endemic regions, showed some striking differences in allelic distribution for all three class I loci. Furthermore, the samples from Aso and PS, but not Zac, showed a low percentage of blank alleles at the HLA-B locus (0 and 0.4%, respectively), suggesting the possibility of a heterozygote advantage for HLA-B alleles in Colombian populations.
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- K Fleischhauer
- Tissue Typing Laboratory, Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Bodmer JG, Marsh SG, Albert ED, Bodmer WF, Bontrop RE, Dupont B, Erlich HA, Hansen JA, Mach B, Mayr WR, Parham P, Petersdorf EW, Sasazuki T, Schreuder GM, Strominger JL, Svejgaard A, Terasaki PI. Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 1998. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1999; 53:407-46. [PMID: 10321590 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.530421.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- J G Bodmer
- ICRF Cancer and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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