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Arrieta-Bolaños E, Hernández-Zaragoza DI, Barquera R. An HLA map of the world: A comparison of HLA frequencies in 200 worldwide populations reveals diverse patterns for class I and class II. Front Genet 2023; 14:866407. [PMID: 37035735 PMCID: PMC10076764 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.866407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
Abstract
HLA frequencies show widespread variation across human populations. Demographic factors as well as selection are thought to have shaped HLA variation across continents. In this study, a worldwide comparison of HLA class I and class II diversity was carried out. Multidimensional scaling techniques were applied to 50 HLA-A and HLA-B (class I) as well as 13 HLA-DRB1 (class II) first-field frequencies in 200 populations from all continents. Our results confirm a strong effect of geography on the distribution of HLA class I allele groups, with principal coordinates analysis closely resembling geographical location of populations, especially those of Africa-Eurasia. Conversely, class II frequencies stratify populations along a continuum of differentiation less clearly correlated to actual geographic location. Double clustering analysis revealed finer intra-continental sub-clusters (e.g., Northern and Western Europe vs. South East Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia; South and East Africa vs. West Africa), and HLA allele group patterns characteristic of these clusters. Ancient (Austronesian expansion) and more recent (Romani people in Europe) migrations, as well as extreme differentiation (Taiwan indigenous peoples, Native Americans), and interregional gene flow (Sámi, Egyptians) are also reflected by the results. Barrier analysis comparing DST and geographic location identified genetic discontinuities caused by natural barriers or human behavior explaining inter and intra-continental HLA borders for class I and class II. Overall, a progressive reduction in HLA diversity from African to Oceanian and Native American populations is noted. This analysis of HLA frequencies in a unique set of worldwide populations confirms previous findings on the remarkable similarity of class I frequencies to geography, but also shows a more complex development for class II, with implications for both human evolutionary studies and biomedical research.
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- Esteban Arrieta-Bolaños
- Institute for Experimental Cellular Therapy, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Essen/Düsseldorf, Heidelberg, Germany
- *Correspondence: Esteban Arrieta-Bolaños,
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- Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA), Leipzig, Germany
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Creary LE, Sacchi N, Mazzocco M, Morris GP, Montero-Martin G, Chong W, Brown CJ, Dinou A, Stavropoulos-Giokas C, Gorodezky C, Narayan S, Periathiruvadi S, Thomas R, De Santis D, Pepperall J, ElGhazali GE, Al Yafei Z, Askar M, Tyagi S, Kanga U, Marino SR, Planelles D, Chang CJ, Fernández-Viña MA. High-resolution HLA allele and haplotype frequencies in several unrelated populations determined by next generation sequencing: 17th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop joint report. Hum Immunol 2021; 82:505-522. [PMID: 34030896 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2021.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The primary goal of the unrelated population HLA diversity (UPHD) component of the 17th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop was to characterize HLA alleles at maximum allelic-resolution in worldwide populations and re-evaluate patterns of HLA diversity across populations. The UPHD project included HLA genotype and sequence data, generated by various next-generation sequencing methods, from 4,240 individuals collated from 12 different countries. Population data included well-defined large datasets from the USA and smaller samples from Europe, Australia, and Western Asia. Allele and haplotype frequencies varied across populations from distant geographical regions. HLA genetic diversity estimated at 2- and 4-field allelic resolution revealed that diversity at the majority of loci, particularly for European-descent populations, was lower at the 2-field resolution. Several common alleles with identical protein sequences differing only by intronic substitutions were found in distinct haplotypes, revealing a more detailed characterization of linkage between variants within the HLA region. The examination of coding and non-coding nucleotide variation revealed many examples in which almost complete biunivocal relations between common alleles at different loci were observed resulting in higher linkage disequilibrium. Our reference data of HLA profiles characterized at maximum resolution from many populations is useful for anthropological studies, unrelated donor searches, transplantation, and disease association studies.
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- Lisa E Creary
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA; Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Stanford Blood Center, Palo Alto CA, USA.
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- Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry Tissue Typing Laboratory, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova, Italy
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- Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry Tissue Typing Laboratory, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Stanford Blood Center, Palo Alto CA, USA
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- Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Service Development Laboratory, NHS Blood and Transplant, London, UK
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- Department of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, NHS Blood and Transplant, London, UK; Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, University of London, England, UK
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- Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Hellenic Cord Blood Bank, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Immunogenetics, Fundación Comparte Vida, A.C. Mexico City, Mexico
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- US Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, USA
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- Welsh Transplant and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Welsh Blood Service, Pontyclun, United Kingdom
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- Sheikh Khalifa Medical City-Union 71, Abu Dhabi and the Department of Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Sheikh Khalifa Medical City-Union 71, Abu Dhabi and the Department of Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Baylor University Medical center, Dallas, USA
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- Department of Transplant Immunology and Immunogenetics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Transplant Immunology and Immunogenetics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Histocompatibility, Centro de Transfusión de la Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain; Grupo Español de Trabajo en Histocompatibilidad e Inmunología del Trasplante (GETHIT), Spanish Society for Immunology, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA; Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Stanford Blood Center, Palo Alto CA, USA.
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Analysis of a large single institution cohort of related donors fails to detect a relation between SDF1/CXCR4 or VCAM/VLA4 genetic polymorphisms and the level of hematopoietic progenitor cell mobilization in response to G-CSF. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0228878. [PMID: 32134938 PMCID: PMC7058310 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
We studied a cohort of 367 healthy related donors who volunteered to donate their hematopoietic stem cells for allogeneic transplantation. All donors were homogeneously cared for at a single institution, and received rhG-CSF as a mobilization treatment prior to undergoing apheresis. Peripheral blood CD34+ cell counts were used as the main surrogate marker for rhG-CSF induced mobilization. We searched whether inter-individual variations in known genetic polymorphisms located in genes whose products are functionally important for mobilization, could affect the extent of CD34+ mobilization, either individually or in combination. We found little or no influence of individual SNPs or haplotypes for the SDF1, CXCR4, VCAM and VLA4 genes, whether using CD34+ cell counts as a continuous or a categorical variable. Simple clinical characteristics describing donors such as body mass index, age and possibly sex are more potent predictors of stem cell mobilization. The size of our cohort remains relatively small for genetic analyses, however compares favorably with cohorts analyzed in previously published reports suggesting associations of genetic traits to response to rhG-CSF; notwithstanding this limitation, our data do not support the use of genetic analyses when the choice exists of several potential donors for a given patient.
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Enrich E, Campos E, Martorell L, Herrero MJ, Vidal F, Querol S, Rudilla F. HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQB1 allele and haplotype frequencies: An analysis of umbilical cord blood units at the Barcelona Cord Blood Bank. HLA 2019; 94:347-359. [PMID: 31353832 DOI: 10.1111/tan.13644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Allele-level HLA compatibility in cord blood transplantation has been associated with better transplant outcomes and is recommended as a selection criterion. It is also a crucial aspect for other therapeutic applications involving cord blood-derived cells. Determination of high-resolution HLA frequencies is an important step towards improving the quality of cord blood banks. We analyzed HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQB1 allele frequencies in 5458 high-quality cord blood units from the Barcelona Cord Blood Bank and identified 275 class I and 121 class II HLA alleles. A*02:01, B*44:03, C*07:01, DRB1*07:01 and DQB1*03:01 were the most frequent alleles at each locus. We detected 26 novel alleles and were able to determine the presence or absence of some null alleles, including C*04:09N, in a large number of units. We also analyzed maternal HLA typing information for 1877 units to determine real haplotype frequencies and linkage disequilibrium. A*29:02-B*44:03-C*16:01-DRB1*07:01-DQB1*02:02 was the most frequent HLA haplotype and the DRB1-DQB1 gene pair contained the two-locus haplotypes with the strongest linkage disequilibrium values. Four of the 11 unique haplotypes identified in the HLA-homozygous cord blood units were the top-ranking haplotypes identified and were present in 18% of the cohort. This is the first study to report on HLA allele and haplotype frequencies for umbilical cord blood units from the Barcelona Cord Blood Bank and the largest study to date involving two fields of HLA resolution typing of Spanish registry data.
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- Emma Enrich
- Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Laboratory, Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
- Transfusional Medicine Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (VHIR-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Laboratory, Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
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- Congenital Coagulopathy Laboratory, Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
- Cell Therapy Unit, Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
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- Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Laboratory, Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
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- Transfusional Medicine Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (VHIR-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
- Congenital Coagulopathy Laboratory, Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER of Cardiovascular Diseases (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain
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- Transfusional Medicine Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (VHIR-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
- Cell Therapy Unit, Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
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- Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Laboratory, Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
- Transfusional Medicine Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (VHIR-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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Goeury T, Creary LE, Brunet L, Galan M, Pasquier M, Kervaire B, Langaney A, Tiercy JM, Fernández-Viña MA, Nunes JM, Sanchez-Mazas A. Deciphering the fine nucleotide diversity of full HLA class I and class II genes in a well-documented population from sub-Saharan Africa. HLA 2019; 91:36-51. [PMID: 29160618 PMCID: PMC5767763 DOI: 10.1111/tan.13180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
With the aim to understand how next‐generation sequencing (NGS) improves both our assessment of genetic variation within populations and our knowledge on HLA molecular evolution, we sequenced and analysed 8 HLA loci in a well‐documented population from sub‐Saharan Africa (Mandenka). The results of full‐gene NGS‐MiSeq sequencing compared with those obtained by traditional typing techniques or limited sequencing strategies showed that segregating sites located outside exon 2 are crucial to describe not only class I but also class II population diversity. A comprehensive analysis of exons 2, 3, 4 and 5 nucleotide diversity at the 8 HLA loci revealed remarkable differences among these gene regions, notably a greater variation concentrated in the antigen recognition sites of class I exons 3 and some class II exons 2, likely associated with their peptide‐presentation function, a lower diversity of HLA‐C exon 3, possibly related to its role as a KIR ligand, and a peculiar molecular diversity of HLA‐A exon 2, revealing demographic signals. Based on full‐length HLA sequences, we also propose that the most frequent DRB1 allele in the studied population, DRB1*13:04, emerged from an allelic conversion involving 3 potential alleles as donors and DRB1*11:02:01 as recipient. Finally, our analysis revealed a high occurrence of the DRB1*13:04‐DQA1*05:05:01‐DQB1*03:19 haplotype, possibly resulting from a selective sweep due to protection to Onchorcerca volvulus, a prevalent pathogen in West Africa. This study unveils highly relevant information on the molecular evolution of HLA genes in relation to their immune function, calling for similar analyses in other populations living in contrasting environments.
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- T Goeury
- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Transplantation Immunology Unit and National Reference Laboratory for Histocompatibility (UIT/LNRH), Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- INRA, UMR 1062 CBGP, avenue du Campus Agropolis, Montferrier sur Lez, France
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Transplantation Immunology Unit and National Reference Laboratory for Histocompatibility (UIT/LNRH), Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Transplantation Immunology Unit and National Reference Laboratory for Histocompatibility (UIT/LNRH), Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Chang CJ, Osoegawa K, Milius RP, Maiers M, Xiao W, Fernandez-Viňa M, Mack SJ. Collection and storage of HLA NGS genotyping data for the 17th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop. Hum Immunol 2018; 79:77-86. [PMID: 29247682 PMCID: PMC5805642 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2017.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Revised: 11/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
For over 50 years, the International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshops (IHIW) have advanced the fields of histocompatibility and immunogenetics (H&I) via community sharing of technology, experience and reagents, and the establishment of ongoing collaborative projects. Held in the fall of 2017, the 17th IHIW focused on the application of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies for clinical and research goals in the H&I fields. NGS technologies have the potential to allow dramatic insights and advances in these fields, but the scope and sheer quantity of data associated with NGS raise challenges for their analysis, collection, exchange and storage. The 17th IHIW adopted a centralized approach to these issues, and we developed the tools, services and systems to create an effective system for capturing and managing these NGS data. We worked with NGS platform and software developers to define a set of distinct but equivalent NGS typing reports that record NGS data in a uniform fashion. The 17th IHIW database applied our standards, tools and services to collect, validate and store those structured, multi-platform data in an automated fashion. We have created community resources to enable exploration of the vast store of curated sequence and allele-name data in the IPD-IMGT/HLA Database, with the goal of creating a long-term community resource that integrates these curated data with new NGS sequence and polymorphism data, for advanced analyses and applications.
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- Histocompatibility, Immunogenetics & Disease Profiling Laboratory, Stanford Blood Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Bioinformatics Research, National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Bioinformatics Research, National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA; Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, USA
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- Histocompatibility, Immunogenetics & Disease Profiling Laboratory, Stanford Blood Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA; Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Center for Genetics, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, USA.
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Carlini F, Ferreira V, Buhler S, Tous A, Eliaou JF, René C, Chiaroni J, Picard C, Di Cristofaro J. Association of HLA-A and Non-Classical HLA Class I Alleles. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163570. [PMID: 27701438 PMCID: PMC5049754 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
The HLA-A locus is surrounded by HLA class Ib genes: HLA-E, HLA-H, HLA-G and HLA-F. HLA class Ib molecules are involved in immuno-modulation with a central role for HLA-G and HLA-E, an emerging role for HLA-F and a yet unknown function for HLA-H. Thus, the principal objective of this study was to describe the main allelic associations between HLA-A and HLA-H, -G, -F and -E. Therefore, HLA-A, -E, -G, -H and -F coding polymorphisms, as well as HLA-G UnTranslated Region haplotypes (referred to as HLA-G UTRs), were explored in 191 voluntary blood donors. Allelic frequencies, Global Linkage Disequilibrium (GLD), Linkage Disequilibrium (LD) for specific pairs of alleles and two-loci haplotype frequencies were estimated. We showed that HLA-A, HLA-H, HLA-F, HLA-G and HLA-G UTRs were all in highly significant pairwise GLD, in contrast to HLA-E. Moreover, HLA-A displayed restricted associations with HLA-G UTR and HLA-H. We also confirmed several associations that were previously found to have a negative impact on transplantation outcome. In summary, our results suggest complex functional and clinical implications of the HLA-A genetic region.
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- Federico Carlini
- Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES, "Biologie des Groupes Sanguins", Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES, "Biologie des Groupes Sanguins", Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling history (AGP), Department of Genetics and Evolution–Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Transplantation Immunology Unit and National Reference Laboratory for Histocompatibility, Department of Genetic and Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES, "Biologie des Groupes Sanguins", Marseille, France
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- Department of Immunology, CHRU de Montpellier, University Hospital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France
- Faculté de Médecine, University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Immunology, CHRU de Montpellier, University Hospital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France
- Faculté de Médecine, University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES, "Biologie des Groupes Sanguins", Marseille, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES, "Biologie des Groupes Sanguins", Marseille, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES, "Biologie des Groupes Sanguins", Marseille, France
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Spiroski M. Relative Citation Ratio of Top Twenty Macedonian Biomedical Scientists in PubMed: A New Metric that Uses Citation Rates to Measure Influence at the Article Level. Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2016; 4:187-93. [PMID: 27335586 PMCID: PMC4908731 DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2016.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Revised: 04/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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AIM The aim of this study was to analyze relative citation ratio (RCR) of top twenty Macedonian biomedical scientists with a new metric that uses citation rates to measure influence at the article level. MATERIAL AND METHODS Top twenty Macedonian biomedical scientists were identified by GoPubMed on the base of the number of deposited abstracts in PubMed, corrected with the data from previously published paper, and completed with the Macedonian biomedical scientists working in countries outside the Republic of Macedonia, but born or previously worked in the country. iCite was used as a tool to access a dashboard of bibliometrics for papers associated with a portfolio. RESULTS The biggest number of top twenty Macedonian biomedical scientists has RCR lower than one. Only four Macedonian biomedical scientists have bigger RCR in comparison with those in PubMed. The most prominent RCR of 2.29 has Rosoklija G. RCR of the most influenced individual papers deposited in PubMed has shown the biggest value for the paper of Efremov D (35.19). This paper has the biggest number of authors (860). CONCLUSION It is necessary to accept top twenty Macedonian biomedical scientists as an example of new metric that uses citation rates to measure influence at the article level, rather than qualification of the best Macedonian biomedical scientists.
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- Mirko Spiroski
- Faculty of Medicine, Ss Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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Buhler S, Nunes JM, Sanchez-Mazas A. HLA class I molecular variation and peptide-binding properties suggest a model of joint divergent asymmetric selection. Immunogenetics 2016; 68:401-416. [PMID: 27233953 PMCID: PMC4911380 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-016-0918-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
The main function of HLA class I molecules is to present pathogen-derived peptides to cytotoxic T lymphocytes. This function is assumed to drive the maintenance of an extraordinary amount of polymorphism at each HLA locus, providing an immune advantage to heterozygote individuals capable to present larger repertories of peptides than homozygotes. This seems contradictory, however, with a reduced diversity at individual HLA loci exhibited by some isolated populations. This study shows that the level of functional diversity predicted for the two HLA-A and HLA-B genes considered simultaneously is similar (almost invariant) between 46 human populations, even when a reduced diversity exists at each locus. We thus propose that HLA-A and HLA-B evolved through a model of joint divergent asymmetric selection conferring all populations an equivalent immune potential. The distinct pattern observed for HLA-C is explained by its functional evolution towards killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) activity regulation rather than peptide presentation.
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- Stéphane Buhler
- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution, Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. .,Transplantation Immunology Unit & National Reference Laboratory for Histocompatibility, Department of Genetic and Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution, Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution, Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Nunes JM. Using uniformat and gene[rate] to Analyze Data with Ambiguities in Population Genetics. Evol Bioinform Online 2016; 11:19-26. [PMID: 26917942 PMCID: PMC4762493 DOI: 10.4137/ebo.s32415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Some genetic systems frequently present ambiguous data that cannot be straightforwardly analyzed with common methods of population genetics. Two possibilities arise to analyze such data: one is the arbitrary simplification of the data and the other is the development of methods adapted to such ambiguous data. In this article, we present an attempt at such a development, the uniformat grammar and The gene[rate] tools, highlighting the specific aspects and the adaptations required to analyze ambiguous nominal data in population genetics.
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- José Manuel Nunes
- Department of Genetics and Evolution, Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Sanchez-Mazas A, Meyer D. The relevance of HLA sequencing in population genetics studies. J Immunol Res 2014; 2014:971818. [PMID: 25126587 PMCID: PMC4122113 DOI: 10.1155/2014/971818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Next generation sequencing (NGS) is currently being adapted by different biotechnological platforms to the standard typing method for HLA polymorphism, the huge diversity of which makes this initiative particularly challenging. Boosting the molecular characterization of the HLA genes through efficient, rapid, and low-cost technologies is expected to amplify the success of tissue transplantation by enabling us to find donor-recipient matching for rare phenotypes. But the application of NGS technologies to the molecular mapping of the MHC region also anticipates essential changes in population genetic studies. Huge amounts of HLA sequence data will be available in the next years for different populations, with the potential to change our understanding of HLA variation in humans. In this review, we first explain how HLA sequencing allows a better assessment of the HLA diversity in human populations, taking also into account the methodological difficulties it introduces at the statistical level; secondly, we show how analyzing HLA sequence variation may improve our comprehension of population genetic relationships by facilitating the identification of demographic events that marked human evolution; finally, we discuss the interest of both HLA and genome-wide sequencing and genotyping in detecting functionally significant SNPs in the MHC region, the latter having also contributed to the makeup of the HLA molecular diversity observed today.
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- Alicia Sanchez-Mazas
- Department of Genetics and Evolution—Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva and Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (IGE3), 12 Rue Gustave-Revilliod, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
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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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Carlini F, Traore K, Cherouat N, Roubertoux P, Buhler S, Cortey M, Simon S, Doumbo O, Chiaroni J, Picard C, Di Cristofaro J. HLA-G UTR haplotype conservation in the Malian population: association with soluble HLA-G. PLoS One 2013; 8:e82517. [PMID: 24376542 PMCID: PMC3871591 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The HLA-G molecule plays an important role in immunomodulation. In a previous study carried out on a southern French population our team showed that HLA-G haplotypes, defined by SNPs in the coding region and specific SNPs located in 5'URR and 3'UTR regulatory regions, are associated with differential soluble HLA-G expression (sHLA-G). Furthermore, the structure of these HLA-G haplotypes appears to be conserved in geographically distant populations. The aim of our study is to confirm these expectations in a sub-Saharan African population and to explore additional factors, such as HLA-A alleles, that might influence sHLA-G expression. DNA and plasma samples were collected from 229 Malians; HLA-G and HLA-A genotyping were respectively performed by the Snap Shot® method and by Luminex™ technology. sHLA-G dosage was performed using an ELISA kit. HLA-G and HLA-A allelic and haplotypic frequencies were estimated using an EM algorithm from the Gene[Rate] program. Associations between genetic and non genetic parameters with sHLA-G were performed using a non-parametric test with GRAPH PAD Prism 5. Our results reveal a good conservation of the HLA-G UTR haplotype structure in populations with different origins and demographic histories. These UTR haplotypes appear to be involved in different sHLA-G expression patterns. Specifically, the UTR-2 haplotype was associated with low sHLA-G levels, displaying a dominant negative effect. Furthermore, an allelic effect of both HLA-G and HLA-A, as well as non genetic parameters, such as age and gender possibly linked to osteogenesis and sexual hormones, also seem to be involved in the modulation of sHLA-G. These data suggest that further investigation in larger cohorts and in populations from various ethnical backgrounds is necessary not only to detect new functional polymorphism in HLA-G regulatory regions, but also to reveal the extent of biological phenomena that influence sHLA-G secretion and this might therefore have an impact on transplantation practice.
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- Federico Carlini
- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES UMR 7268, Marseille, France
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Bamako, Mali
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- Immuno-genetics laboratory, Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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- Inserm U491, Génétique Médicale et Développement, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling history (AGP), Department of Genetics and Evolution – Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES UMR 7268, Marseille, France
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- Immuno-genetics laboratory, Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Bamako, Mali
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES UMR 7268, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES UMR 7268, Marseille, France
- Immuno-genetics laboratory, Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Buhler S, Nunes JM, Nicoloso G, Tiercy JM, Sanchez-Mazas A. The heterogeneous HLA genetic makeup of the Swiss population. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41400. [PMID: 22848484 PMCID: PMC3405111 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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This study aims at investigating the HLA molecular variation across Switzerland in order to determine possible regional differences, which would be highly relevant to several purposes: optimizing donor recruitment strategies in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), providing reliable reference data in HLA and disease association studies, and understanding the population genetic background(s) of this culturally heterogeneous country. HLA molecular data of more than 20,000 HSCT donors from 9–13 recruitment centers of the whole country were analyzed. Allele and haplotype frequencies were estimated by using new computer tools adapted to the heterogeneity and ambiguity of the data. Non-parametric and resampling statistical tests were performed to assess Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, selective neutrality and linkage disequilibrium among different loci, both in each recruitment center and in the whole national registry. Genetic variation was explored through genetic distance and hierarchical analysis of variance taking into account both geographic and linguistic subdivisions in Switzerland. The results indicate a heterogeneous genetic makeup of the Swiss population: first, allele frequencies estimated on the whole national registry strongly deviate from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, by contrast with the results obtained for individual centers; second, a pronounced differentiation is observed for Ticino, Graubünden, and, to a lesser extent, Wallis, suggesting that the Alps represent(ed) a barrier to gene flow; finally, although cultural (linguistic) boundaries do not represent a main genetic differentiation factor in Switzerland, the genetic relatedness between population from south-eastern Switzerland and Italy agrees with historical and linguistic data. Overall, this study justifies the maintenance of a decentralized donor recruitment structure in Switzerland allowing increasing the genetic diversity of the national—and hence global—donor registry. It also indicates that HLA data of local donor recruitment centers can be used as reference data in both epidemiological and population genetic studies focusing on the genetic history of present European populations.
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- Stéphane Buhler
- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution-Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Sanchez-Mazas A, Vidan-Jeras B, Nunes JM, Fischer G, Little AM, Bekmane U, Buhler S, Buus S, Claas FHJ, Dormoy A, Dubois V, Eglite E, Eliaou JF, Gonzalez-Galarza F, Grubic Z, Ivanova M, Lie B, Ligeiro D, Lokki ML, da Silva BM, Martorell J, Mendonça D, Middleton D, Voniatis DP, Papasteriades C, Poli F, Riccio ME, Vlachou MS, Sulcebe G, Tonks S, Nevessignsky MT, Vangenot C, van Walraven AM, Tiercy JM. Strategies to work with HLA data in human populations for histocompatibility, clinical transplantation, epidemiology and population genetics: HLA-NET methodological recommendations. Int J Immunogenet 2012; 39:459-72; quiz 473-6. [PMID: 22533604 PMCID: PMC3533781 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2012.01113.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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HLA-NET (a European COST Action) aims at networking researchers working in bone marrow transplantation, epidemiology and population genetics to improve the molecular characterization of the HLA genetic diversity of human populations, with an expected strong impact on both public health and fundamental research. Such improvements involve finding consensual strategies to characterize human populations and samples and report HLA molecular typings and ambiguities; proposing user-friendly access to databases and computer tools and defining minimal requirements related to ethical aspects. The overall outcome is the provision of population genetic characterizations and comparisons in a standard way by all interested laboratories. This article reports the recommendations of four working groups (WG1-4) of the HLA-NET network at the mid-term of its activities. WG1 (Population definitions and sampling strategies for population genetics’ analyses) recommends avoiding outdated racial classifications and population names (e.g. ‘Caucasian’) and using instead geographic and/or cultural (e.g. linguistic) criteria to describe human populations (e.g. ‘pan-European’). A standard ‘HLA-NET POPULATION DATA QUESTIONNAIRE’ has been finalized and is available for the whole HLA community. WG2 (HLA typing standards for population genetics analyses) recommends retaining maximal information when reporting HLA typing results. Rather than using the National Marrow Donor Program coding system, all ambiguities should be provided by listing all allele pairs required to explain each genotype, according to the formats proposed in ‘HLA-NET GUIDELINES FOR REPORTING HLA TYPINGS’. The group also suggests taking into account a preliminary list of alleles defined by polymorphisms outside the peptide-binding sites that may affect population genetic statistics because of significant frequencies. WG3 (Bioinformatic strategies for HLA population data storage and analysis) recommends the use of programs capable of dealing with ambiguous data, such as the ‘gene[rate]’ computer tools to estimate frequencies, test for Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and selective neutrality on data containing any number and kind of ambiguities. WG4 (Ethical issues) proposes to adopt thorough general principles for any HLA population study to ensure that it conforms to (inter)national legislation or recommendations/guidelines. All HLA-NET guidelines and tools are available through its website http://hla-net.eu.
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Sanchez-Mazas A, Lemaître JF, Currat M. Distinct evolutionary strategies of human leucocyte antigen loci in pathogen-rich environments. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2012; 367:830-9. [PMID: 22312050 PMCID: PMC3267122 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) loci have a complex evolution where both stochastic (e.g. genetic drift) and deterministic (natural selection) forces are involved. Owing to their extraordinary level of polymorphism, HLA genes are useful markers for reconstructing human settlement history. However, HLA variation often deviates significantly from neutral expectations towards an excess of genetic diversity. Because HLA molecules play a crucial role in immunity, this observation is generally explained by pathogen-driven-balancing selection (PDBS). In this study, we investigate the PDBS model by analysing HLA allelic diversity on a large database of 535 populations in relation to pathogen richness. Our results confirm that geographical distances are excellent predictors of HLA genetic differentiation worldwide. We also find a significant positive correlation between genetic diversity and pathogen richness at two HLA class I loci (HLA-A and -B), as predicted by PDBS, and a significant negative correlation at one HLA class II locus (HLA-DQB1). Although these effects are weak, as shown by a loss of significance when populations submitted to rapid genetic drift are removed from the analysis, the inverse relationship between genetic diversity and pathogen richness at different loci indicates that HLA genes have adopted distinct evolutionary strategies to provide immune protection in pathogen-rich environments.
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- Alicia Sanchez-Mazas
- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History (AGP), Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Sanchez-Mazas A, Fernandez-Viña M, Middleton D, Hollenbach JA, Buhler S, Di D, Rajalingam R, Dugoujon JM, Mack SJ, Thorsby E. Immunogenetics as a tool in anthropological studies. Immunology 2011; 133:143-64. [PMID: 21480890 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2011.03438.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The genes coding for the main molecules involved in the human immune system--immunoglobulins, human leucocyte antigen (HLA) molecules and killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR)--exhibit a very high level of polymorphism that reveals remarkable frequency variation in human populations. 'Genetic marker' (GM) allotypes located in the constant domains of IgG antibodies have been studied for over 40 years through serological typing, leading to the identification of a variety of GM haplotypes whose frequencies vary sharply from one geographic region to another. An impressive diversity of HLA alleles, which results in amino acid substitutions located in the antigen-binding region of HLA molecules, also varies greatly among populations. The KIR differ between individuals according to both gene content and allelic variation, and also display considerable population diversity. Whereas the molecular evolution of these polymorphisms has most likely been subject to natural selection, principally driven by host-pathogen interactions, their patterns of genetic variation worldwide show significant signals of human geographic expansion, demographic history and cultural diversification. As current developments in population genetic analysis and computer simulation improve our ability to discriminate among different--either stochastic or deterministic--forces acting on the genetic evolution of human populations, the study of these systems shows great promise for investigating both the peopling history of modern humans in the time since their common origin and human adaptation to past environmental (e.g. pathogenic) changes. Therefore, in addition to mitochondrial DNA, Y-chromosome, microsatellites, single nucleotide polymorphisms and other markers, immunogenetic polymorphisms represent essential and complementary tools for anthropological studies.
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- Alicia Sanchez-Mazas
- Department of Genetics and Evolution, Anthropology unit, Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and peopling history, University of Geneva, 12 rue Gustave-Revilliod, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Buhler S, Sanchez-Mazas A. HLA DNA sequence variation among human populations: molecular signatures of demographic and selective events. PLoS One 2011; 6:e14643. [PMID: 21408106 PMCID: PMC3051395 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Molecular differences between HLA alleles vary up to 57 nucleotides within the peptide binding coding region of human Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes, but it is still unclear whether this variation results from a stochastic process or from selective constraints related to functional differences among HLA molecules. Although HLA alleles are generally treated as equidistant molecular units in population genetic studies, DNA sequence diversity among populations is also crucial to interpret the observed HLA polymorphism. In this study, we used a large dataset of 2,062 DNA sequences defined for the different HLA alleles to analyze nucleotide diversity of seven HLA genes in 23,500 individuals of about 200 populations spread worldwide. We first analyzed the HLA molecular structure and diversity of these populations in relation to geographic variation and we further investigated possible departures from selective neutrality through Tajima's tests and mismatch distributions. All results were compared to those obtained by classical approaches applied to HLA allele frequencies.Our study shows that the global patterns of HLA nucleotide diversity among populations are significantly correlated to geography, although in some specific cases the molecular information reveals unexpected genetic relationships. At all loci except HLA-DPB1, populations have accumulated a high proportion of very divergent alleles, suggesting an advantage of heterozygotes expressing molecularly distant HLA molecules (asymmetric overdominant selection model). However, both different intensities of selection and unequal levels of gene conversion may explain the heterogeneous mismatch distributions observed among the loci. Also, distinctive patterns of sequence divergence observed at the HLA-DPB1 locus suggest current neutrality but old selective pressures on this gene. We conclude that HLA DNA sequences advantageously complement HLA allele frequencies as a source of data used to explore the genetic history of human populations, and that their analysis allows a more thorough investigation of human MHC molecular evolution.
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- Stéphane Buhler
- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Anthropology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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