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Han B, Feng ZH, Chi XY, Jiao SX, Pang ST. Genomic full-length sequence of the HLA-B*13:64 allele was identified in a Chinese bone marrow donor. HLA 2023; 102:622-624. [PMID: 37605363 DOI: 10.1111/tan.15181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
Abstract
Genomic full-length sequence of HLA-B*13:64 was identified in a Chinese individual by sequence-based typing.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bin Han
- HLA Typing Laboratory, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- HLA Typing Laboratory, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- HLA Typing Laboratory, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- HLA Typing Laboratory, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- HLA Typing Laboratory, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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Han B, Jiao SX, Hu B, Pang ST. Genomic full-length sequence of the HLA-B*44:127 allele was identified in a Chinese bone marrow donor. HLA 2020; 97:150-152. [PMID: 33067923 DOI: 10.1111/tan.14111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Genomic full-length sequence of HLA-B*44:127 was identified in a Chinese individual by sequence-based typing.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bin Han
- HLA Typing Lab, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- HLA Typing Lab, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- HLA Typing Lab, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- HLA Typing Lab, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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Han B, Jiao SX, Feng ZH, Pang ST. Genomic full-length sequence of the HLA-A*11:264 allele was identified in a Chinese bone marrow donor. HLA 2020; 97:67-69. [PMID: 32902169 DOI: 10.1111/tan.14068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Genomic full-length sequence of HLA-A*11:264 was identified in a Chinese individual by sequence-based typing.
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- Bin Han
- HLA Typing Lab, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- HLA Typing Lab, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- HLA Typing Lab, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- HLA Typing Lab, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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Tian W, Zhu F, Cai J, Li L, Jin H, Wang W. Multiple low-frequency and rare HLA-B allelic variants are associated with reduced risk in 1,105 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients in Hunan province, southern China. Int J Cancer 2020; 147:1397-1404. [PMID: 32212153 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.32992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
In our study, 1,105 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and 1,430 normal controls recruited from Hunan province, southern China were typed for human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B locus by Sanger sequencing exons 2-4. Besides confirming the NPC association with HLA-B*46:01 allele, HLA-A*02:07-B*46:01 and HLA-A*33:03-B*58:01 haplotypes (all positive), and HLA-B*13 lineage (negative), all of which were relatively common, strong negative associations were observed for five low-frequency and rare alleles or lineages, including HLA-B*07, -B*27:04, -B*39, -B*51:02 and -B*55:02, with odds ratio (OR) ranging from 0.16 to 0.3 (all pcorrected < 0.05). These strong protective associations were independent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) between HLA-A and HLA-B loci. Further analysis indicated a single amino acid change from histidine to tyrosine at residue 171 is probably crucial for the mutant allele, HLA-B*51:02, to mediate resistance to NPC. A subset of NPC cases (n = 821) and normal controls (n = 1,035) were tested for antivirus capsid antigen immunoglobulin A (anti-VCA IgA), which differed drastically between the two groups [67.7% vs. 5.5%, OR (95% confidence interval) = 36 (26.55-48.81), p < 0.0001]. HLA-B allelic variation did not associate with seropositivity for anti-VCA IgA in either group. Results from our study show, more clearly than previously, the existence of a cluster of low-frequency and rare HLA-B variants conferring low, or very low risk to NPC, a phenomenon not observed in other ethnic groups. Our data shed new insights into genetic susceptibility to NPC in southern Chinese populations. Future independent studies are warranted to replicate the findings reported in our study.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wei Tian
- Immunogenetics Research Group, Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.,Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- HLA typing laboratory, Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Immunogenetics Research Group, Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Hunan Cancer Hospital (the affiliated Cancer Hospital of XiangYa School of Medicine of Central South University), Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Immunogenetics Research Group, Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Furukawa H, Oka S, Shimada K, Hashimoto A, Komiya A, Matsui T, Tohma S. Role of Deleterious Rare Alleles for Acute-Onset Diffuse Interstitial Lung Disease in Collagen Diseases. Clin Med Insights Circ Respir Pulm Med 2019; 13:1179548419866443. [PMID: 31391785 PMCID: PMC6668171 DOI: 10.1177/1179548419866443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Objective Acute-onset diffuse interstitial lung disease (AoDILD) includes acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease (ILD), drug-induced ILD, and Pneumocystis pneumonia in collagen diseases patients. As AoDILD causes a poor prognosis in collagen disease patients, the pathogenesis of AoDILD should be investigated. Exome sequencing studies revealed that rare variants were detected to be causative in some diseases. Recently reported upregulated genes in acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis could provide candidate genes for restricted exome analysis of AoDILD in collagen disease. Here, we investigated rare variants in the coding and boundary regions of these candidate genes in AoDILD. Methods Deleterious rare variants in the coding and boundary regions of the candidate genes were analyzed by exome sequencing and the deleterious rare allele frequencies in AoDILD were compared with those of controls. Results A significant association was detected for deleterious rare alleles in NPL (P = .0044, P c = .0399, odds ratio [OR] = 10.05, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.01-33.55). A deleterious rare allele frequency in the 9 candidate genes (P = .0011, OR = 7.17, 95% CI = 2.80-18.33) was also increased in AoDILD in multigene panel analysis. The Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) levels in AoDILD patients with deleterious rare alleles were tended to be lower than those without (P = .0168, P c = .1509). Conclusions The deleterious rare alleles in NPL were associated with AoDILD. In addition, the deleterious rare allele frequency in the 9 candidate genes was also increased in AoDILD. The deleterious rare alleles might contribute to the pathogenesis of AoDILD.
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- Hiroshi Furukawa
- Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan.,Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.,Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital, Kiyose, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan.,Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.,Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital, Kiyose, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan.,Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Fuchu, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan.,Department of Clinical Laboratory, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan.,Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan.,Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital, Kiyose, Japan
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In previous studies, we demonstrated that some sites in the first intron likely regulate gene expression. In the present work, we sought to further confirm the functional relevance of first intron sites by estimating the quantity of rare alleles in the first intron. A basic hypothesis posited herein is that genomic regions carrying more functionally important sites will have a higher proportion of rare alleles. We estimated the proportions of rare single nucleotide polymorphisms with a minor allele frequency < 0.01 located in several histone marks in the first introns of various genes, and compared them with those in other introns and those in 2-kb upstream regions. As expected, rare alleles were found to be significantly enriched in most of the regulatory sites located in the first introns. Meanwhile, transcription factor binding sites were significantly more enriched in the 2-kb upstream regions (i.e., the regions of putative promoters of genes) than in the first introns. These results strongly support our proposal that the first intron sites of genes may have important regulatory functions in gene expression independent of promoters.
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- Shin-Sang Jo
- Division of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
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- Division of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
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Abe G, Li IJ, Lee SH, Ota KG. A novel allele of the goldfish chdB gene: Functional evaluation and evolutionary considerations. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol 2018; 330:372-383. [PMID: 30387925 PMCID: PMC6587777 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The twin tail of ornamental goldfish is known to be caused by a nonsense mutation in one chordin paralogue gene. Our previous molecular studies in goldfish revealed that the ancestral
chordin gene was duplicated, creating the
chdA and
chdB genes, and the subsequent introduction of a stop codon allele in the
chdA gene (
chdAE127X) caused the twin‐tail morphology. The
chdAE127X allele was positively selected by breeders, and the allele was genetically fixed in the ornamental twin‐tail goldfish population. However, little is known about the evolutionary history of the
chdB paralogue, begging the question: are there the functionally distinct alleles at the
chdB locus, and if so, how did they evolve? To address these questions, we conducted molecular sequencing of the
chdB gene from five different goldfish strains and discovered two alleles at the
chdB gene locus; the two alleles are designated
chdB1 and
chdB2. The
chdB1 allele is the major allele and was found in all investigated goldfish strains, whereas the
chdB2 allele is minor, having only been found in one twin‐tail strain. Genetic analyses further suggested that these two alleles are functionally different with regard to survivability (
chdB1 >
chdB2). These results led us to presume that in contrast to the
chdA locus, the
chdB locus has tended to be eliminated from the population. We also discuss how the
chdB2 allele was retained in the goldfish population, despite its disadvantageous function. This study provides empirical evidence of the long‐term retention of a disadvantageous allele under domesticated conditions.
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- Gembu Abe
- Laboratory of Aquatic Zoology, Marine Research Station, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Yilan, Taiwan.,Laboratory of Organ Morphogenesis, Department of Ecological Developmental Adaptability Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Zoology, Marine Research Station, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Yilan, Taiwan
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Zoology, Marine Research Station, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Yilan, Taiwan
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Zoology, Marine Research Station, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Yilan, Taiwan
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Zhu C, Li X, Yu J. Integrating Rare-Variant Testing, Function Prediction, and Gene Network in Composite Resequencing-Based Genome-Wide Association Studies (CR-GWAS). G3 (Bethesda) 2011; 1:233-43. [PMID: 22384334 DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.000364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2011] [Accepted: 07/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
High-density array-based genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are complemented by exome sequencing and whole-genome resequencing-based association studies. Here we present a composite resequencing-based genome-wide association study (CR-GWAS) strategy that systematically exploits collective biological information and analytical tools for a robust analysis. We showcased the utility of this strategy by using Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) resequencing data. Bioinformatic predictions of biological function alteration at each locus were integrated into the process of association testing of both common and rare variants for complex traits with a suite of statistics. Significant signals were then filtered with a priori candidate loci generated from genome database and gene network models to obtain a posteriori candidate loci. A probabilistic gene network (AraNet) that interrogates network neighborhoods of genes was then used to expand the filtering power to examine the significant testing signals. Using this strategy, we confirmed the known true positives and identified several new promising associations. Promising genes (AP1, FCA, FRI, FLC, FLM, SPL5, FY, and DCL2) were shown to control for flowering time through either common variants or rare variants within a diverse set of Arabidopsis accessions. Although many of these candidate genes were cloned earlier with mutational studies, identifying their allele variation contribution to overall phenotypic variation among diverse natural accessions is critical. Our rare allele testing established a greater number of connections than previous analyses in which this issue was not addressed. More importantly, our results demonstrated the potential of integrating various biological, statistical, and bioinformatic tools into complex trait dissection.
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