Analysis of theHLA-DRw8haplotype: Recognition by HTC typing of three distinct antigen complexes in Caucasians, Native Americans, and Orientals
✍ Scribed by Eric M. Mickelson; Brenda Nisperos; Zulay Layrisse; Se Jong Kim; E. Donnall Thomas; John A. Hansen
- Book ID
- 104745993
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 771 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0093-7711
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✦ Synopsis
We have used seven HLA-D homozygous typing cells (HTC) in a comparative study of the DRw8 antigen complex in three racial groups. Three distinct HLA-D specificities were recognized, each associated with HLA-DRw8. Four of the HTC defined a DRw8-associated HLA-D specificity designated 8.1, one defined a specificity designated 8.2, and two defined a specificity designated 8.3. Each of the three specificities showed an association with a distinct racial group: Dw"8.1" in Caucasians, Dw"8.2" in Pacific Northwest Indians, and Dw"8.3" in Orientals. An informative primed lymphocyte (PLT) cell generated against a Dw"8.1" haplotype was able to distinguish 8.1 from 8.2 and 8.3. Using selected anti-DRw8 sera, a serologic distinction between 8.1 and 8.3 could also be made. It was thus possible, by using both cellular and serologic techniques in a comparative population study, to recognize at least three HLA-D-defined splits of the DRw8 haplotype.