HLA and B-lymphocyte alloantigens in Gila River Indians
- 11 December 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Tissue Antigens
- Vol. 21 (3) , 198-207
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0039.1983.tb00158.x
Abstract
HLA-A, B, C, DR and MB and MT B-lymphocyte alloantigens were tested in 249 Pima and Papago Indians from Arizona. Frequencies of A and B locus antigens in Pimas were similar to published values for other North American Indians, as well as previous reports from Pimas. Cw3 was the most frequent C locus antigen found, and DR5 was the most frequent DR antigen. Another B-cell specificity, DuB31, behaved as a DR allele and had a phenotype frequency of 7.17. This study is the first report of MB and MT frequencies in a North American Indian population, and the pattern of association with some DR antigens appears to be different from that observed in Europeans. MT3 had a phenotype frequency of 0.583, but was not associated with DR4, 7, 9, which suggests an undefined DR allele associated with MT3.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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