Discovery of the Novel HLA-DRB1*16:02:13 Allele, a Variant of HLA-DRB1*16, in a Taiwanese Individual

Discovery of the Novel HLA-DRB116:02:13 Allele, a Variant of HLA-DRB116, in a Taiwanese Individual

HLA. 2024 Nov;104(5):e15751. doi: 10.1111/tan.15751.

Kuo-Liang Yang^{1

2

3}, Py-Yu Lin¹

¹ Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Tzu Chi Cord Blood Bank, and Buddhist Tzu Chi Bone Marrow Donor Registry, Buddhist Tzu Chi Stem Cells Centre, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, Buddhist Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China.
³ Institute of Medical Sciences, Buddhist Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China.

One nucleotide substitution in codon 206 of HLA-DRB1*16:02:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-DRB1*16:02:13.

Keywords: HLA‐DRB1*16:02:13; HLA; Taiwanese; novel allele; sequence‐based typing.