Identification of the novel HLA-B*53:69 allele by sequencing-based typing

HLA. 2024 Jan;103(1):e15331. doi: 10.1111/tan.15331.

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City-Riyadh, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs / College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences / King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Histogenetics, Ossining, New York, USA.
³ Saudi Stem Cell Donor Registry, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center / College of Science and Health Professions, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences / King Abdulaziz Medical City-Riyadh, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The HLA-B*53:69 allele differs from HLA-B*53:01:01:01 by two nucleotide changes in exon 3.

Keywords: HLA-B; Saudi Arabia; genomic sequence; new allele.