Recognition of the HLA-B*55:39 Allele in a Taiwanese Individual

HLA. 2024 Oct;104(4):e15718. doi: 10.1111/tan.15718.

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.

Abstract

One nucleotide substitution in codon 118 of HLA-B*55:02:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-B*55:39.

Keywords: HLA‐B*55:39; HLA; Taiwanese; haplotype; sequence‐based typing.