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HLA-B40
Introduction
HLA-B40 (B40) is an HLA – B serotype. B40 is composed of the B60 and B61 split antigen serotypes[1]
Serotype
Serotype
| B*40 | B60 | B40 | B61 | Sample |
| allele | % | % | % | size (N) |
| 4001 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 3854 |
| B*40 | B61 | B40 | B60 | Sample |
| allele | % | % | % | size (N) |
| 4002 | 80 | 6 | 8 | 1460 |
| 4003 | 62 | 23 | 31 | |
| 4004 | 47 | 12 | 57 | |
| 4006 | 75 | 5 | 5 | 585 |
B*4005 is poorly recognized by B40, B60, or B61.
References
References
- ↑ Marsh SG, Albert ED, Bodmer WF; et al. (2005). “Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2004”. Tissue Antigens. 65 (4): 301–69. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00379.x. PMID 15787720.
- ↑ Robinson J, Waller MJ, Fail SC, Marsh SG (2006). “The IMGT/HLA and IPD databases”. Hum. Mutat. 27 (12): 1192–9. doi:10.1002/humu.20406. PMID 16944494.