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HLA-B5
Introduction
HLA-B5 (B5) is an HLA – B serotype. B5 is a broad antigen serotype that recognizes the B51 and B52 split antigen serotypes.[1]
Serotype
Serotype
| B*51 | B51 | B5 | B52 | Sample |
| allele | % | % | % | size (N) |
| 5101 | 96 | 1 | 5 | 1899 |
| 5102 | 73 | 3 | 6 | 218 |
| 5104 | 83 | 17 | 6 | |
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| B*52 | B52 | B5 | B51 | Sample |
| allele | % | % | % | size (N) |
| 5201 | 82 | 2 | 7 | 2823 |
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.