ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To investigate HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 gene polymorphism in the Miao ethnic group in Hunan, China.@*METHODS@#PCR-sequence specific oligonucleotide probes (SSO) reverse flow chip method was used to type HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 genes of 154 unrelated healthy Miao ethnic individuals in Hunan. The allele and haplotype frequencies were calculated and compared with other populations in China.@*RESULTS@#A total of 10 HLA-A, 25 HLA-B, and 13 HLA-DRB1 alleles were observed in the population. The higher frequency alleles included A 11(38.96%), A 02(27.27%), A 24(18.83%), B 40(60)(17.53%), B 46(13.96%), B 15(75)(11.69%), DRB1 09(15.26%), DRB1 12(15.26%), DRB1 15(15.26%), and DRB1 04(12.66%). The most frequent haplotypes were A11-B60(9.60%), A2-B46(9.27%), A11-B75(9.22%), B75-DR12(6.31%), A11-DR12(9.62%), A11-DR4(9.07%), A11-DR15(6.69%), A11-B75-DR12(5.43%), A11-B60-DR4(4.24%), and A2-B46-DR9(3.71%). Compared with other populations in China, HLA gene polymorphism of Hunan Miao population was close to that of southern population.@*CONCLUSION@#HLA loci are highly polymorphic in the Miao population of Hunan, and their distribution has the character of South China population.