Gene frequencies of human platelet antigens in the Macedonian population.
Tissue Antigens
; 67(3): 241-6, 2006 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
Human platelet antigen (HPA) systems consist of more than 12 bi-allelic antigen polymorphisms. Due to these polymorphisms, platelet-membrane glycoproteins can be recognized as alloantigens or autoantigens and can cause conditions such as fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, post-transfusion refractoriness to platelets, and post-transfusion throbocytopenic purpura. The purpose of this study was to investigate the distribution of HPA-1, -2, -3, and -5 in Macedonian population by using the polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism. The allele frequencies were 0.865 for HPA-1a, 0.135 for HPA-1b, 0.852 for HPA-2a, 0.148 for HPA-2b, 0.578 for HPA-3a, 0.422 for HPA-3b, 0.909 for HPA-5a, and 0.091 for HPA-5b. Results of our study were not significantly different from those reported in the other European studies. Our population displayed the highest frequency for HPA-2b allele (0.148) reported among European population.
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Plaquetas
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Antígenos de Plaquetas Humanas
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Frequência do Gene
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Genética Populacional
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Tissue Antigens
Ano de publicação:
2006
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Article