TY - JOUR
T1 - Gene frequencies of human platelet alloantigens in Bahraini Arabs
AU - Al-Subaie, Abeer M.
AU - Al-Absi, Iman K.
AU - Al-Ola, Khadija
AU - Saidi, Sarra
AU - Fawaz, Naglaa A.
AU - Almawi, Wassim Y.
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - Human platelet antigens (HPA) are implicated in the pathophysiology of certain hematological disorders, and as varied distribution of HPA-1 alleles and genotypes were reported for different countries and ethnic populations, we determined the distribution of HPA-1, -2, -3, -4, and -5 alleles, genotypes and haplotypes for 194 healthy Bahraini subjects by polymerase chain reaction with sequence specific primers. The distribution of the HPA polymorphisms was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Allele frequencies of 0.76 and 0.24 (HPA-1a and -1b), 0.77 and 0.23 (HPA-2a and -2b), 0.57 and 0.43 (HPA-3a and -3b), 0.93 and 0.07 (HPA-4a and -4b), and 0.86 and 0.13 (HPA-5a and -5b) were seen. With the exception of HPA-3a/a (30.4%), the frequencies of homozygous HPA-1a/a (56.8%), 2a/a (60.1%), 4a/a (87.2%), and 5a/a (75.7%) were higher than those of heterozygous (a/b) or homozygous (b/b) variants. Our results provide basic information for further studies of the HPA system polymorphism, which in turn will be instrumental in understanding and treating immune-mediated platelet disorders.
AB - Human platelet antigens (HPA) are implicated in the pathophysiology of certain hematological disorders, and as varied distribution of HPA-1 alleles and genotypes were reported for different countries and ethnic populations, we determined the distribution of HPA-1, -2, -3, -4, and -5 alleles, genotypes and haplotypes for 194 healthy Bahraini subjects by polymerase chain reaction with sequence specific primers. The distribution of the HPA polymorphisms was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Allele frequencies of 0.76 and 0.24 (HPA-1a and -1b), 0.77 and 0.23 (HPA-2a and -2b), 0.57 and 0.43 (HPA-3a and -3b), 0.93 and 0.07 (HPA-4a and -4b), and 0.86 and 0.13 (HPA-5a and -5b) were seen. With the exception of HPA-3a/a (30.4%), the frequencies of homozygous HPA-1a/a (56.8%), 2a/a (60.1%), 4a/a (87.2%), and 5a/a (75.7%) were higher than those of heterozygous (a/b) or homozygous (b/b) variants. Our results provide basic information for further studies of the HPA system polymorphism, which in turn will be instrumental in understanding and treating immune-mediated platelet disorders.
KW - Haplotype
KW - Hematological disorders
KW - Human platelet antigens
KW - PCR-SSP
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U2 - 10.1002/ajh.20769
DO - 10.1002/ajh.20769
M3 - Article
C2 - 17160992
AN - SCOPUS:33847655679
SN - 0361-8609
VL - 82
SP - 242
EP - 244
JO - American Journal of Hematology
JF - American Journal of Hematology
IS - 3
ER -