The aim of this review is to present a concise overview of all data available on the immunogenetics of Chlamydia trachomatis infections, both sexually transmitted urogenital and ocular infections. Currently, candidate gene approaches are used to identify genes related to the susceptibility to and severity of C. trachomatis infections. The main focus in the review will be on data obtained by the...

1 Department of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2 Children’s Hospital Research Center (CHORI), Oakland, CA, USA 3 The National Center for Biotechnology Information, Bethesda, MD, USA 4 Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA 5 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA 6 Department für Blutgruppenserologie und Transfusionsm...

The first report of the 'IMGT Locus on Focus' section comprises five tables entitled: (1) 'Number of human germline IGLV genes at 22q11.1-q11.2 and potential repertoire'; (2) 'Human germline IGLV gene table'; (3) 'Human IGLV allele table', (4) 'Human germline IGLJ table' and (5) 'Human IGLJ allele table'. These tables are available at the MariePaule page from IMGT, the international ImMunoGeneT...

1Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany; 2Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm and Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm Gemeinnützige gGmbH, Ulm, Germany; 3Lublin Medical University, Department of Clinical Immunology, Lublin, Poland; 4Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) New York Branch, Memorial Sloan-Kettering...

Morran MP, McInerney MF, Pietropaolo M. Innate and adaptive autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes. Pediatric Diabetes 2008: 9: 152–161. Michael P Morran, Marcia F McInerney and Massimo Pietropaolo Laboratory of Immunogenetics, The Brehm Center for Type 1 Diabetes Research and Analysis, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Sc...

1 Department of Biotechnology, Center for Biosciences and Biotechnology, State University of Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil 2 Emory Vaccine Center, Yerkes National, Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA 3 Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, 0550...

We have updated the catalogue of common and well-documented (CWD) human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles to reflect current understanding of the prevalence of specific allele sequences. The original CWD catalogue designated 721 alleles at the HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DRB3/4/5, -DQA1, -DQB1, and -DPB1 loci in IMGT (IMmunoGeneTics)/HLA Database release 2.15.0 as being CWD. The updated CWD catalogue ...

This report describes the project to identify the global distribution of extended HLA haplotypes, a component of 16th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop (IHIW), and summarizes the initial analyses of data collected. The project aims to investigate extended HLA haplotypes, compare their distribution among different populations, assess their frequency in hematopoietic stem cell unrelat...