Background & Objectives: The Indian population is well known for its genetic diversity. Among the numerous endogamous communities, the Jain community from Mumbai is very restricted by custom, marriage and occupation. We present here the HLA antigen distribution of individuals belonging to this endogamous community.
Methods: A total of 161 healthy individuals of the Jain community working or studying in a hospital at Mumbai were selected randomly during 1985-1988. HLA class I and class II antigens were identified by using the standard National Institutes of Health (NIH) microlymphocytotoxicity assay.
Results: The phenotypic frequencies of HLA A1, A2, A9, A11, A24, B5, B35, B40, Cw4, DR2, DR3, DR4, DR5 and DR7 were increased while frequencies of HLA A10, A19, A26, A32, B7, B14, B16, B21, B22, B27, B37, Cw2, DR1 and DR9 were decreased when compared with other populations from, Maharashtra. The phenotype frequencies of HLA A26, A28, A30, B18, B40, B56, Cw3, Cw4, DR3, DR4 and DR5 were increased while the frequencies of HLA B7, B15, B16, B22, B37, Cw2, Cw6, DR1 and DR9 were decreased when compared with frequencies in other Indian populations. Two locus haplotype analyses revealed that A9-B5, B35-Cw4, DR2-DQ1 and DR7-DQ2 were significant haplotypes among the positive linkage disequilibrium haplotypes. Whereas A9-B35, B35-Cw1 and DR1-DQ2 were significant haplotypes among the negative linkage disequilibrium haplotypes.
Interpretation & Conclusion: The study revealed that the Jain population of Mumbai cannot be considered as a single panmictic population with reference to genetic characteristics, this may have a clinical relevance in unrelated donor selection for allogenic bone marrow transplantation in India.
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