Objective: To study the distribution of MICA alleles among ethnic Han Chinese blood donors from Shenzhen and their linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B gene.
Methods: For 143 randomly selected blood donors, the MICA and HLA-B alleles were determined with a PCR-sequence based typing (SBT) method. Allelic frequency, haplotypic diversity and linkage disequilibrium were analyzed with a Pypop software.
Results: Thirteen MICA and 35 HLA-B alleles were identified among the 143 blood donors, among which MICA*008:01 had the highest frequency (76/286), whilst MICA*008:01-HLA-B*40:01 and MICA*010-HLA-B*46:01 were the most common haplotypes. No novel allele was identified.
Conclusion: The allele frequencies, haplotype diversities and linkage disequilibrium parameters under a high resolution can facilitate further studies and applications of the MICA and HLA-B genes.
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