Distribution of HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, and HLA-DRB1 alleles and haplotypes in Jingpo minority in Yunnan province of China.

Abstract HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, and HLA-DRB1 allele frequencies and estimated haplotype frequencies from 105 unrelated healthy Jingpo ethnic subjects who living in Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefectures, Yunnan Province, southwest China has been reported. HLA genes were genotyped by SSOP typing method using Luminex Multi-Analyte Profiling system. Jingpo ethnic nationality belongs to southern group of East Asians, but with its specific HLA alleles and haplotypes characteristic.