MICA polymorphism in a northern Chinese Han population: The identification of a new MICA allele, MICA*059

Human Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-427

  Tian, Wei ^a   Cai, Jin H ^a   Wang, Fan ^a   Li, Li X ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

HLA; Linkage disequilibrium; MICA; Northern Chinese Han population; Sequence based typing

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX CLASS I CHAIN RELATED GENE A; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; CHINA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAFT REJECTION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 77950596530     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Bahram S., Bresnahan M., Geraghty D.E., Spies T. A second lineage of mammalian major histocompatibility complex class I genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1994, 91:6259-6263.
2. Wu J., Song Y., Bakker A.B., Bauer S., Spies T., Lanier L.L., et al. An activating immunoreceptor complex formed by NKG2D and DAP10. Science 1999, 285:730-732.
3. Bauer S., Groh V., Wu J., Steinle A., Phillips J.H., Lanier L.L., Spies T. Activation of NK cells and T cells by NKG2D, a receptor for stress-inducible MICA. Science 1999, 285:727-729.
4. Groh V., Rhinehart R., Randolph-Habecker J., Topp M.S., Riddell S.R., Spies T. Costimulation of CD8alphabeta T cells by NKG2D via engagement by MIC induced on virus-infected cells. Nat Immunol 2001, 2:255-260.
5. Steinle A., Li P., Morris D.L., Groh V., Lanier L.L., Strong R.K., et al. Interactions of human NKG2D with its ligands MICA, MICB, and homologs of the mouse RAE-1 protein family. Immunogenetics 2001, 53:279-287.
6. Suárez-Alvarez B., López-Vázquez A., Baltar J.M., Ortega F., López-Larrea C. Potential role of NKG2D and its ligands in organ transplantation: New target for immunointervention. Am J Transplant 2009, 9:251-257.
7. Boukouaci W., Busson M., Peffault de Latour R., Rocha V., Suberbielle C., Bengoufa D., et al. MICA-129 genotype, soluble MICA, and anti-MICA antibodies as biomarkers of chronic graft-versus-host disease. Blood 2009, 114:5216-5224.
8. Kirsten H., Petit-Teixeira E., Scholz M., Hasenclever D., Hantmann H., Heider D., et al. Association of MICA with rheumatoid arthritis independent of known HLA-DRB1 risk alleles in a family-based and a case control study. Arthritis Res Ther 2009, 11:R60.
9. Shojima J., Tanaka G., Keicho N., Tamiya G., Ando S., Oka A., et al. Identification of MICA as a susceptibility gene for pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex infection. J Infect Dis 2009, 199:1707-1715.
10. Petersdorf E.W., Shuler K.B., Longton G.M., Spies T., Hansen J.A. Population study of allelic diversity in the human MHC class I-related MIC-A gene. Immunogenetics 1999, 49:605-612.
11. Komatsu-Wakui M., Tokunaga K., Ishikawa Y., Kashiwase K., Moriyama S., Tsuchiya N., et al. MIC-A polymorphism in Japanese and a MIC-A-MIC-B null haplotype. Immunogenetics 1999, 49:620-628.
12. Tian W., Boggs D.A., Ding W.Z., Chen D.F., Fraser P.A. MICA genetic polymorphism and linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B in 29 African-American families. Immunogenetics 2001, 53:724-728.
13. Zhang Y., Lazaro A.M., Zou Y., Lavingia B., Moraes E.M., Moraes R.J., et al. Mica polymorphism in South American Indians. Immunogenetics 2002, 53:900-906.
14. Tian W., Boggs D.A., Uko G., Essiet A., Inyama M., Banjoko B., et al. HLA-B haplotypic variation in five population groups of sub-Saharan African ancestry. Genes Immun 2003, 4:500-505.
15. Piancatelli D., Del Beato T., Oumhani K., El Aouad R., Adorno D. MICA polymorphism in a population from north Morocco, Metalsa Berbers, using sequence-based typing. Hum Immunol 2005, 66:931-936.
16. Lucas D., Campillo J.A., López-Hernández R., Martínez-García P., López-Sánchez M., Botella C., et al. Allelic diversity of MICA gene and MICA/HLA-B haplotypic variation in a population of the Murcia region in southeastern Spain. Hum Immunol 2008, 69:655-660.
17. Cambra A., Muñoz-Saá I., Crespí C., Serra A., Etxagibel A., Matamoros N., et al. MICA-HLA-B haplotype diversity and linkage disequilibrium in a population of Jewish descent from Majorca (the Balearic Islands). Hum Immunol 2009, 70:513-517.
18. Oliveira L.A., Ribas F., Bicalho M.G., Tsuneto L.T., Petzl-Erler M.L. High frequencies of alleles MICA*020 and MICA*027 in Amerindians and evidence of positive selection on exon 3. Genes Immun 2008, 9:697-705.
19. Chu J.Y., Huang W., Kuang S.Q., Wang J.M., Xu J.J., Chu Z.T., et al. Genetic relationship of populations in China. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1998, 95:11763-11768.
20. Wen B., Li H., Lu D., Song X., Zhang F., He Y., et al. Genetic evidence supports demic diffusion of Han culture. Nature 2004, 431:302-305.
21. Chen J., Zheng H., Bei J.X., Sun L., Jia W.H., Li T., et al. Genetic structure of the Han Chinese population revealed by genome-wide SNP variation. Am J Hum Genet 2009, 85:775-785.
22. Tian W., Wang F., Cai J.H., Li L.X. Polymorphic insertions in 5 Alu loci within the major histocompatibility complex class I region and their linkage disequilibria with HLA alleles in four distinct populations in mainland China. Tissue Antigens 2008, 72:559-567.
23. Mendoza-Rincon J., Argüello J.R., Pérez-Rodríguez M., McWhinnie A., Marsh S.G., Fischer G., et al. Characterization of the MICA polymorphism by sequence-specific oligonucleotide probing. Immunogenetics 1999, 49:471-478.
24. Tian W., Zeng X.M., Li L.X., Jin H.K., Luo Q.Z., Wang F., et al. Gender-specific associations between MICA-STR and nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a southern Chinese Han population. Immunogenetics 2006, 58:113-121.
25. Collins R.W., Stephens H.A., Clare M.A., Vaughan R.W. High resolution molecular phototyping of MICA and MICB alleles using sequence specific primers. Hum Immunol 2002, 63:783-794.
26. Excoffier L., Laval G., Schneider S. Arlequin (version 3.0): An integrated software package for population genetics data analysis. Evol Bioinform Online 2005, 1:47-50.
27. Leffell M.S., Fallin M.D., Erlich H.A., Fernandez-Vĩna M., Hildebrand W.H., Mack S.J., et al. HLA antigens, alleles and haplotypes among the Yup'ik Alaska natives: Report of the ASHI minority workshops, Part II. Hum Immunol 2002, 63:614-625.
28. Marsh S.G., Albert E.D., Bodmer W.F., Bontrop R.E., Dupont B., Erlich H.A., et al. Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2004. Hum Immunol 2005, 66:571-636.
29. Zhu F., Zhao H., He Y., Zhang W., He J., Xu X., et al. Distribution of MICA diversity in the Chinese Han population by polymerase chain reaction sequence-based typing for exons 2-6. Tissue Antigens 2009, 73:358-363.
30. Tian W., Cai J.H., Wang F., Li L.X., Cao Y. HLA-G*0105N and HLA-G 14 bp dimorphisms in exon 8 in four distinct populations in mainland China. Tissue Antigens 2010, 75:227-234.