New HL‐A Alleles

Erik Thorsby, F. Kissmeyer‐Nielsen

Vox Sanguinis · 1970 · 32 citations · 15 references

Concepts

Abstract

Summary. By immunization within specially selected donor‐recipient pairs it was possible to produce antibodies against three new HL‐A antigens. One of these was later found identical to Dn17, the other two are called Li of the LA series, and LND of the Four series of antigens. The antigens behaved in population and family studies as if they were determined by alleles at the LA and Four nib‐loci. The present status of the HL‐A system seems to be that 8 La alleles and 9 Four alleles are well defined. However, unknown HL‐A antigens of low frequency still remain to be identified. The reported method seems to he very useful for this purpose.

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