HLA-B56 (B56) is an HLA-Bserotype. B56 is a split antigen from the B22 broad antigen, sister serotypes are B54 and B55. The serotype identifies the more common HLA-B*56 gene products.[1] (For terminology help see: HLA-serotype tutorial)
Serotype
B56 and B22 serotype recognition of Some HLA B*56 allele-group gene products[2]
B*56
B56
B22
Sample
allele
%
%
size (N)
5601
72
5
671
5603
46
8
13
5604
73
11
Allele distribution
HLA B*5601 frequencies
freq
ref.
Population
(%)
[3]
Australian Aborigine Kimberly
35.5
[3]
Papua New Guinea Madang
34.6
[3]
Papua New Guinea New Britain Rabaul
31.6
[3]
Taiwan Ami
20.4
[3]
New Caledonia
19.2
[3]
Australian Aborigine Groote Eylandt
18.0
[3]
Australian Aborigine Cape York Peninsula
16.5
[3]
Australian Aborigine Yuendumu
11.4
[3]
China Yunnan Lisu
9.4
[3]
China Yunnan Nu
3.8
[3]
Senegal Niokholo Mandenka
2.7
[3]
Sudanese
2.5
[3]
American Samoa
2.0
[3]
China Guangxi Maonan
1.9
[3]
Taiwan Hakka
1.8
[3]
Thailand
1.8
[3]
Finland
1.7
[3]
Georgia Tbilisi Kurds
1.7
[3]
India Andhra Pradesh Golla
1.4
[3]
Croatia
1.3
[3]
Japan (5)
1.3
[3]
South Africa Natal Tamil
1.0
[3]
Taiwan Rukai
1.0
References
^Marsh, S. G.; Albert, E. D.; Bodmer, W. F.; Bontrop, R. E.; Dupont, B.; Erlich, H. A.; Fernández-Viña, M.; Geraghty, D. E.; Holdsworth, R.; Hurley, C. K.; Lau, M.; Lee, K. W.; Mach, B.; Maiers, M.; Mayr, W. R.; Müller, C. R.; Parham, P.; Petersdorf, E. W.; Sasazuki, T.; Strominger, J. L.; Svejgaard, A.; Terasaki, P. I.; Tiercy, J. M.; Trowsdale, J. (2010). "Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2010". Tissue Antigens. 75 (4): 291–455. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01466.x. PMC2848993. PMID 20356336.
^derived from IMGT/HLA
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v wMiddleton, D.; Menchaca, L.; Rood, H.; Komerofsky, R. (2003). "New allele frequency database: http://www.allelefrequencies.net". Tissue Antigens. 61 (5): 403–407. doi:10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00062.x. PMID 12753660.