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Molecular analysis of HLA DR4‐/β1 gene in malaria vaccinees. Typing and subtyping by PCR technique and oligonucleotides
Author(s) -
MURILLO LUIS ANGEL,
ROCHA CLAUDIA LUCIA,
MORA ANA LUCIA,
KALIL JORGE,
GOLDENBERG ANA KARLA,
PATARROYO MANUEL ELKTN
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
parasite immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1365-3024
pISSN - 0141-9838
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1991.tb00275.x
Subject(s) - subtyping , biology , typing , human leukocyte antigen , oligonucleotide , immune system , gene , polymerase chain reaction , immunology , virology , antigen , genetics , computer science , programming language
Summary The combination of the PCR technique and the synthetic oligonucleotides has proved to be a useful tool in the molecular analysis of HLA class II genes, allowing recognition of as little as a single nucleotide modification in the sequence of the gene. The molecules encoded by these genes have been associated with genetic control of the immune response and with susceptibility to certain diseases. Studies carried out in our laboratory have shown three patterns of humoral immune response in the human volunteers vaccinated with the synthetic protein SPf 66: high, intermediate and low responders. Approximately 73‐3% of the low responders were serologically typed as HLA DR4 and 42% as DQw6. These results moved us to look for a subtype (Dw) correlation between the DR4 positive individuals and the different humoral immune response patterns. Using oligo‐typing methods after previous amplification of the DR4 B1 exon, we subtyped 20 DR4 volunteers, classified as high, intermediate and low responders. We did not find any direct association between the HLA DR4 Dw special subtype in the high or low responders immunized with the SPf 66 vaccine.