Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Exceptional diversity of KIR and HLA class I in Egypt. |
| Authors: |
Montero‐Martin, Gonzalo1 (AUTHOR), Kichula, Katherine M.2 (AUTHOR), Misra, Maneesh K.3,4 (AUTHOR), de Brito Vargas, Luciana2 (AUTHOR), Marin, Wesley M.3 (AUTHOR), Hollenbach, Jill A.3 (AUTHOR), Fernández‐Viña, Marcelo A.1 (AUTHOR), Elfishawi, Sally5 (AUTHOR), Norman, Paul J.2,6 (AUTHOR) paul.norman@ucdenver.edu |
| Source: |
HLA: Immune Response Genetics. Jan2024, Vol. 103 Issue 1, p1-13. 13p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*KILLER cell receptors, *KILLER cells, *IMMUNOGLOBULIN receptors, *NATURAL selection, *HAPLOTYPES, *HISTOCOMPATIBILITY class I antigens, *REPRODUCTIVE health |
| Geographic Terms: |
EGYPT, CAIRO (Egypt) |
| Abstract: |
Genetically determined variation of killer cell immunoglobulin like receptors (KIR) and their HLA class I ligands affects multiple aspects of human health. Their extreme diversity is generated through complex interplay of natural selection for pathogen resistance and reproductive health, combined with demographic structure and dispersal. Despite significant importance to multiple health conditions of differential effect across populations, the nature and extent of immunogenetic diversity is under‐studied for many geographic regions. Here, we describe the first high‐resolution analysis of KIR and HLA class I combinatorial diversity in Northern Africa. Analysis of 125 healthy unrelated individuals from Cairo in Egypt yielded 186 KIR alleles arranged in 146 distinct centromeric and 79 distinct telomeric haplotypes. The most frequent haplotypes observed were KIR‐A, encoding two inhibitory receptors specific for HLA‐C, two that are specific for HLA‐A and ‐B, and no activating receptors. Together with 141 alleles of HLA class I, 75 of which encode a KIR ligand, we identified a mean of six distinct interacting pairs of inhibitory KIR and HLA allotypes per individual. We additionally characterize 16 KIR alleles newly identified in the study population. Our findings place Egyptians as one of the most highly diverse populations worldwide, with important implications for transplant matching and studies of immune‐mediated diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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