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Allele imputation for the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor KIR3DL1/S1.
| Title: | Allele imputation for the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor KIR3DL1/S1. |
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| Authors: | Genelle F Harrison, Laura Ann Leaton, Erica A Harrison, Katherine M Kichula, Marte K Viken, Jonathan Shortt, Christopher R Gignoux, Benedicte A Lie, Damjan Vukcevic, Stephen Leslie, Paul J Norman |
| Source: | PLoS Computational Biology, Vol 18, Iss 2, p e1009059 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | LCC:Biology (General) |
| Subject Terms: | Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| More Details: | Highly polymorphic interaction of KIR3DL1 and KIR3DS1 with HLA class I ligands modulates the effector functions of natural killer (NK) cells and some T cells. This genetically determined diversity affects severity of infections, immune-mediated diseases, and some cancers, and impacts the course of immunotherapies, including transplantation. KIR3DL1 is an inhibitory receptor, and KIR3DS1 is an activating receptor encoded by the KIR3DL1/S1 gene that has more than 200 diverse and divergent alleles. Determination of KIR3DL1/S1 genotypes for medical application is hampered by complex sequence and structural variation, requiring targeted approaches to generate and analyze high-resolution allele data. To overcome these obstacles, we developed and optimized a model for imputing KIR3DL1/S1 alleles at high-resolution from whole-genome SNP data. We designed the model to represent a substantial component of human genetic diversity. Our Global imputation model is effective at genotyping KIR3DL1/S1 alleles with an accuracy ranging from 88% in Africans to 97% in East Asians, with mean specificity of 99% and sensitivity of 95% for alleles >1% frequency. We used the established algorithm of the HIBAG program, in a modification named Pulling Out Natural killer cell Genomics (PONG). Because HIBAG was designed to impute HLA alleles also from whole-genome SNP data, PONG allows combinatorial diversity of KIR3DL1/S1 with HLA-A and -B to be analyzed using complementary techniques on a single data source. The use of PONG thus negates the need for targeted sequencing data in very large-scale association studies where such methods might not be tractable. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1553-734X 1553-7358 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1553-734X; https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7358 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009059 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/a40864831cbd4d36b90418c41972b80d |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.40864831cbd4d36b90418c41972b80d |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| ISSN: | 1553734X 15537358 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009059 |
| Published in: | PLoS Computational Biology |
| Language: | English |