A novel HLA‐B*18 allele, HLA‐B*18:124, identified in a German volunteer bone marrow donor

Abstract

HLA-B*18:124 differs from B*18:01:01:02 by a single substitution in exon 4.

The novel HLA‐C*06:372 allele, identified in a stem cell donor of an old order mennonite ethnicity

“…As of January 2024, according to the IPD‐IMGT/HLA Database release version 3.55, there are 38,008 HLA alleles of which 8084 are C locus. Of these, 605 are C*06 alleles with the most common being C*06:02 1,2 . Among the European Caucasoid population, of which Old Order Mennonites are descended, HLA‐C*06:02 is the fourth most common C allele at 9.3% 3 …”