Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, update January 2018

Discovery of a novel HLA‐B*27 variant, B*27:168, by sequence‐based typing in a Taiwanese blood donor

“…The nucleotide sequence of the new allele of B*27:168 has been submitted to GenBank (Accession Number LT969612), and the name B*27:168 (HWS10051147) has been officially assigned by the World Health Organization (WHO) HLA Nomenclature Committee in January 2018 . This follows the agreed policy that, subject to conditions stated in the most recent Nomenclature Report, names will be assigned to new sequences as they are identified.…”