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 cDNA 450 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 B*27:06 CATCGCCCTG AACGAGGACC TGAGCTCCTG GACCGCCGCG GACACGGCGG CTCAGATCAC CCAGCGCAAG TGGGAGGCGG CCCGTGAGGC GGAGCAGCTG B*27:168 - 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. 1,2 This follows the agreed policy that, subject to conditions stated in the most recent Nomenclature Report, 3 names will be assigned to new sequences as they are identified. Lists of such names will be published in the following WHO nomenclature report.…”