IPD - The Immuno Polymorphism Database

Welcome to IPD

The Immuno Polymorphism Database (IPD), was developed in 2003 to provide a centralised system for the study of polymorphism in genes of the immune system. The IPD project was established by the HLA Informatics Group of the Anthony Nolan Research Institute in close collaboration with the European Bioinformatics Institute.

IPD currently contains the following databases:

• IPD - KIR Database provides sequences of human Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR).
  
  
• IPD - MHC Database covers sequences of the the major histocompatibility complex in a number of species.
  
  
• IPD - HPA Database, provides information on human platelet antigens (HPA).
  
  
• IPD - ESTDAB provides a searchable database of tumour cell lines

The first volume of Nucleic Acids Research in 2010 is dedicated to factual databases in the field of molecular biology and contains the following paper on IPD.

• Robinson J, Mistry K, McWilliam H, Lopez R, Marsh SGE
  IPD - the Immuno Polymorphism Database
  Nucleic Acids Research (2010), 38: D863-9
  Full Text available from Nucleic Acids Research or Download PDF File
  
  
• For further IPD publications, please see our citations page.

IPD Developers

Development of the IPD database has been undertaken by the following individuals.

• Anthony Nolan Research Institute
  • Steven GE Marsh
  • James Robinson

• European Bioinformatics Institute
  • Peter Stoehr
  • Rodrigo Lopez
  • Hamish McWilliam

Further Information

For information regarding IPD please contact IPD Support.

Please see our licence for terms of use.