HLA Dictionary 2008 Help Page

The IPD-IMGT/HLA Database allows you to retrieve information from the HLA Dictionary. The 2008 report of the HLA data dictionary presents serologic equivalents of HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DRB3, -DRB4, -DRB5, and -DQB1 alleles.


This tool utilizes the allele API on a subset of data and available fields. For information about building custom queries please see the Allele Query Help

The data summarize equivalents obtained by the World Health Organization Nomenclature Committee for Factors of the HLA System, the International Cell Exchange, UCLA, the National Marrow Donor Program, recent publications, and individual laboratories. The 2008 edition includes information on 832 new alleles (685 class I and 147 class II) and updated information on 766 previously listed alleles (577 class I and 189 class II). The tables list the alleles with remarks on the serologic patterns and the equivalents. The serological equivalents are listed as expert assigned types, and the data are useful for identifying potential stem cell donors who were typed by either serology or DNA-based methods.

References

  • R. Holdsworth, C.K. Hurley, S.G.E. Marsh, et al.
    The HLA dictionary 2008: a summary of HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1/3/4/5, and -DQB1 alleles and their association with serologicallydefined HLA-A, -B, -C, -DR, and -DQ antigens.
    Tissue Antigens (2009) 73:95-170

The Full Text of the Tissue Antigens article is available from Wiley Interscience.

The following table describes the available fields to query the HLA Dictionary Tool

Field TitleField NameField DescriptionData Type
IPD AccessionaccessionUnique IPD-IMGT/HLA Identifier e.g. HLA00001.string
Allele NamenameWHO officially assigned allele name e.g. A*01:01:01:01. Wildcards will be added to the end of the query to that allele groups can be queries e.g A*02:01.string
LocuslocusSearch for all alleles of a specific locus.enum
previous nomenclatureprevious_nomenclaturepre-2010 official nomenclature without colons e.g A*01010101.string
Dictionary Commentsdictionary.data.commentsDictionary Commentsstring
Expert Assigned Typedictionary.data.expert_assignedExpert Assigned Typestring
Neural Network Assignmentdictionary.data.neural_assignedNeural Network Assignmentstring
WHO Assigned Typedictionary.data.who_assignedWHO Assigned Typestring
13th IHWC Cells Testeddictionary.source.13_IHWC.cells_tested13th IHWC (2002) Cells Testedstring
13th IHWC Type Assigneddictionary.source.13_IHWC.type_assigned13th IHWC (2002) Type Assignedstring
UCLA Cell Exchange Cells Testeddictionary.source.International_Cell_Exchange_UCLA.cells_testedInternational Cell Exchange UCLA (2008) Cells Testedstring
UCLA Cell Exchange Type Assigneddictionary.source.International_Cell_Exchange_UCLA.type_assignedInternational Cell Exchange UCLA (2008) Type Assignedstring
NMDP Cells Testeddictionary.source.NMDP.cells_testedNMDP (2008) Cells Testedstring
NMDP Type Assigneddictionary.source.NMDP.type_assignedNMDP (2008) Type Assignedstring