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Diversity of HLA Class I and Class II blocks and conserved extended haplotypes in Lacandon Mayans.

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Barquera, Rodrigo, Zuniga, Joaquin, Flores-Rivera, José, Corona, Teresa, Penman, Bridget S., Hernández-Zaragoza, Diana Iraíz, Soler, Manuel, Jonapá-Gómez, Letisia, Mallempati, Kalyan C, Yescas, Petra et al.
(2020) Diversity of HLA Class I and Class II blocks and conserved extended haplotypes in Lacandon Mayans. Scientific Reports, 10 (1). 3248. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58897-5 ISSN 2045-2322.

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Abstract

Here we studied HLA blocks and haplotypes in a group of 218 Lacandon Maya Native American using a high-resolution next generation sequencing (NGS) method. We assessed the genetic diversity of HLA class I and class II in this population, and determined the most probable ancestry of Lacandon Maya HLA class I and class II haplotypes. Importantly, this Native American group showed a high degree of both HLA homozygosity and linkage disequilibrium across the HLA region and also lower class II HLA allelic diversity than most previously reported populations (including other Native American groups). Distinctive alleles present in the Lacandon population include HLA-A*24:14 and HLA-B*40:08. Furthermore, in Lacandons we observed a high frequency of haplotypes containing the allele HLA-DRB1*04:11, a relatively frequent allele in comparison with other neighboring indigenous groups. The specific demographic history of the Lacandon population including inbreeding, as well as pathogen selection, may have elevated the frequencies of a small number of HLA class II alleles and DNA blocks. To assess the possible role of different selective pressures in determining Native American HLA diversity, we evaluated the relationship between genetic diversity at HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-DRB1 and pathogen richness for a global dataset and for Native American populations alone. In keeping with previous studies of such relationships we included distance from Africa as a covariate. After correction for multiple comparisons we did not find any significant relationship between pathogen diversity and HLA genetic diversity (as measured by polymorphism information content) in either our global dataset or the Native American subset of the dataset. We found the expected negative relationship between genetic diversity and distance from Africa in the global dataset, but no relationship between HLA genetic diversity and distance from Africa when Native American populations were considered alone.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QP Physiology
Q Science > QR Microbiology
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
SWORD Depositor: Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): HLA histocompatibility antigens, Lacandon Indians , Nucleotide sequence
Journal or Publication Title: Scientific Reports
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
ISSN: 2045-2322
Official Date: 24 February 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
24 February 2020Published
22 January 2020Accepted
Volume: 10
Number: 1
Article Number: 3248
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58897-5
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 11 March 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access: 11 March 2020
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDInternational Max Planck Research School for Advanced Methods in Process and Systems Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100012318

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