Linkage disequilibrium and age of HLA region SNPs in relation to classic HLA gene alleles within Europe.

The HLA region on chromosome 6 is gene-rich and under selective pressure because of the high proportion of immunity-related genes. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns and allele frequencies in this region are highly differentiated across broad geographical populations, making it a region of interes...

ver descrição completa

Detalhes bibliográficos
Principais autores: Evseeva, I, Nicodemus, K, Bonilla, C, Tonks, S, Bodmer, W
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 2010
_version_ 1826282407673724928
author Evseeva, I
Nicodemus, K
Bonilla, C
Tonks, S
Bodmer, W
author_facet Evseeva, I
Nicodemus, K
Bonilla, C
Tonks, S
Bodmer, W
author_sort Evseeva, I
collection OXFORD
description The HLA region on chromosome 6 is gene-rich and under selective pressure because of the high proportion of immunity-related genes. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns and allele frequencies in this region are highly differentiated across broad geographical populations, making it a region of interest for population genetics and immunity-related disease studies. We examined LD in this important region of the genome in six European populations using 166 putatively neutral SNPs and the classical HLA-A, -B and -C gene alleles. We found that the pattern of association between classic HLA gene alleles and SNPs implied that most of the SNPs predated the origin of classic HLA gene alleles. The SNPs most strongly associated with HLA gene alleles were in some cases highly predictive of the HLA allele carrier status (misclassification rates ranged from <1 to 27%) in independent populations using five or fewer SNPs, a much smaller number than tagSNP panels previously proposed and often with similar accuracy, showing that our approach may be a viable solution to designing new HLA prediction panels. To describe the LD within this region, we developed a new haplotype clustering method/software based on r(2), which may be more appropriate for use within regions of strong LD. Haplotype blocks created using this proposed method, as well as classic HLA gene alleles and SNPs, were predictive of a northern versus southern European population membership (misclassification error rates ranged from 0 to 23%, depending on which independent population was used for prediction), indicating that this region may be a rich source of ancestry informative markers.
first_indexed 2024-03-07T00:43:23Z
format Journal article
id oxford-uuid:83d32f05-7d61-4cfa-8adb-dcf9ce8a0a9d
institution University of Oxford
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-07T00:43:23Z
publishDate 2010
record_format dspace
spelling oxford-uuid:83d32f05-7d61-4cfa-8adb-dcf9ce8a0a9d2022-03-26T21:46:49ZLinkage disequilibrium and age of HLA region SNPs in relation to classic HLA gene alleles within Europe.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:83d32f05-7d61-4cfa-8adb-dcf9ce8a0a9dEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Evseeva, INicodemus, KBonilla, CTonks, SBodmer, WThe HLA region on chromosome 6 is gene-rich and under selective pressure because of the high proportion of immunity-related genes. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns and allele frequencies in this region are highly differentiated across broad geographical populations, making it a region of interest for population genetics and immunity-related disease studies. We examined LD in this important region of the genome in six European populations using 166 putatively neutral SNPs and the classical HLA-A, -B and -C gene alleles. We found that the pattern of association between classic HLA gene alleles and SNPs implied that most of the SNPs predated the origin of classic HLA gene alleles. The SNPs most strongly associated with HLA gene alleles were in some cases highly predictive of the HLA allele carrier status (misclassification rates ranged from <1 to 27%) in independent populations using five or fewer SNPs, a much smaller number than tagSNP panels previously proposed and often with similar accuracy, showing that our approach may be a viable solution to designing new HLA prediction panels. To describe the LD within this region, we developed a new haplotype clustering method/software based on r(2), which may be more appropriate for use within regions of strong LD. Haplotype blocks created using this proposed method, as well as classic HLA gene alleles and SNPs, were predictive of a northern versus southern European population membership (misclassification error rates ranged from 0 to 23%, depending on which independent population was used for prediction), indicating that this region may be a rich source of ancestry informative markers.
spellingShingle Evseeva, I
Nicodemus, K
Bonilla, C
Tonks, S
Bodmer, W
Linkage disequilibrium and age of HLA region SNPs in relation to classic HLA gene alleles within Europe.
title Linkage disequilibrium and age of HLA region SNPs in relation to classic HLA gene alleles within Europe.
title_full Linkage disequilibrium and age of HLA region SNPs in relation to classic HLA gene alleles within Europe.
title_fullStr Linkage disequilibrium and age of HLA region SNPs in relation to classic HLA gene alleles within Europe.
title_full_unstemmed Linkage disequilibrium and age of HLA region SNPs in relation to classic HLA gene alleles within Europe.
title_short Linkage disequilibrium and age of HLA region SNPs in relation to classic HLA gene alleles within Europe.
title_sort linkage disequilibrium and age of hla region snps in relation to classic hla gene alleles within europe
work_keys_str_mv AT evseevai linkagedisequilibriumandageofhlaregionsnpsinrelationtoclassichlagenealleleswithineurope
AT nicodemusk linkagedisequilibriumandageofhlaregionsnpsinrelationtoclassichlagenealleleswithineurope
AT bonillac linkagedisequilibriumandageofhlaregionsnpsinrelationtoclassichlagenealleleswithineurope
AT tonkss linkagedisequilibriumandageofhlaregionsnpsinrelationtoclassichlagenealleleswithineurope
AT bodmerw linkagedisequilibriumandageofhlaregionsnpsinrelationtoclassichlagenealleleswithineurope