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AUTHOR
O. Landt
Rapid identification of minor histocompatibility antigen HA-1 subtypes H and R using fluorescence-labeled oligonucleotides
Acknowledgments: We thank Brigitte Schuch and Karola Schmidt for excellent technical assistance. This work was supported by a grant of the Deutsche Krebshilfe (Nr. 70-2427 and Nr. 70-2428). Abstract: Donor-recipient disparitiy of the minor histocompatibility antigen HA-1 is relevant for the development of graft-versus-host disease after HLA-matched sibling allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in HLA-A*0201-positive individuals. Two different alleles of HA-1 with a single amino acid polymorphism have been identified. Here we describe a time- and cost-efficient method for HA-1 typing of genomic DNA, using site-specific hybridization probes with the LightCycler. This method was compared with…
Der Einfluss des RANTES −403 Genpolymorphismus auf den Langzeitverlauf nach orthotoper Lebertransplantation
Introduction: By the recruitment of leukocytes chemokines are able to mediate a protective as well as a harming influence on rejections after human orthotopic liver transplantation. There is a base exchange (G/A) known at position-403 in the RANTES promoter region which leads to an increased RANTES expression. Due to the crucial influence of a raised hepatic RANTES synthesis on the course after liver transplantation we investigated the effect of the RANTES −403 polymorphism on organ survival and rejection frequency. Materials and methods: Genomic DNA has been extracted from EDTA-blood of liver transplanted patients. The RANTES −403 polymorphism has been analysed by hybridisation with FRET (…