Histocompatilbility and immunogenetic special issue announcement

Announcement We have been asked by the Editorial Board of Human Immunology to be guest editors for a volume of Human Immunology which will collect frequency data in Histocompatibility and Immunogenetic genes in different normal populations. We envisage that the majority of data will be HLA but we will also include data for cytokines, KIR, MIC, TAP, LMP and other immunogenetic loci if we obtain such data. We are now calling for individuals to provide this data. Each population or group of populations (if you consider that more appropriate) would be published as a brief communication with your name(s), affiliation etc. It is difficult to obtain such data at one source and the volume intends to overcome that difficulty. The data will also be entered into the website www.allelefrequencies.net. It is hoped that this venture will be updated in future years. We wish to implement the following criteria in the collection of the data: Demographic data Data will be collected according to ethnicity, sample size, family background (i.e. grandparents or parents from same population) urban or rural, source of population, method used. Frequency data 1. At least 80% of the data must be to the allele level (4 digit for HLA) 2. Data may be previously published, or may not be, or can be from workshops. 3. In addition to the frequency of alleles we require the list of alleles tested but not found in that particular population. 4. We will supply a spreadsheet for data to be entered in order to retain uniformity. 5. We are also keen to obtain haplotype data with linkage disequilibrium. Please contact us at: [email protected] Derek Middleton Marcello Fernandez-Vina