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The Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) is a protein on the surface of cells that is a large component of the adaptive immune response as it helps recognize foreign pathogenic material. We wonder if a set of primers designed for each

The Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) is a protein on the surface of cells that is a large component of the adaptive immune response as it helps recognize foreign pathogenic material. We wonder if a set of primers designed for each HLA type could be used to amplify a wide spectrum of HLA to improve sequencing of HLA to improve HLA-typing access. We propose the use of an HLA allele panel to determine the pulldown capacity of the primers followed by MinION sequencing and also offer a multiplexing design for running 96 patients at once. Our results show that primers can capture Class I HLA alleles and typing was successful with an average alignment accuracy of 91.7%. In conclusion this method for HLA capture could be utilized for HLA-typing with material costs of under $3.00 per sample within 3 days.

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    • Efficient Methods of Human Leukocyte Antigen Capture in a Point of Care Setting
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    2022-05
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