Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system

HLA Nomenclature Information

• How an HLA allele is named
• Extension of HLA allele names
• HLA Nomenclature Reports
• HLA Nomenclature Updates

The HLA Dictionary

• The HLA Dictionary 2004

HLA Gene Nomenclature

• List of names for genes in the HLA region

HLA Antigen Nomenclature - Serologically defined

• The naming of HLA Antigens
• List of serologically identified HLA antigens
  
• Broad, splits and associated antigens
• Bw4 and Bw6 associated specificities

HLA Alleles Nomenclature - DNA defined

As well as the current listings for HLA class I and class II allele names a list of those designations which have been found to be in error and deleted is also given.

These lists include all alleles named up to 1st April 2008.

• List of current HLA class I alleles
• List of current HLA class II alleles
• List of current MICA, MICB, TAP1 and TAP2 alleles
• List of old and new HLA allele names
• List of HLA allele names that have been deleted
• List of Null & alternatively expressed HLA alleles

At the request of the Bone Marrow Donor Organisations we have provided the following lists of alleles and antigens in a series of defined file formats. This work has been done in conjunction with WMDA IT working group to aid the incorporation of allele nomenclature into existing databases.

• HLA Nomenclature in WMDA file format