6-locus HLA allele and haplotype frequencies in a population of 1075 Russians from Karelia.

A total of 1075 Russians from the Russian part of Karelia were genotyped at high-resolution for the human leukocyte antigen loci HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DQB1, and -DPB1 using next generation sequencing methods. The haplotypic and allelic profiles as well as Hardy-Weinberg proportions of this population sample were evaluated. As the most frequent 6-locus haplotype, A*03:01g∼B*07:02g∼C*07:02g∼DRB1*15:01g∼DQB1*06:02g∼DPB1* 04:01g was identified with an estimated frequency of 3.5 %. No deviation from Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium was detected at any of the loci studied. The HLA genotypic data of the population sample reported here are available publicly in the Allele Frequencies Net Database under the population name "Russia Karelia" and the identifier AFN3430.