Atsuko Shigenari

TL;DR: The SS-SBT method described here is a superior and effective HLA DNA typing method to efficiently detect new HLA alleles and null alleles without ambiguity.

TL;DR: The generation and analysis of an integrated sequence map of a 2.4-Mb region of pig chromosome 7, comprising the classical class I region, the extended and classical class II regions, and the class III region of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), also known as swine leukocyte antigen (SLA) complex is described.

TL;DR: A large-scale single-contig comparison between human and chimpanzee genomes via the sequence analysis of almost one-half of the immunologically critical MHC was performed in this article.

TL;DR: The results suggest that selective forces operating in the SLA class I molecules are almost similar to those of the HLA class–I molecules, although several functional sites for antigen and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte recognition by theSLA class-I molecules may be different from those ofThe HLAclass I molecule.

TL;DR: Inbred miniature swine with defined novel SLA haplotypes will be useful in allo‐ and xeno‐transplantation studies, which can be carried out representing variable combinations of SLAhaplotypes.