HLA-B40 (B40) is an HLA - Bserotype. B40 is composed of the B60 and B61 split antigen serotypes.
Serotype
B60, B40, B61 serotype recognition of some HLA B*40 allele-group gene products
B*40
B60
B40
B61
Sample
allele
%
%
%
size (N)
40:01
93
4
2
3854
B*40
B61
B40
B60
Sample
allele
%
%
%
size (N)
40:02
80
6
8
1460
40:03
62
23
31
40:04
47
12
57
40:06
75
5
5
585
B*40:05 is poorly recognized by B40, B60, or B61.
References
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