Distribution of HLA-DRB1, DPB1 and DQB1 alleles and haplotypes in Mongolian Minority in China.

HLA-DRB1, -DQB1 and -DPB1 allele frequencies and estimated haplotype frequencies from 496 unrelated healthy Mongol subjects who living in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China has been reported. HLA genes were genotyped using high-resolution sequence-based typing method. Chinese-Mongolian belongs to northern group of East Asians, but with its specific HLA-DRB1, DPB1 and DQB1 alleles and haplotypes characteristic.