% pubman genre = article @article{item_3257175, title = {{Genetic diversity of HLA system in four populations from Baja California, Mexico: Mexicali, La Paz, Tijuana and rural Baja California}}, author = {Escobedo-Ru{\'\i}z, Araceli and Barquera, Rodrigo and Gonz{\'a}lez-Mart{\'\i}n, Antonio and Mill{\'a}n, Juan Manuel Arg{\"u}elles-San and Uribe-Duarte, Mar{\'\i}a Guadalupe and Hern{\'a}ndez-Zaragoza, Diana Ira{\'\i}z and Clayton, Stephen and Arrieta-Bola{\~n}os, Esteban and de Ru{\'\i}z-Corral, Mar{\'\i}a Jes{\'u}s and Gon{\'e}-V{\'a}zquez, Isis and Arellano-Prado, Francia Paulina and Mart{\'\i}nez-{\'A}lvarez, Julio C{\'e}sar and Garc{\'\i}a-Arias, V{\'\i}ctor Eduardo and Rodr{\'\i}guez-L{\'o}pez, Marla Estefan{\'\i}a and Bravo-Acevedo, Alicia and de S{\'a}nchez-Fern{\'a}ndez, Mar{\'\i}a Guadalupe Jes{\'u}s and Aguilar-Campos, Jes{\'u}s Abraham and G{\'o}mez-Navarro, Benjam{\'\i}n and Sandoval-Sandoval, Mario J. and Serrano-Osuna, Ricardo and Yunis, Edmond J. and Z{\'u}{\~n}iga, Joaqu{\'\i}n and Bekker-M{\'e}ndez, Carolina and Granados, Julio}, language = {eng}, issn = {0198-8859}, doi = {10.1016/j.humimm.2019.06.007}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {New York, N.Y.}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-09}, abstract = {{We studied HLA class I (HLA-A, -B) and class II (HLA-DRB1, -DQB1) alleles by PCR-SSP based typing in 250 Mexicans from the states of Baja California Norte and Baja California Sur living in Mexicali (N {\textequals} 100), La Paz (N {\textequals} 75), Tijuana (N {\textequals} 25) and rural communities (N {\textequals} 50) to obtain information regarding allelic and haplotypic frequencies. The most frequent haplotypes for the Baja California region include nine Native American and five European haplotypes. Admixture estimates revealed that the main genetic components are European (50.45 $\pm$ 1.84 by ML; 42.03 of European haplotypes) and Native American (43.72 $\pm$ 2.36 by ML; 40.24 of Native American haplotypes), while the African genetic component was less apparent (5.83 $\pm$ 0.98 by ML; 9.36 of African haplotypes).}}, journal = {{Human Immunology}}, volume = {81}, number = {9}, pages = {475--477}, eid = {2019.06.007}, }