HLA -A, -C, -B, -DRB1, -DQB1 and -DPB1 allele and haplotype frequencies in 4514 healthy Norwegians

We report HLA-A, -C, -B, -DRB1, -DQB1 and -DPB1 allele frequencies and estimated haplotype frequencies from 4514 healthy Norwegians who volunteered to participate in the Norwegian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. HLA genotyping was conducted on a Next Generation Sequencing platform. Data were analyzed using Arlequin and Pypop software. No significant deviations from Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium were noted at any of the loci studied. We discuss the representability for the Norwegian population and argue that the presented HLA data could serve as a Norwegian reference panel.