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. 1989 Nov;86(22):8955–8958. doi: 10.1073/pnas.86.22.8955

Human major histocompatibility complex contains a minimum of 19 genes between the complement cluster and HLA-B.

T Spies 1, M Bresnahan 1, J L Strominger 1
PMCID: PMC298409  PMID: 2813433

Abstract

A 600-kilobase (kb) DNA segment from the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class III region was isolated by extension of a previous 435-kb chromosome walk. The contiguous series of cloned overlapping cosmids contains the entire 555-kb interval between C2 in the complement gene cluster and HLA-B. This region is known to encode the tumor necrosis factors (TNFs) alpha and beta, B144, and the major heat shock protein HSP70. Moreover, a cluster of genes, BAT1-BAT5 (HLA-B-associated transcripts) has been localized in the vicinity of the genes for TNF alpha and TNF beta. An additional four genes were identified by isolation of corresponding cDNA clones with cosmid DNA probes. These genes for BAT6-BAT9 were mapped near the gene for C2 within a 120-kb region that includes a HSP70 gene pair. These results, together with complementary data from a similar recent study, indicated the presence of a minimum of 19 genes within the C2-HLA-B interval of the MHC class III region. Although the functional properties of most of these genes are yet unknown, they may be involved in some aspects of immunity. This idea is supported by the genetic mapping of the hemopoietic histocompatibility locus-1 (Hh-1) in recombinant mice between TNF alpha and H-2S, which is homologous to the complement gene cluster in humans.

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