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. 2021 Sep 18;73(6):449–458. doi: 10.1007/s00251-021-01227-4

Table 3.

Worldwide distribution of the most common KIR genotypes (Human Genome Diversity Project)A and comparison with the Turkish population

Human Genome Project DataA Turkey
Centromeric/telomeric genotype Worldwide Africa Mideast Europe CSAsia EAsia Oceania America
cAA/tAA 31.40% 32.70% 37.00% 28.40% 27.80% 46.00% 0.00% 24.00% 23.54%
cAA/tAB 11.00% 1.80% 10.10% 10.10% 11.10% 16.00% 5.40% 18.00% 11.89%
cAB2/tAA 8.50% 8.80% 18.50% 12.20% 3.90% 8.40% 0.00% 6.00% 13.11%
cAB1/tAA 7.20% 8.00% 21.00% 5.40% 11.70% 2.50% 2.70% 0.00% 10.44%
cAB1/tAB 6.40% 2.70% 9.20% 17.60% 8.30% 1.30% 5.40% 2.00% 17.23%
cAB2/tAB 5.0% 0.0% 3.40% 6.80% 2.80% 3.40% 2.70% 21.00% 7.28%
tAAB 47.10% 49.50% 76.50% 46.00% 43.40% 56.90% 2.70% 30.00% 50.97%
tAA w ligands 17.73%
tABB 22.40% 4.50% 22.70% 34.50% 22.20% 20.70% 13.50% 41.00% 40.53%
tAB1C 29.13%
tAB1 w ligandsC 17.48%
tBB 5.83%
tBB w ligands 4.81%
cAB1B 13.60% 10.70% 30.20% 23.00% 20.00% 3.80% 8.10% 2.00% 32.28%
cAB1 w ligands 24.04%

AAdapted from Hollenbach et al. (2012)

BEstimates calculated from worldwide distribution

CIn this current study, we have applied an updated version of the telomeric genotype combination (20)