International Histocompatibility Working Group

Resources

IHWG technician isolating mononuclear cells

Duke Alexander, research technician, is preparing tubes with density gradient medium for isolating mononuclear cells from peripheral blood and bone marrow.

Photo by Emil Madraimov / IHWG

Research Cell Bank   

The Research Cell Bank (RCB) in Shared Resources of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is a qualified, experienced research facility that has been actively engaged in clinical research through peripheral blood mononuclear cell isolation, EBV-immortalization of B cells, tissue culture maintenance, DNA extraction, and inventory control for more than 30 years.

During this time, the laboratory has supported Type I Diabetes Genetic Consortium as the North American DNA Repository, Fred Hutch hematopoetic stem cell transplantation program as a biorepository for patient, donor and family member samples, Brain Tumor Resource Laboratory as a repository of cell lines derived from pediatric brain tumors, and the HLA community at large as the 13th International Histocompatibility Working Group (IHWG).

Proceedings of the 13th International Histocompatibility Workshop and Conference, Volumes I and II
Editor: John A. Hansen, MD; ISBN: 0-945278-03-9.

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Volume I: Approximately 1550 pages, includes Featured Reviews, Joint Reports from the IHWS Working Groups and a comprehensive update from the HLA Nomenclature Committee.

Volume II: Approximately 700 pages, contains brief reports (3-4 pages each) of papers presented at the International Histocompatibility Conference.

Limited copies are available for purchase through the IHWG Cell and Gene Bank. Purchase price: $285 per two-volume set (includes shipping). Please contact us for more information or place an order.

dbMHC

The dbMHC database (a cooperative effort of NCBI, NIH, and IHWG) provides an open, publicly accessible platform for DNA and clinical data related to the human Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC).
 

Websites

Allele frequencies in worldwide populations
American Association of Immunologists
American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
American Society of Hematology
American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
Australasian and South East Asian Tissue Typing Association
Bone Marrow Donors World Wide
British Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
Clinical Immunology Society
Genome Sequence DataBase
German Society for Immunogenetics (No English tab)
European Federation for Immunogenetics
European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
IMGT/HLA, International (ImMunoGeneTics) Database - HLA Sequence Database
Indian Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ISHI)
International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry
International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshops (IHIW)
Japanese Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (No English version available)
National Hematology Research Centerof the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (No English)
U.S. National Marrow Donor Program
Who Nomenclature & HLA Sequences
World Marrow Donor Association
 

Journals

Blood Journal
Bone Marrow Transplantation
International Journal of Immunogenetics (formerly known as European Journal of Immunogenetics)
European Journal of Immunology
Genes and Immunity
Human Immunology
Immunogenetics
Journal of Immunology
Tissue Antigens
Transplantation
 

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