Nomenclature for Factors of the HLA System
HLA Workshops
The Nomenclature Committee has convened at a number of the following international HLA Workshops;
| Workshop | Year | Chair | Venue | Advances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1964 | DB Amos | Durham, USA | Definition of “Hu-1”, “LA” and “Four” antigen specificities |
| 2nd | 1965 | JJ van Rood | Leiden, The Netherlands | Mixed lymphocyte culture testing |
| 3rd | 1967 | R Ceppellini | Torino, Italy | Family studies; HLA in renal transplantation |
| 4th | 1970 | PI Terasaki | Los Angeles, USA | Definition of 27 HLA-A, B, C specificities |
| 5th | 1972 | J Dausset | Evian, France | Worldwide typing of 49 populations |
| 6th | 1975 | F Kissmeyer-Nielsen | Aarhus, Denmark | Description of Dw specificities |
| 7th | 1977 | WF Bodmer | Oxford, UK | Definition of DR1-7 specificities. HTC testing |
| 8th | 1980 | PI Terasaki | Los Angeles, USA | Definition of MB (DQ) and MT (DR52/53). HLA in transplantation and disease |
| 9th | 1984 | EA Albert/W Mayr | Munich, Germany Vienna, Austria |
New class I and II specificities. HLA class II in renal transplantation |
| 10th | 1987 | B Dupont | Princeton, USA | Establishment of RFLP; T cell clones; HTC methods; Biochemistry – 1D IEF, 2D-gels; Creation of a panel of homozygous cell lines |
| 11th | 1991 | T Sasazuki/K Tsuji/M Aizawa | Yokohama, Japan | HLA Class II PCR DNA typing; Anthropology |
| 12th | 1996 | D Charron | St Malo/Paris, France | HLA Class I PCR DNA typing; Anthropology |
| 13th | 2002 | J Hansen | Victoria, Canada Seattle, USA |
Virtual DNA analysis; Identification of SNP markers; Anthropology; Disease association; HSCT |
| 14th | 2005 | J McCluskey | Melbourne, Australia | MHC and anthropology; Disease; Infection; HSCT; Cancer; KIR; Cytokine genes |
| 15th | 2008 | M Gerbase de Lima/ME Moraes | Buzios/Rio de Janerio, Brazil | Anthropology; HSCT; Informatics |
| 16th | 2012 | SGE Marsh/D Middleton | Liverpool, UK | To be determined |
