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The Rh blood group is the most polymorphic human blood group system, and is clinically significant in transfusion medicine. Individuals are classified as Rh-positive and Rh-negative depending on the presence or absence of the D antigen on the red cell surface. The RhD-negative trait could be generated by multiple genetic mechanisms, which have been shown to be ethnic group-dependent. In this study, we evaluated the status of seven RHD-specific exons (exons 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10) and RH intron 4 in 119 Chinese blood donors, using the sequence-specific primers polymerase chain reaction (SSP-PCR). Of the 87 individuals who were RhD-negative, 52 with the ce/ce, ce/cE, or Ce/ce genotype (60%) lacked the above seven RHD exons; 22 with the Ce/Ce or Ce/ce genotype (25%) had all the RHD exons examined; 13 with the Ce/ce genotype (15%) carried at least one RHD exon. Antigen association analysis suggested the existence of a novel class of RhD-negative associated haplotypes in the Chinese, tentatively denoted D(nf)Ce. The D(nf)Ce haplotype consisted of a normal RHCe allele and a nonfunctional RHD gene, which vary depending on the structure of the RHD gene. Among the RhD-negative Chinese, the estimated frequencies of the dce, dCe, and D(nf)Ce haplotypes were 0.7500, 0.0465, and 0.2035, respectively. No statistically significant deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was observed using this genetic model.
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Received: March 31, 2000 / Accepted: March 31, 2000
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Lan, J., Chen, Q., Wu, D. et al. Genetic polymorphism of RhD-negative associated haplotypes in the Chinese. J Hum Genet 45, 224–227 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100380050006
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