Significance of Lewis Phenotyping Using Saliva and Gastric Tissue: Comparison with the Lewis Phenotype Inferred from Lewis and Secretor Genotypes
Table 3
Comparison between various Lewis phenotypes and the Lewis phenotype predicted from Lewis and Secretor genotypes.
le/le and −/−
Le/− and se/se
Le/− and Se/−
le/le
le/le
le/le
Le/Le
Le/le
Le/Le
Le/Le
Le/le
Le/le
Se/Se
Se/se
se/se
se/se
se/se
Se/Se
Se/se
Se/Se
Se/se
Le(a−b−)
Le(a+b−)
Le(a−b+)
Lewis phenotype in saliva*
Le(a−b−)
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
Le(a+b−)
0
0
0
31
26
0
0
0
0
57
Le(a−b+)
0
0
0
0
0
3
78
1
65
147
Le(a+b+)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Lewis phenotype on erythrocytes
Le(a−b−)
0
3
1
3
5
0
3
1
10
26
Le(a+b−)
0
0
0
27
19
1
5
0
2
54
Le(a−b+)
0
1
0
1
1
2
70
0
53
128
Le(a+b+)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Lewis phenotype in gastric mucosa**
Le(a−b−)
0
1
1
0
1
0
3
1
10
17
Le(a+b−)
0
0
0
6
4
0
3
0
1
14
Le(a−b+)
0
3
0
1
1
1
44
0
45
95
Le(a+b+)
0
0
0
24
20
2
28
0
9
83
The saliva Lewis phenotype through the hemagglutination inhibition test was consistent with the Lewis phenotype inferred from Lewis and Secretor genotypes. The Lewis phenotype in gastric mucosa by immunohistochemistry was not predicted from Lewis and Secretor genotypes.
