Research Article

HLA Class II Allele, Haplotype, and Genotype Associations with Type 1 Diabetes in Benin: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Sequences of the couples of primers used for the amplification of the genes.

PrimersSequences

HLA-DR3Fw: 5′CACGTTTCTTGGAGTAC3′
Rv: 5′CGTAGTTGTGTCTGCAGTAGT3′
HLA-DR4Fw: 5′CAGGTTAAACATGAGTGTCATTTCTTAAAC3′
Rv: 5′GCTGTCGAAGCGCACGTACTCCTCTTGGTG3′
HLA-DQA105:01Fw: 5′ACGGTCCCTCTGGCCAGTA3′
Rv: 5′AGTTGGAGCGTTTAATCAGAC3′
HLA-DQB102:01Fw: 5′GTGCGTCTTGTGAGCAGAAG3′
Rv: 5′GCAAGGTCGTGCGGAGCT3′
HLA-DQB106:02Fw: 5′CGTGCGTCTTGTGACCAGAT3′
Rv: 5′GCTGTTCCAGTACTCGGCAT3′
HLA-DQB103:02/3Fw: 5′GACGGAGCGCGTGCGTTA3′
Rv: 5′AGTACTCGGCGTCAGGCG3′
HLA-DQB103:03Fw: 5′GACGGAGCGCGTGCGTTA3′
Rv: 5′CTGTTCCAGTACTCGGCGT3′

Fw: forward; Rv: reverse.