Clin Chim Acta 2022 Jun 20;533:85-88. Epub 2022 Jun 20.
National Center for Clinical Laboratories, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Hospital/ National Center of Gerontology, PR China; Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China; Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Hospital, Beijing, PR China. Electronic address:
Background: Accurate human leucocyte antigen (HLA) typing is essential for solid organ transplantation (SOT) and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is increasingly adopted by clinical laboratories performing HLA typing. To ensure reliable NGS-based HLA typing throughout China, a HLA-NGS proficiency testing (PT) scheme was set up. Read More