Histocompatibility
Testing
Phenotyping:
9 Also
called:
U tissue
typing
U serologic
tissue typing
U HLA typing
9 Used for
the detection of various cell markers that include HLA present on cell surface of potential
donor and/or recipient
mononuclear cells
9 Class I MHC
antigens consist of:
U HLA-A,
HLA-B, and HLA-C
9 Class II
MHC antigens consist of:
U HLA-DR,
HLA-DQ, and HLA-DP
