HLA Laboratory

The HLA laboratory provides state of the art histocompatibility testing to support Clinical Center patients, clinical research protocols, and research laboratory studies. HLA Class I and Class II genotypes are preformed for hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and donor, vaccine therapy recipients, adoptive immune therapy recipients, and patients needing platelets from HLA matched platelets. The HLA laboratory also tests patients refractory to platelet transfusions for antibodies to HLA Class I antigens. The laboratory supports NIH research laboratories by typing people who donate lymphocytes for research and by HLA typing cell lines used in research. The laboratory is accredited by the American Society of Histocompatiblity and Immunogenetics (ASHI) for molecular Class I and Class II genotyping.