Table 1 SLA Class I and Class II, allele groups and CD163 analysed by sanger sequencing

SLA Class I

 SLA-1*07^a

SLA-1*07XX F 5′-GCCGGGTCTCACACCATCCAGAT-3′

SLA-1*07XX R 5′-GGCCCTGCAGGTAGCTCCTCAAT-3′

 SLA-1*08^a

SLA-1*08XX F 5′-CGCGTGGACTCCCGCTTCTTCATT-3′

SLA-1*08XX R 5′-CCAGGAGCGCAGGTCCTCGTT-3′

 SLA-2*05^a

SLA-2*05XX F 5′-CGAGTGAACCTGCGCACAGCTCTT-3′

SLA-2*05XX R 5′-CTGCAGCGTGTCCTTCCCCATCTC-3′

 SLA-3*04^a

SLA-3*04XX F 5′-GGAAGCCCCGTTTCATCGAA-3′

SLA-3*04XX R 5′-GCAGGTTTTTCAGGTTCACTCGGA-3′

SLA Class II

 SLA-2*DQA^b

DQAiF3 5′-CTAGAGACTGTGCCACAGATGAAG-3′

DQAe3R1 5′-ACAGATGAGGGTGTTGGGCTGA-3′

 SLA-2*DRB^c

DRBi1F9 5′-GCGGTGCCTTCAGCCTTTTCAGGAG-3′

DRBi2R9 5′-AACAGTAGCAACTGTTTTGAGAGC-3′

 CD163^d

CD163-Ex7Fw 5′-ATTCTGACTTCTCTCTGGAGGC-3′

CD163-2700R 5′-GAGATGATGGGCACTGCCATAT-3′