RHD*01W.38 - RHD*weak D type 38
(ISBT table: Weak D and Del v5.0)
This entry is an RHD allele.
DFE, RHD(G278D), RHD*833A, RHD*833A (weak D type 38), RHD*833G>A, weak D type 38,
Molecular data
Phenotype
Main D phenotype: variable/discrepant (last update: Aug. 30, 2020)Reports by D phenotype
- Undetailed ambiguous D phenotype
- Discrepant D phenotype (negative or positive depending on anti-D reagents and techniques)
- Weak D phenotype
- Very weak D phenotype
- DEL
- D negative
Other RH phenotypes: RH:-3,
- RH:-3 inferred from the reported RHCE phenotypes of the carriers
Serology with monoclonal anti-D
- out of 10 anti-D tested (9 monoclonal IgG): 7 non-reactive (IgG), 2 weak,
- tested with Diagast Dscreen kit
- 3 Ab non reactive, out of 7 monoclonal anti-D tested, but samples had very weak D phenotype, tested with Diagast Dscreen kit,
- only a few anti-D tested
- negative with IgM, positive with IgG anti-D, tested with ALBAclone advanced partial RhD typing kit and with Diagast Dscreen kit panels
- "Results with partial RhD typing kits were inconclusive"
Antigen Density (Ag/RBC)
- range: 53 - 61, median 57 Ag/RBC, 2 R1r samples
- range: 60 - 151 Ag/RBC, 11 samples
- range: 60 - 80 Ag/RBC
- 162 Ag/RBC, mean antigen density compared to a standard with 10,250 Ag/RBC
- mean: 190 Ag/RBC, 3 samples; Ag density estimated from a measure with a single monoclonal IgG anti-D, compared to a RH:1,2,3,4,5 control sample with an antigen density assumed to be about 27.500 Ag/RBC
More phenotype data
Haplotype
Main CcEe phenotype association: Ce is the most frequent association (last update: Jan. 8, 2021)ce | Ce | cE | CE | |
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ce | 3 | 120 | 0 | 0 |
Ce | 40 | 1 | 0 | |
cE | 0 | 0 | ||
CE | 0 |
Reports by CcEe phenotype
- with Ce 1 sample ("The final genotype was RHef00311/RHD-CE(4-7)-D with RHCE*Ce and RHCE*ceS")
- with Ccee 2 samples
- with ce 3 samples
- with CcEe 1 sample
5 samples (haplotype given, not complete phenotype)
21 samples (haplotype given, not complete phenotype)
7 samples (7 related samples)
6 samples (haplotype given, not complete phenotype)
1 sample
11 samples
32 samples
74 samples
Reports by allele association
Alloimmunization
Antibodies in carriers
Antibody specificity: D (RH1)
Summary: no published cases (last update: Nov. 17, 2019)Detailed information
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Pham BN et al. Immunohematology (2013)
- Ab specificity: D (RH1)
- Number (auto- or allo-): 0
- Number listed as allo-:
- Number listed as auto-:
- Number of carriers of the allele assessed: 1
- DAT: NA
- Autologuous control: NA
- Elution: NA
- Autoadsorption: NA
- Titer: NA
- Was anti-LW excluded?: NA
- Other antibodies detected: NA
- Cross matches (with Ab and RBCs from different partial types): NA
- Transfusion history: ND
- Pregnancy history:
- Anti-D Ig history: ND
- Context: NA
- Hemolytic consequences: NA
- Comment:
Antibodies in D negative recipients
Alloimmunization in recipients: expected to be possible, see phenotype data
Reports
Summary: common allele, mainly in individuals of Portuguese or Brazilian descent, or compatible with such descent (last update: Dec. 9, 2020)Detailed reports
- 2/168 among 168 samples referred for weak D phenotype and/or allo anti-D in D positive individuals, 137 were characterized in the study (70 by serology, 67 by molecular analysis, 31 could not be typed because serologic typing was inconclusive and molecular typing could not be performed) in the French population (Caucasian)
- 1/289 289 samples with ambiguous D phenotype (333 consecutive samples with ambiguous D phenotype studied but 44 were hybrid alleles, excluded from the study) in the French (Western France) population
- 5/101 among 2450 donors with D negative phenotype tested for RHD specific polymorphisms (101 were positive for the polymorphisms) Portuguese descent in Brazilian (Southeast and Northeast Brazil)
- 1/748 among 748 individuals with D anomaly (weak or discrepant D phenotype or anti-D in individuals with D positive phenotype), 459 had D variants "that could be named weak D" (including alleles RHef00313, RHef00317 and RHef00318, as well as RHef00197 and RHef00283), 138 had partial D, 65 had no variant, 86 were not persued further (two variant alleles or incomplete or pending analysis) in the French population
- 11/520 among 520 donors with D negative phenotype but C and/or E positive in the Brazilian population (Sao Paulo)
- 21/360 donors with atypical D phenotype (discrepancies or reactivity weaker than 3+) Brazilian
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2/26243 donors with D negative phenotype in three studies with different inclusion criteria in the Swiss population (Zurich and Berne)
(study may overlap with
24679597 ) -
1/25370 donors with D negative phenotype, screened for RHD exons 3 or 7, plus 5 and 10 in the Swiss population
(study may overlap with
24656493 ) - 1/37782 270 women with variant alleles among 37782 women with D negative phenotype, tested by quantitative fetal RHD genotyping designed to detect RHD exons 5 and 7 in the Dutch population
- 1/226 226 donors considered weak D phenotype, after ruling out partial D phenotypes by using 5 monoclonal anti-D Japanese
- 6/104 (prevalence among weak D phenotype) or 6/21353 (phenotypic prevalence in population) 104 with weak D phenotype were genotyped in a cohort of 21353 pregnant women admixed Brazilian
- 1/405 donors with D negative phenotype, C and/or E positive, with RHD gene present Brazilian
- 1/1174 donors with D negative phenotype United States population (Los Angeles)
- 38/273 donors with weak D phenotype in the Brazilian population
- 74 samples Portuguese
- 7 samples donors with D negative phenotype by saline testing, weak positive by IAT in the central Portuguese (Coimbra and Lisbon) population
- 9/94 donors with discreapancies in D typing Southeast Brazil
- 9/94 among Brazilian donors Brazilian
- 1 hemizygote among 278 samples selected for the development of nonspecific quantitative next-generation sequencing. (non-random samples, may have been reported in other studies)
Allele or phenotype frequency
Structure mapping
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References
- International Society of Blood Transfusion et al. International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) allele table Online ressource, 1935. — Online ressource — [RHeference]
- Ansart-Pirenne H et al. RhD variants in Caucasians: consequences for checking clinically relevant alleles. Transfusion, 2004. [Citation] [RHeference]
- M J Rodrigues et al. Several New Examples of Weak D Type 38 in the Portuguese Population Transfusion, 2006. — Abstract — [RHeference]
- Le Maréchal C et al. Identification of 12 novel RHD alleles in western France by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography analysis. Transfusion, 2007. [Citation] [RHeference]
- M. Ines Moser et al. Weak D Type 38 or Weak D Type 79? Transfusion Medicine, 2012. — Abstract — [RHeference]
- Mota M et al. RHD allelic identification among D-Brazilian blood donors as a routine test using pools of DNA. J Clin Lab Anal, 2012. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Pham BN et al. Molecular analysis of patients with weak D and serologic analysis of those with anti-D (excluding type 1 and type 2). Immunohematology, 2013. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Costa S et al. RHD alleles and D antigen density among serologically D- C+ Brazilian blood donors. Transfus Med, 2014. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Arnoni CP et al. How do we identify RHD variants using a practical molecular approach? Transfusion, 2014. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Gowland P et al. Molecular RHD screening of RhD negative donors can replace standard serological testing for RhD negative donors. Transfus Apher Sci, 2014. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Crottet SL et al. Implementation of a mandatory donor RHD screening in Switzerland. Transfus Apher Sci, 2014. [Citation] [RHeference]
- A C Gaspardi et al. RHD variants in blood donors from Southeast Brazil. Transfusion, 2015. — Abstract — [RHeference]
- Costa SS et al. RHD*weak D type 38: a family study. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter, 2016. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Isa K et al. Prevalence of RHD alleles in Japanese individuals with weak D phenotype: Identification of 20 new RHD alleles. Vox Sang, 2016. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Stegmann TC et al. Frequency and characterization of known and novel RHD variant alleles in 37 782 Dutch D-negative pregnant women. Br J Haematol, 2016. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Dezan MR et al. RHD and RHCE genotyping by next-generation sequencing is an effective strategy to identify molecular variants within sickle cell disease patients. Blood Cells Mol Dis, 2017. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Dezan MR et al. Evaluation of the applicability and effectiveness of a molecular strategy for identifying weak D and DEL phenotype among D- blood donors of mixed origin exhibiting high frequency of RHD*Ψ. Transfusion, 2018. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Bub CB et al. RHD alleles among pregnant women with serologic discrepant weak D phenotypes from a multiethnic population and risk of alloimmunization. J Clin Lab Anal, 2018. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Dezan MR et al. High frequency of variant RHD genotypes among donors and patients of mixed origin with serologic weak-D phenotype. J Clin Lab Anal, 2018. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Arnoni CP et al. Correlation among automated scores of agglutination, antigen density by flow cytometry and genetics of D variants. Transfus Apher Sci, 2019. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Perez-Alvarez I et al. RHD genotyping of serologic RhD-negative blood donors in a hospital-based blood donor center. Transfusion, 2019. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Stef M et al. RH genotyping by nonspecific quantitative next-generation sequencing. Transfusion, 2020. [Citation] [RHeference]
- Floch A et al. Comment from Rheference Online ressource, 2020. — Online ressource — [RHeference]
Last update: Jan. 8, 2021