HLAMatchmaker is a computer algorithm to determine structurally based HLA compatibility and to identify acceptable HLA mismatches for highly sensitized patients. Such patients might be candidates for an organ transplant or in need of HLA matched platelet transfusions  

What is Structurally Based HLA Matching? * Click here 

More About Epitope Structure    * Click here

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Publications: Clicking on this icon will take you to the webpage of HLAMatchmaker related publications from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and other institutions.  These papers can be read as PDF documents or linked to URL addresses

Downloads:  All HLAMatchmaker programs can be downloaded free of charge. Downloading the programs requires a login and you need to register first. A confirming e-mail shows that you login has been activated   For more details  *  Click here

NEW!  Presentations: This section has downloadable powerpoint slides and posters of HLAMatchmaker-related presentations at scientific meetings

Contact Us: On this webpage you can send a message with questions and suggestions about HLAMatchmaker and other issues of structurally based histocompatibility

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Useful Links:  HLA allele frequencies worldwide  http://www.allelefrequencies.net/default.asp 

For more information please contact:

Rene J Duquesnoy, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Immunology and Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, Room W1552
Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.   
Phone:  ++1-412-647-6148 or ++1-412-624-1075.   
Mobile phone: ++1-412-860-8083    
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Acknowledgements:  I want to thank my son Rene P. Duquesnoy (Chicago, IL) link for setting up this website and his patience explaining me how to manage it.   My HLAMatchmaker research projects are supported by grant RO1-AI-55933 from the National Institutes of Health