Allele Frequency Net Database (AFND)
Search HLA, KIR, MIC and cytokine datasets across global populations, genotypes and haplotypes.
Sponsorship Acknowledgement for the Advancement of AFND
We gratefully acknowledge the generous sponsorship of TxMiller Foundation, whose support has made it possible to initiate the development of the second version of the Allele Frequency Net Database (AFND). Originally launched in 2003, AFND has served the global immunogenetics community for more than two decades as a widely used repository of HLA, KIR, and other immune‐related gene frequency datasets. Thanks to this new funding, we are now beginning a major update, twenty years after the original release, that will modernize the platform, expand its dataset coverage, and advance the next stage of AFND's evolution in support of research, clinical use, among many other contributions.
Introduction
The Allele Frequency Net Database (AFND) provides the scientific community with a freely available repository for the storage of immune gene frequencies in different worldwide populations. Users can contribute the results of their work into one common database and can perform database searches on information already available. We have currently collected data in allele, haplotype and genotype format. However, the success of this website will depend on you to contribute your data.
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How good are the data sets in AFND?
We have classified HLA data sets into "Gold-Silver-Bronze" standards. If you wish to see how many populations are classified as Gold, click here.
Please cite this website using our last publication:
Allele frequency net database (AFND) 2020 update: gold-standard data classification, open access genotype data and new query tools
Nucleic Acids Research. 2020 48:D783–D788.
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