The Korean Journal of Blood Transfusion

Table. 2. Table 2

Review of the cases regarding antibodies to high-incidence red blood cell antigens reported in Korea

Antibody	Number of case(s)	HTR/HDFN	Characteristics	Reference(s)
anti-JMH	1	none	high-titer, low-avidity	[9]
anti-Ge	2	N/A^*	sensitive to papain (Ge2, Ge4: sensitive to papain, Ge3: resistant to papain)	[10,11]
anti-Jr^a	4	HDFN	resistant to papain and DTT	[12-15]
anti-Di^b	7	HDFN	resistant to papain and DTT Di(a–b＋): most common in Koreans	[16-21]
anti-Ku	1	HTR	seen in immunized persons with the Knull phenotype by transfusion or pregnancy	[22]
anti-Ok^a	1	N/A^*	resistant to papain and DTT	[23]
anti-Sd^a	1	none	mixed-field agglutination proven by urine neutralization	[24]
anti-Yk^a	1	none	high-titer, low-avidity	[25]
anti-Cs^a	2	none	high-titer, low-avidity	[26]
anti-PP₁P^k	2	N/A^*	naturally occurring antibody	[27]
anti-Rh17	5	HDFN, hydrops fetalis	antibody to CcEe antigens	[28-33]
anti-Fy^a	2	HTR	Fy(a＋b–): most common in Koreans	[34,35]

The cases have not received blood transfusion.

Abbreviations: DTT, dithiothreitol; HDFN, hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn; HTR, hemolytic transfusion reaction; N/A, not applicable.