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Here, we present a modification of the original algorithm implemented in a freely available software suite that combines local data preparation and QC with probabilistic imputation through a remote server.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results: We introduce two modifications to the original algorithm. First, we present a novel SNP selection function that leads to pronounced increases (up by 40% in some scenarios) in call rate. Second, we develop a parallelized model building algorithm that allows us to process a reference set of over 2500 individuals. In a validation experiment, we show that our framework produces highly accurate HLA type imputations at class I and class II loci for independent datasets: at call rates of 95\u201399%, imputation accuracy is between 92% and 98% at the four-digit level and over 97% at the two-digit level. We demonstrate utility of the method through analysis of a genome-wide association study for psoriasis where there is a known classical HLA risk allele (HLA-C*06:02). We show that the imputed allele shows stronger association with disease than any single SNP within the region. The imputation framework, HLA*IMP, provides a powerful tool for dissecting the architecture of genetic risk within the HLA.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Availability: HLA*IMP, implemented in C++ and Perl, is available from http:\/\/oxfordhla.well.ox.ac.uk and is free for academic use.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Contact: \u00a0mcvean@stats.ox.ac.uk<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Supplementary information: \u00a0Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btr061","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,2,8]],"date-time":"2011-02-08T05:06:38Z","timestamp":1297141598000},"page":"968-972","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":155,"title":["HLA*IMP\u2014an integrated framework for imputing classical HLA alleles from SNP genotypes"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Alexander T.","family":"Dilthey","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG and 2Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK"}]},{"given":"Loukas","family":"Moutsianas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG and 2Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK"}]},{"given":"Stephen","family":"Leslie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG and 2Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK"}]},{"given":"Gil","family":"McVean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG and 2Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK"},{"name":"1 Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG and 2Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,2,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023012512181066800_B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"370","DOI":"10.1128\/CMR.00048-08","article-title":"HLA and infectious diseases","volume":"22","author":"Blackwell","year":"2009","journal-title":"Clin. 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