Indian blood group system

The Indian blood group system (In) is a classification of blood based on the presence or absence of inherited antigens that reside within the CD44 molecule that is expressed on the surface of blood cells.^[1] It is named so because 4% of the population in India possess it.^[2] Most individuals express the In^b antigen that results from an arginine residue at position 46 of CD44 . The In^a blood type results from a substitution proline for arginine at this same position.

References

↑ Telen MJ, Udani M, Washington MK, Levesque MC, Lloyd E, Rao N (March 1996). "A blood group-related polymorphism of CD44 abolishes a hyaluronan-binding consensus sequence without preventing hyaluronan binding". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (12): 7147–53. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.12.7147. PMID 8636151.
↑ "Red Cell Antigens - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information". Fun Trivia. Retrieved 2014-01-03.

Transfusion medicine

General concepts	Apheresis (plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis, leukapheresis) Blood transfusion Coombs test (direct and indirect) Cross-matching Exchange transfusion International Society of Blood Transfusion Intraoperative blood salvage ISBT 128 Transfusion reactions

Blood group systems / blood types	ABO Chido-Rodgers Colton Cromer Diego Dombrock Duffy Er FORS Gerbich GIL GLOB Hh Ii Indian JR JMH Kell (Xk) Kidd Knops Lan Lewis Lutheran LW MNS OK P Raph Rh and RHAG Scianna T-Tn Vel Xg Yt Other

Blood products / blood donation	Whole blood Platelets Red blood cells Plasma / Fresh frozen plasma / PF24 (Cryoprecipitate + Cryosupernatant) Blood substitutes

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