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HLA human leukocyte antigens.
HLA (human leuckocyte antigen) A group of protein molecules located on bone marrow cells that can provoke an immune response. A donor's and a recipient's HLA types should match as closely as possible to prevent the recipient's immune system from attacking the donor's marrow as a foreign material that does not belong in the body. Mentioned in: Bone Marrow Transplantation HLA, abbreviation for human leukocyte antigen. HLA (human leukocyte antigen) the human major histocompatibility complex of antigens. HLA Human leukocyte antigen complex Immunology A system of genes unique to a person and statistically shared with 1 in 4 siblings; HLA regions are within the major histocompatibility complex–MHC, on the short arm of chromosome 6,
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Recent studies have confirmed that genetic susceptibility to CBD involves HLA glycoproteins, T-cell receptor clonality, and have suggested the involvement of tumor necrosis factor polymorphisms (Tinkle et al. In another study, HLA transgenic mice were immunized with a gag-pol plasmid and an env plasmid. We applied a bioinformatics (EpiMatrix) approach to search the WN virus NY99 genome for HLA B*07 restricted cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) epitopes. |
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