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HLA class II haplotype and quantitation of WT1 RNA in Japanese patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
Blood - 1 Jul 2002
Shichishima Tsutomu, Okamoto Masatoshi, Ikeda Kazuhiko, Kaneshige Toshihiko, Sugiyama Haruo, Terasawa Takashi, Osumi Kazuoki, Maruyama Yukio
Abstract excerpt
It is unclear how a paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) clone expands in bone marrow, although immune mechanisms involving cytotoxic T lymphocytes, autosomal proliferation, and apoptosis resistance have been hypothesized. To clarify aspects of immune mechanisms and proliferation of PNH cells, we investigated HLA-DRB1, -DQA1, and -DQB1 alleles by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based genotyping and...
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