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Novel polymorphisms in HLA-DOA and HLA-DOB in B-cell malignancies.
Immunogenetics - 1 Nov 2002
van Lith Marcel, van Ham Marieke, Neefjes Jacques
Abstract excerpt
In B cells, HLA-DO controls HLA-DM-mediated peptide loading on MHC class II molecules. We analyzed whether HLA-DO mutations are associated with autoimmune diseases characterized by an autoantibody component and with a linkage to HLA-DR or HLA-DQ. These diseases include systemic lupus erythematosu...
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