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Genotyping: the HLA system and embryo development.
Reproductive biomedicine online - 1 Jan 2000
Warner Carol M, Tyas David A, Goldstein Carmit, Comiskey Martina, Cohen Jacques, Brenner Carol A
Abstract excerpt
The human major histocompatibility complex (MHC), in addition to its role in the regulation of cell-cell interactions in the immune response, also influences reproductive success. Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is an MHC class I gene of particular interest in reproductive biology because of its specific expression on fetal cytotrophoblast cells, and its reported involvement both in protection of the developing...
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