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HLA-G allelic variants are associated with differences in the HLA-G mRNA isoform profile and HLA-G mRNA levels.
Immunogenetics - 1 May 2003
Hviid Thomas Vauvert F, Hylenius Sine, Rørbye Christina, Nielsen Lone G
Abstract excerpt
During pregnancy, the human extra-villous trophoblast in the contact zone between maternal and fetal tissue in the placenta does not express the classical MHC class I and II molecules. Instead, HLA-G and -C, and possibly HLA-E, are expressed. HLA-G may modulate the immunological relationship between mother and fetus in several ways. Finally, the expression of membrane-bound HLA-G and soluble HLA-G has been...
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