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Molecular diversity of HLA-Cw alleles in the Maratha community of Mumbai, Maharashtra, western India.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2005
Shankarkumar U, Ghosh K, Mohanty D
Abstract excerpt
Recent advances suggest a significant role for the HLA-C locus as a target of alloreactions after bone marrow transplantation. The biological importance of products of the HLA-C locus, both as transplant antigens and as ligands for natural killer (NK) cells, is well established. A total of 10 different serologically defined HLA-Cw antigen specificities (Cw1-Cw10) are encoded by the C locus; however, there are now...
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