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The soluble pool of HLA-G produced by human trophoblasts does not include detectable levels of the intron 4-containing HLA-G5 and HLA-G6 isoforms
5 Dec 2005
Abstract excerpt
In the context of implantation and pregnancy, several immunomodulating functions have been attributed to the different HLA-G isoforms. Increasing attention is now being addressed to the actively secreted soluble forms, because they might have a systemic function or could be useful as diagnostic tools. However, the cellular source of secretion, even during pregnancy, where HLA-G expression level is known to be...
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