Article
On a possible protective effect of HLA-A11 against skin cancer and keratotic skin lesions in renal transplant recipients.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Aug 1991
Bouwes Bavinck J N, Kootte A M, Van Der Woude F J, Vandenbroucke J P, Vermeer B J, Claas F H
Abstract excerpt
Renal transplant recipients who have skin cancer potentially related to human papillomavirus were HLA typed with a special focus on HLA-A11, which in nonimmunosuppressed patients is negatively associated with the occurrence of virus-related carcinoma of the cervix. We found also a negative association between HLA-A11 and skin cancer; none of the 66 transplant recipients with skin cancer were positive for HLA-A11....
Topics
- Alleles
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- HLA-A Antigens
- HLA-A11 Antigen
- Humans
- Keratosis
- Kidney Transplantation
- Papillomaviridae
- Skin Neoplasms