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HLA-G polymorphisms and HLA-G expression in sarcoidosis.
Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG - 1 Mar 2006
Hviid Thomas Vauvert F, Milman Nils, Hylenius Sine, Jakobsen Kirsten, Jensen Michael S, Larsen Lise Grupe
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BACKGROUND: The MHC class Ib molecule Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-G may be important in induction and maintenance of immunological tolerance, and HLA-G expression may have a role in different cancers, in certain diseases with associations to HLA, and in organ transplantation. Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease with unknown etiology but at the molecular level several studies have shown HLA...
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