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HLA-DRB1 alleles control allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis-like pulmonary responses in humanized transgenic mice.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Sept 2007
Koehm Sherri, Slavin Raymond G, Hutcheson Patricia S, Trejo Theodore, David Chella S, Bellone Clifford J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a lung hypersensitivity disease mediated in part by CD4(+) T(H)2 cells. There is a significant association between ABPA and the HLA-DR2 genotypes DRB1(*)1501 and DRB1(*)1503, whereas resistance might be associated with HLA-DRB1(*)1502. OBJECTIVE: We sought to elucidate the role of HLA-DR alleles in allergic inflammation in lungs. METHODS: HLA-DR...
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