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Allotyping human complement factor B in Asian Indian type 1 diabetic patients.
Tissue antigens - 1 Dec 2008
Kumar N, Kaur G, Tandon N, Mehra N K
Abstract excerpt
Human complement factor B (BF) is an essential component of the alternate complement pathway and therefore important in innate immune and autoimmune responses. The BF gene is located in the central region of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and is known to encode more than 30 protein variants that can be resolved by isoelectric focusing and gel electrophoresis. There are three BF alleles - BF*S, BF*FB and...
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