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Study of the structure and impact of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G-A, HLA-G-B, and HLA-G-DRB1 haplotypes in families with recurrent miscarriage.
Human immunology - 1 May 2010
Kolte Astrid M, Steffensen Rudi, Nielsen Henriette S, Hviid Thomas V, Christiansen Ole B
Abstract excerpt
A 14-base pair (bp) long insertion (ins)/deletion (del) polymorphism in exon 8 in the 3'-untranslated region of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G gene is suggested to affect transcription of the gene. Carriage of the G14bp ins is associated with low levels of soluble HLA-G and increases the ris...
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