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Mismatch for the minor histocompatibility antigen HA-2 and GVHD occurrence in HLA-A*0201-positive Tunisian recipients of HSCs.
Immunological investigations - 1 Jan 2010
Sellami Mohamed Hichem, Torjemane Lamia, Espadas de Arias Alejandro, Kaabi Houda, Ladeb Saloua, Ben Othman Tarek, Poli Francesca, Hmida Slama
Abstract excerpt
Graft-versus-Host disease (GVHD) has been widely linked to immunogenetic causes such as disparity between the recipient and its HLA geno-identical donor for some Non-HLA antigens called minor histocompatibility antigens (MiHAgs). HA-2 is one of potential human MiHAgs but its effect on the GVHD occurrence remains not clear. In order to examine such association in the Tunisian cohort of HSCs recipients, we...
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