Article
HLA class-II allele frequencies in Turkish breast cancer patients.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Jun 2012
Gun Faik Deniz, Ozturk Ozlem Goruroglu, Polat Ayse, Polat Gurbuz
Abstract excerpt
Class-II human leukocyte antigens (HLA) present tumor antigenic peptides on the cell surface in order to be recognized by T lymphocytes. Thereby, these molecules can play an important role in the immune response to breast cancer tumor antigens. The aim of this study was to determine the relation between breast cancer and HLA class-II alleles in Turkey. The study groups consisted of 69 breast cancer patients and...
Topics
- Alleles
- Breast Neoplasms
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Haplotypes
