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The antibody response to an HLA mismatch: a model for nonself-self discrimination in relation to HLA epitope immunogenicity.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2012
Duquesnoy R J
Abstract excerpt
Antibodies to HLA mismatches are specific for epitopes rather than antigens. HLAMatchmaker considers each HLA antigen as a string of eplets that represent key elements of epitopes. Certain antibodies are specific for single eplets, but recent studies have demonstrated that epitopes defined by eplet pairs always involve one nonself-eplet and a self-eplet shared between the immunizing antigen and the antibody...
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