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The Influence of the Autoimmunity-Associated Ancestral HLA Haplotype AH8.1 on the Human Gut Microbiota: A Cross-Sectional Study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Hov Johannes R, Zhong Huanzi, Qin Bingcai, Anmarkrud Jarl Andreas, Holm Kristian, Franke Andre, Lie Benedicte A, Karlsen Tom H
Abstract excerpt
Multiple immune-related genes are encoded in the HLA complex on chromosome 6p21. The 8.1 ancestral haplotype (AH8.1) include the classical HLA alleles HLA-B*08:01 and HLA-DRB1*03:01, and has been associated with a large number of autoimmune diseases, but the underlying mechanisms for this association are largely unknown. Given the recently established links between the gut microbiota and inflammatory diseases, we...
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