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HLA-G 14-bp Ins/Ins Genotype in Patients Harbouring Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Potential Risk Factor?
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Jan 2016
Genre J, Reginaldo F P Santos, Andrade J Marco de Leon, Lima F P, da Camara A V Coutinho, Donadi E A, Crispim J C
Abstract excerpt
H. pylori is a potent pathogen due to its capacity to successfully evade host defence mechanisms. Despite inducing immune responses in infected individuals, sometimes these responses fail to clear the infection and the bacterium establishes a persistent infection leading to chronic inflammation. In this context, we hypothesized that human leucocyte antigen G (HLA-G), a non-classical major histocompatibility...
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