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Antibody-defined epitopes on HLA-DQ alleles reacting with antibodies induced during pregnancy and the design of a DQ eplet map.
Human immunology - 1 Oct 2016
Duquesnoy Rene J, Hönger Gideon, Hösli Irene, Marrari Marilyn, Schaub Stefan
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The concept that HLA antibodies recognize epitopes is leading to new approaches of HLA matching at the epitope level. HLA-DQ plays an important role and many studies have identified structurally defined DQ epitopes specifically recognized by antibodies; they have been recorded in the International HLA Epitope Registry http://www.epregistry.com.br but the list is still incomplete. Pregnancy offers an attractive...
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