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What has GWAS done for HLA and disease associations?
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Oct 2017
Kennedy A E, Ozbek U, Dorak M T
Abstract excerpt
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is located in chromosome 6p21 and contains crucial regulators of immune response, including human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genes, alongside other genes with nonimmunological roles. More recently, a repertoire of noncoding RNA genes, including expressed pseudogenes, has also been identified. The MHC is the most gene dense and most polymorphic part of the human genome. The...
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