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The potential role of HLA-G in the pathogenesis of HBV infection: Immunosuppressive or immunoprotective?
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2020
Rashidi Saadyeh, Farhadi Leila, Ghasemi Faezeh, Sheikhesmaeili Farshad, Mohammadi Asadollah
Abstract excerpt
The non-classical human leukocyte antigens (HLA)-G could be generally considered as a potent tolerogenic molecule, which modulates immune responses. HLA-G due to the immunosuppressive properties may play an important role in the pathogenesis of infections related to the liver. HLA-G may display two distinct activities in the pathological conditions so that it could be protective in the autoimmune and inflammatory...
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