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HLA-E*01:01 + HLA-E*01:01 genotype confers less susceptibility to COVID-19, while HLA-E*01:03 + HLA-E*01:03 genotype is associated with more severe disease.
Human immunology - 1 Apr 2023
Hosseini Ehteramolsadat, Minagar Arefeh, Ghasemzadeh Mehran, Arabkhazaeli Ali, Ghasemzadeh Alireza
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BACKGROUND: HLA-E interaction with inhibitory receptor, NKG2A attenuates NK-mediated cytotoxicity. NKG2A overexpression by SARS-CoV-2 exhausts NK cells function, whereas virus-induced down-regulation of MHC-Ia reduces its derived-leader sequence peptide levels required for proper binding of HLA-E to NKG2A. This leads HLA-E to become more complex with viral antigens and delivers them to CD8+ T cells, which...
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