Article
Could HLA-DRB1 be the protective locus in rheumatoid arthritis?
Immunology today - 1 Jun 1995
Zanelli E, Gonzalez-Gay M A, David C S
Abstract excerpt
Extensive studies in different ethnic groups have associated the susceptibility to development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with the third hypervariable region of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) HLA-DR beta 1 molecule. On the basis of recent findings in the experimental mouse model of...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation
- Arthritis
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Collagen
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Susceptibility
- Diseases in Twins
- Epitopes
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Humans
