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Contribution of HLA class I and class II alleles to the regulation of antibody production to hepatitis B surface antigen in humans.
International immunology - 1 Apr 1996
Mineta M, Tanimura M, Tana T, Yssel H, Kashiwagi S, Sasazuki T
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The HLA multigene family consists of HLA class I (HLA-A, B and C) and class II (HLA-DR, DQ and DP) genes, and plays a central role in the regulation of immune response. To investigate how each HLA gene and each HLA allele contribute to the human immune response, we immunized 339 healthy Japanese medical students with recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen (rHBsAg) and determined the HLA types of all vaccinated...
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