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Repression of the minimal HLA-B promoter by c-myc and p53 occurs through independent mechanisms.
Molecular immunology - 1 Sept 1998
Griffioen M, Steegenga W T, Ouwerkerk I J, Peltenburg L T, Jochemsen A G, Schrier P I
Abstract excerpt
Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC, HLA in humans) class I antigens play an important role in cellular immunology by presenting antigens to T cells. Downregulation of MHC class I expression is thought to be a mechanism by which tumor cells escape from T cell-mediated lysis. In primary human melanomas and melanoma cell lines, HLA-B expression is frequently downmodulated, correlating with elevated expression of...
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