MICA, a new polymorphic HLA-related antigen, is expressed mainly by keratinocytes, endothelial cells, and monocytes.

abstract：:The structure of the DRB1*03 gene has been interpreted as the product of a gene conversion event involving a DRB3 gene as donor and resulting in the introduction of two short segments of the DRB3 sequence into the DRB1 locus. The serological counterpart of this double insertion is the TR81 specificity. Consequently, t...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Sorrentino R,Iannicola C,Botti S,Costanzi S,Tanigaki N,Tosi R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MHC genes are key components in disease resistance and an excellent system for studying selection acting on genetic variation in natural populations. Current patterns of variation in MHC genes are likely to be influenced by past and ongoing selection as well as demographic fluctuations in population size such as those...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Cortázar-Chinarro M,Meyer-Lucht Y,Laurila A,Höglund J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways, and a number of genetic loci are associated with the disease. Candidate gene association studies have been regarded as effective tools to study complex traits. Knowledge of the sequence variation and structure of the candidate genes is required for association ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kim JJ,Kim HH,Park JH,Ryu HJ,Kim J,Moon S,Gu H,Kim HT,Lee JY,Han BG,Park C,Kimm K,Park CS,Lee JK,Oh B

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the structure of cDNA clones encoding axolotl light chains of the lambda type. A single IGLC gene and eight different potential IGLV genes belonging to four different families were detected. The axolotl Cgamma domain has several residues or stretches of residues that are typically conserved in mammalian...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： André S,Guillet F,Charlemagne J,Fellah JS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the genomic organization of the Ovis aries (Ovar) major histocompatibility complex class IIa region is essential for future functional studies related to antigen presentation. In this study, a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library of genomic DNA from peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) of a Rambouill...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Herrmann-Hoesing LM,White SN,Kappmeyer LS,Herndon DR,Knowles DP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable cell surface presentation of HLA class I molecules requires active transport of antigenic peptides across the endoplasmic reticulum by products of two genes, TAP1 and TAP2, which map in the major histocompatibility complex class II region. Alleles of each gene are derived from a combination of variable sites at...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Carrington M,Colonna M,Spies T,Stephens JC,Mann DL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant inbred strains were used to demonstrate the existence of a major locus on chromosome 1, designated Sap, which controls the endogenous concentration of the mouse acute phase reactant, serum amyloid P-component (SAP). Levels of SAP were associated with alleles at the Ly-9 locus in two sets of RI strains: BXD...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Mortensen RF,Le PT,Taylor BA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymorphic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has gained a specific relevance in pathogen resistance and mate choice. Particularly the antigen-binding site (ABS), encoded by exon 2 of the DRB class II gene, exhibits numerous alleles and extensive sequence variations between alleles. A lack of MHC variability ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Becker L,Nieberg C,Jahreis K,Peters E

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human natural killer (NK) cells express on their surface several members of the C-type lectin family such as NKR-P1, CD94, and NKG2 that are probably involved in recognition of target cells and delivery of signals modulating NK cell cytotoxicity. To elucidate the mechanisms involved in signaling via these receptors, w...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Cerný J,Fiserová A,Horváth O,Bezouska K,Pospísil M,Horejsí V

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement is one of primary defense mechanisms against intravascular microorganisms and could play a role in the immune response to malignancy and hence its clinical behavior. We evaluated if the sole coding polymorphism of C1qA associates with outcome in patients with breast carcinoma. Genotyping for C1qA[276A/G] wa...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Racila E,Racila DM,Ritchie JM,Taylor C,Dahle C,Weiner GJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ly-5 system of the mouse defines a set of transmembrane glycoprotein isoforms (T200, B220, etc) that hallmark various lineages and stages of hematopoietic differentiation. These isoforms are the products of a single Ly-5 gene comprising 34 exons, 32 of them (Exs-3-34) protein-coding and three (Exs-5-7) selectively...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Tung JS,Saga Y,Boyse EA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II region in cattle was investigated by Southern blot analysis using human probes corresponding to DO, DP, DQ, and DR genes. Exon-specific probes were also employed to facilitate the assessment of the number of different bovine class II genes. The re...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Andersson L,Rask L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the MICA alleles of 196 unrelated subjects from three South American Indian tribes (Toba, Wichi and Terena). They are members of isolated tribes located in the Gran Chaco area in northeastern Argentina and in Mato Grosso do Sul in South Central Brazil. Of 55 previously known alleles, nine were observed...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Zhang Y,Lazaro AM,Zou Y,Lavingia B,Moraes EM,Moraes RJ,Stastny P

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) molecule functions as a co-receptor for MHC class II binding to TCR in T helper cells. A CD4 epitope deficiency was identified in the swine MeLiM (melanoblastoma-bearing Libechov minipig) strain, a model for spontaneous cutaneous melanoma development and regression. Extensive seq...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Blanc F,Créchet F,Bruneau N,Piton G,Leplat JJ,Andréoletti F,Egidy G,Vincent-Naulleau S,Bourneuf E

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lentinan, a beta-1,6;1,3-glucan, is tumor-specific for transplantable mouse solid-type tumors and it also stimulates the production of acute phase proteins (APPs). The APP response to lentinan is of the delayed type (DT-APR) and differs from that to lipopolysaccharide, which is acute. We found that the responses were ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Maeda YY,Takahama S,Kohara Y,Yonekawa H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that human gene MAGE-1 directs the expression of a tumor antigen recognized on a melanoma by autologous cytolytic T lymphocytes. Probing cosmid libraries with a MAGE-1 sequence, we identified 11 closely related genes. The analysis of hamster-human somatic cell hybrids indicated that the 12 MAGE ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： De Plaen E,Arden K,Traversari C,Gaforio JJ,Szikora JP,De Smet C,Brasseur F,van der Bruggen P,Lethé B,Lurquin C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used rabbit antisera to the chicken MHC erythrocyte molecule B-G and to the class I alpha chain (B-F) to screen lambda gt11 cDNA expression libraries made with RNA selected by oligo-dT from bone marrow cells of anemic B19 homozygous chickens. Eight clones were found to encode B-G molecules which hybridize with sequ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kaufman J,Salomonsen J,Skjødt K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have sequenced peptides eluted from a truncated recombinant HLA-A*6602 molecule, and compared their features with data reported for peptides presented in the A*6601 molecule. A striking change in the amino-acid binding preferences was observed at peptide position P1, which interacts with pocket A of t...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Bade-Doeding C,Elsner HA,Eiz-Vesper B,Seltsam A,Holtkamp U,Blasczyk R

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven new C4d genomic primate sequences of the fourth complement factor (C4) have been obtained. Seven of them belong to five species not yet explored for this gene: Pan paniscus (pygmy chimpanzee), Cercopithecus aethiops (green monkey), Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkey), Macaca fascicularis (cynomolgus), and Saguinus o...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Paz-Artal E,Corell A,Alvarez M,Varela P,Allende L,Madroño A,Rosal M,Arnaiz-Villena A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Position 45 represents a highly polymorphic residue within HLA class I alleles, which contacts the p2 position of bound peptides in 85% of the peptide-HLA structures analyzed, while the neighboring residues 41 and 46 are not involved in peptide binding. To investigate the influence of residue 45 at the functional leve...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Badrinath S,Huyton T,Schumacher H,Blasczyk R,Bade-Doeding C

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the polymorphism of the DRA gene in Macaca fascicularis, we have studied 141 animals either at cDNA level (78 animals from Mauritius, the Philippines, and Vietnam) or genomic level (63 animals from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam). In total, we characterized 22 cDNA DRA alleles, 13 of which had not...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Aarnink A,Estrade L,Apoil PA,Kita YF,Saitou N,Shiina T,Blancher A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major histocompatibility complex of the rat (RT1) encodes the class II molecules involved with antigen presentation and cell to cell communication. The organization of these class II genes has been studied by Southern blot hybridization using genomic DNA from inbred and recombinant rat strains digested with variou...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Watters JW,Locker JD,Kunz HW,Gill TJ 3rd

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is critical to host-pathogen interactions. Class II MHC is a heterodimer, with α and β subunits encoded by different genes. The peptide-binding groove is formed by the first domain of both subunits (α1 and β1), but studies of class II variation or natural selection focus prim...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Rand LM,Woodward C,May R,Ackerman RA,Tweedie B,Zicarelli TB,Dearborn DC

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-derived Epitope Prediction program (SNEP) is now available to the public. It predicts minor histocompatibility antigens (miHAgs), which are T-cell epitopes containing polymorphic spots, from proteins listed in the SWISS-PROT database. SNEP recognizes polymorphisms (termed VARIA...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Schuler MM,Dönnes P,Nastke MD,Kohlbacher O,Rammensee HG,Stevanovic S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early and late primary IgM antibody responses of mice to Thy-1.1 antigens showed different antigenic and cellular requirements. We studied genetic controls of the early primary responses, which could be induced by subcellular thymocyte antigens independently of host T-cell activity. All Thy-1.2 mouse strains of Igha (...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Isobe K,Nakashima I,Nagase F,Yoshida T,Ando K,Inagi R,Kato N,Ohashi K

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse leukosialin, previously known as the 3E8 antigen, is expressed primarily on cells of the hematopoietic and lymphoid lineages and is shown to be the mouse homologue to the human leukosialin/sialophorin and rat W3/13 molecules. A partial leukosialin cDNA clone was isolated via cross-species hybridization with a po...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Baecher CM,Dorfman KS,Mattei MG,Frelinger JG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) includes highly polymorphic gene families encoding proteins crucial to the vertebrate acquired immune system. Classical MHC class I (MHCI) genes code for molecules expressed on the surfaces of most nucleated cells and are associated with defense against intracellular pathogen...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Buehler DM,Verkuil YI,Tavares ES,Baker AJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation and maintenance of allelic polymorphism in genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a central issue in evolutionary genetics. Recently, the focus has changed from ex situ to in situ populations to understand the mechanisms that determine adaptive MHC polymorphism under natural selection. B...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Axtner J,Sommer S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In three families with an apparent non-expressed factor B (BF) allele (BF*Q0), advanced methods of isoelectric focusing for the determination of BF F subtypes revealed different hypomorphic BF products (BF QL) with functional hemolytic activity expressed by the assumed BF*Q0 allele. A Taq I and a Msp I restriction fra...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Siemens I,Brenden M,Mauff G,Abbal M,Du Toit E,Bertrams J,Geserick G

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a bioclinical entity characterized by high serum immunoglobulin G4 concentrations and association with the HLA-DRB1*0405-DQB1*0401 haplotype. However, the precise identity of gene(s) within this haplotype directly responsible for AIP pathogenesis is yet...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Ota M,Katsuyama Y,Hamano H,Umemura T,Kimura A,Yoshizawa K,Kiyosawa K,Fukushima H,Bahram S,Inoko H,Kawa S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00