Codon usage bias and base composition in MHC genes in humans and common chimpanzees.

abstract：:The polymorphism of exon 2 of the DAB genes (major histocompatibility complex [MHC] class IIB) was investigated for the first time in the freshwater cyprinid fish species, Squalius cephalus, in the wide range of its distribution in Europe. We identified 111 different MHC class IIB variants in 15 chub populations distr...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Seifertová M,Simková A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence in Camelidae species of functional antibodies devoid of light chains (referred to as heavy-chain antibodies or HCAbs) is an intriguing evolutionary event. Homodimeric HCAbs have also been documented in spotted ratfish ( Cos5-Abs) and nurse shark (NAR). To reveal the evolutionary history of HCAbs, we eval...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Nguyen VK,Su C,Muyldermans S,van der Loo W

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) represent the most polymorphic genes responsible for natural killer cell function, while human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules define and restrict cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses. Specific KIR, HLA, or KIR-HLA combinations have been implicated in the outcome ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Garrido-Rodríguez D,Ávila-Ríos S,García-Morales C,Valenzuela-Ponce H,Ormsby C,Reyes-Gopar H,Fernandez-Lopez JC,Reyes-Terán G

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used seven HLA-D homozygous typing cells (HTC) in a comparative study of the DRw8 antigen complex in three racial groups. Three distinct HLA-D specificities were recognized, each associated with HLA-DRw8. Four of the HTC defined a DRw8-associated HLA-D specificity designated 8.1, one defined a specificity desi...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Mickelson EM,Nisperos B,Layrisse Z,Kim SJ,Thomas ED,Hansen JA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) have been characterized in all extant lineages of mammals. The tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) is well established as a model marsupial species; however, no classical MHC sequences have been described from this species. We have isolated two MHC class II beta-chain ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Browning TL,Belov K,Miller RD,Eldridge MD

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HLA-A2 antigen expressed by donor OZB can be distinguished from the main HLA-A2.1 subtype by isoelectric focusing - it is one charge unit more acidic - and by some alloreactive T-cell clones but not by cytolytic T lymphocyte lines. The structure of variant OZB has been examined by comparative peptide mapping with ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Castaño R,Ezquerra A,Doménech N,López de Castro JA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility to cell-mediated cytolysis of cells of the recently developed C57BL/Ka(H-2 ( b )) lymphoma cell line, BL/VL(3), was investigated in allogeneic assays with thymus-dependent lymphocytes (T cells). Compared to EL4, the widely used C57BL/6(H-2 ( b )) lymphoma cell line, BL/VL(3) cells were found to be i...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Finn OJ,Lieberman M,Kaplan HS

更新日期：1978-12-01 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：:Five sets of cytotoxic effector cells were generated, using haplo-identical, first degree relatives in five different families, against the HLA-A3; B7 serological determinants combined with different DR antigens. When tested against a panel of cells bearing combinations of the HLA-A, -B and -DR antigens it was shown t...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kim SJ,Christiansen FT,Silver DM,Dupont B

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the extent of the repertoire of the immunoglobulin light chain V-region locus (Igl-V) in the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus), we constructed a specifically primed cDNA library from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated DA strain rat spleens. The library was screened with a rat Igl-C2-specific probe, a...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Aguilar BA,Gutman GA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is directly correlated to differences in disease resistance. Immunity is greatly dependent on highly polymorphic genes in the MHC, such as class I, class II, and class III complement genes. Preliminary studies of wild turkey populations show extreme polym...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Bauer MM,Reed KM

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules are responsible for the antigen presentation to T lymphocytes. High recombination rates in the MHC genes, as observed in humans, are believed to serve the evolutionary goal to achieve a high genetic diversity, allowing for a broad and efficient immune response. In a coh...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Gimsa U,Ho CS,Hammer SE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune systems of all mammals include populations of B cells producing antibodies with incredibly diverse specificities. Repertoire diversity has been described as the "miracle of immunology," and it was long thought to be the result of essentially stochastic processes. Recently, however, analysis of high throughp...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Collins AM,Jackson KJL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strains BALB/cHeA (BALB/c) and STS/A (STS) differ in production of IL-4 and IL-10, two Th2 cytokines, after stimulation of spleen cells with Concanavalin A, STS being a low and BALB/c a high producer. We analyzed the genetic basis of this strain difference using the recombinant congenic (RC) strains of the BALB/c-...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kosarová M,Havelková H,Krulová M,Demant P,Lipoldová M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of arthritis and the antibody response to mouse and to rat type II collagen after immunization with native rat type II collagen was studied in different mouse strains, including wild mouse-derived strains belonging to the H-2p/H-2q family. High serum levels of antibodies to mouse and rat type II collagen...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Holmdahl R,Klareskog L,Andersson M,Hansen C

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), two deeply divergent allelic lineages of multiple genes of the class I MHC region have been discovered. For the MHC class I UAA locus, functional differences and the molecular basis for lineages maintenance are unknown. Alleles of linked class I region genes also exhibit st...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Bos DH,Waldman B

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin (IG) gene rearrangement and expression are central to disease resistance and health maintenance in animals. The IG kappa (IGK) locus in swine (Sus scrofa domestica) contributes to approximately half of all antibody molecules, in contrast to many other Cetartiodactyla, whose members provide the majority ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Schwartz JC,Lefranc MP,Murtaugh MP

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the intra- and inter-population variability of the Gm/Km system in the Madonie Mountains, one of the main geographical barriers in north-central Sicily. We analysed 392 samples: 145 from Alia, 128 from Valledolmo, 25 from Cerda and 94 from Palermo. Serum samples were tested for G1...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Cerutti N,Dugoujon JM,Guitard E,Rabino Massa E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indian and Chinese rhesus macaques are often used in biomedical research. Genetic analyses of the major histocompatibility class I region have revealed that these macaques display a substantial level of polymorphism at Mamu-A and Mamu-B loci, which have been subject to duplication. Only a few Mamu class I allotypes ar...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： de Groot NG,Heijmans CM,de Ru AH,Hassan C,Otting N,Doxiadis GG,Koning F,van Veelen PA,Bontrop RE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting 0.5-1% of the population worldwide. The disease has a heterogeneous character, including clinical subsets of anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)-positive and APCA-negative disease. Although the pathogenesis of RA is poorly understood, progress ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Bax M,van Heemst J,Huizinga TW,Toes RE

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UV-inactivated GCHV (grass carp hemorrhage virus) is able to induce an antiviral state in cultured CAB cells (crucian carp Carassius auratus blastulae embryonic cells) via the production of interferon (IFN). In the current work, the full-length cDNAs of two Mx genes, termed CaMx1 and CaMx2, have been cloned and sequen...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Zhang YB,Li Q,Gui JF

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of human leukocyte antigens (HLAs), the function of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) gene families in a wide range of diseases have been the subject of research for decades. In particular, the associations of autoimmune disorders to allelic variants and candidate genes encoding the MHC are we...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Al Naqbi H,Mawart A,Alshamsi J,Al Safar H,Tay GK

更新日期：2021-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymorphism of major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene B (MICB) and variations in MICB alleles in a variety of populations have been characterized using several genotyping approaches. In the present study, a novel polymerase chain reaction sequence-based typing (PCR-SBT) method was established...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Ying Y,He Y,Tao S,Han Z,Wang W,Chen N,He J,Zhang W,He J,Zhu F,Lv H

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：: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：:The immune response to bovine insulin (BI) in the rat is controlled by the major histocompatibility complex (Mhc)-linked immune response gene (Ir-BI) and immune suppression gene (Is-BI). In the present study, we investigated the low responsiveness to BI in the WKAH rat (RT1k) and attempted to explore the functional li...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Mizuno K,Tsuchimoto S,Matsuno Y,Niiyama T,Fujii H,Natori T,Aizawa M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis has been suggested as a major mechanism for the CD4(+) T-lymphocyte depletion observed in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1). To evaluate the impact of genetic variations to apoptosis during progression of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), we have performed an extensive ge...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Vasilescu A,Heath SC,Diop G,Do H,Hirtzig T,Hendel H,Bertin-Maghit S,Rappaport J,Therwath A,Lathrop GM,Matsuda F,Zagury JF

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrovirus element (TLev1) is located within the Thymus leukemia antigen (Tla) locus of the C57BL/10 mouse major histocompatibility complex. Low-copy probes have been isolated from sequences flanking the TLev1 integration site to examine the distribution of TLev1 among inbred mouse strains having genotypically deter...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Pampeno C,Meruelo D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that susceptibility to glucocorticoid- and phenytoin-induced cleft palate and glucocorticoid receptor levels in mice are influenced by the H-2 histocompatibility complex on chromosome 17. Phenytoin competes with glucocorticoids for the glucocorticoid receptor and inhibits production of prostaglandins ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Gupta C,Katsumata M,Goldman AS

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00