Absence of imprinting of HLA class Ia genes leads to co-expression of biparental alleles on term human trophoblast cells upon IFN-γ induction

Immunogenetics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 297-304

  Lenfant, Françoise ^a   Fort, Marylise ^b   Rodriguez, Anne Marie ^a   Campan, Agnès ^a   Aguerre Girr, Maryse ^a   Sommer, Evelyne ^b   Abbal, Michel ^b   Ohayon, Elie ^b   Le Bouteiller, Philippe ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Gene imprinting; HLA class I; Interferon ; Reverse transcriptase PCR; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A1 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; IA ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0031930399     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050361     Document Type: Article

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