Susceptibility to type 1 autoimmune hepatitis is associated with shared amino acid sequences at positions 70-74 of the HLA-DRB1 molecule

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-139

  Lim, Young Suk ^a   Oh, Heung Bum ^a   Choi, Sung Eun ^a   Kwon, Oh Joong ^b   Heo, Yong Seok ^c   Lee, Han Chu ^a   Suh, Dong Jin ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Biosewoom Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; HLA; Shared epitope

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KOREA; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, MOLECULAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK;

EID: 36549088136     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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