Differential expression of HLA-DQ alleles in peripheral blood mononuclear cells: Alleles associated with susceptibility to and protection from autoimmune type 1 diabetes

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-57

  Britten, A C ^a   Mijovic, C H ^a   Barnett, A H ^a,b   Kelly, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALLELES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 58849085587     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2008.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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