HLA-C C1C2 heterozygosity may protect women bearing the killer immunoglobulin-like receptor AA genotype from spontaneous abortion

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-37

  Nowak, Izabela ^a   Malinowski, Andrzej ^b   Tchórzewski, Henryk ^b   Barcz, Ewa ^c   Wilczyński, Jacek R ^b   Banasik, Małgorzata ^c   Gryboś, Marian ^b,e   Kurpisz, Maciej ^d,e   Łuszczek, Wioleta ^f   Majorczyk, Edyta ^a   Wiśniewski, Andrzej ^a   Senitzer, David ^g   Sun, Ji Yao ^g   Kuśnierczyk, Piotr ^a,h  

^a INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

^b POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^e Public Higher Medical Professional School   (Poland)

^f INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^g National Medical Center   (United States)

^h JAN DLUGOSZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Genetics; HLA C; Killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

HLA C ANTIGEN; HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN C C1C2; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 78650306971     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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