Usefulness of the nonself-self algorithm of HLA epitope immunogenicity in the specificity analysis of monospecific antibodies induced during pregnancy

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Duquesnoy, Rene J ^a   Marrari, Marilyn ^a   Mulder, Arend ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84926678805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00180     Document Type: Article

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