Identification of epitopes on HLA-DRB alleles reacting with antibodies in sera from women sensitized during pregnancy

Human Immunology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 214-222

  Duquesnoy, Rene J ^a   Hönger, Gideon ^b   Hösli, Irene ^b   Marrari, Marilyn ^a   Schaub, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibody; DRB epitope; Eplet; Eplet pair; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR13 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR52 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLOANTIBODY;

ALLELE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; HLA TYPING; IMMUNOASSAY; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; CHILD; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; CHILD; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; ISOANTIBODIES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84958119872     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2015.12.002     Document Type: Article

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