Peptide presentation by MHC class I and MHC class II molecules plays important roles in the
regulation of the immune response. One factor in these displays is the density of antigen …

Self peptides bound to HLA‐DQ7 (α1* 0501‐β1* 0301), one of the HLA molecules
associated with protection against insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus, were characterized …

The precise role of human epidermal Langerhans cells (LCs) in immune response is highly
controversial. While studying the gene expression profile of these cells, we were intrigued to …

HLA class II proteins are important elements of human adaptive immune recognition and are
associated with numerous infectious and immune-mediated diseases. These highly variable …

The β chain of the HLA-DQ molecule is shorter by eight amino acid residues than other
major histocompatibility complex class II β chains due to elimination of the fifth exon coding …

Molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) present antigenic peptides to T
cells. Sequencing peptide pools eluted from MHC class I molecules has established allele …

HLA-DQw3 is a broadly defined alloantigen that has been subdivided by serological,
biochemical, and molecular methods into three distinct specificities: DQw7, DQw8, and …

Abstract Knowledge of the binding repertoires and specificities of HLA-DQ molecules is
somewhat limited and contradictory, partly because of the scarcity of reports addressing …

Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of DQ molecules from three different Dw subtypes
(Dw2, Dw12, and Dw21/FJO) of the HLA-DR2/DQw1 haplotype reveals that one αβ …

We compared the peptide binding specificity of three HLA-DQ molecules; HLA-DQ (α1*
0501, β1* 0201), HLA-DQ (α1* 0201, β1* 0202), and HLA-DQ (α1* 0501, β1* 0301). The first …