[HTML][HTML] Defining the role of the MHC in autoimmunity: a review and pooled analysis

MMA Fernando, CR Stevens, EC Walsh… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is one of the most extensively studied regions
in the human genome because of the association of variants at this locus with autoimmune …

[HTML][HTML] The MHC locus and genetic susceptibility to autoimmune and infectious diseases

V Matzaraki, V Kumar, C Wijmenga, A Zhernakova - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
In the past 50 years, variants in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) locus, also
known as the human leukocyte antigen (HLA), have been reported as major risk factors for …

Human MHC architecture and evolution: implications for disease association studies

JA Traherne - International journal of immunogenetics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) variation is a key determinant of susceptibility and
resistance to a large number of infectious, autoimmune and other diseases. Identification of …

Major histocompatibility complex genomics and human disease

J Trowsdale, JC Knight - Annual review of genomics and human …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Over several decades, various forms of genomic analysis of the human major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) have been extremely successful in picking up many …

Gene map of the extended human MHC

R Horton, L Wilming, V Rand, RC Lovering… - Nature Reviews …, 2004 - nature.com
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is the most important region in the vertebrate
genome with respect to infection and autoimmunity, and is crucial in adaptive and innate …

[HTML][HTML] A high-resolution linkage-disequilibrium map of the human major histocompatibility complex and first generation of tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms

MM Miretti, EC Walsh, X Ke, M Delgado… - The American Journal of …, 2005 - cell.com
Autoimmune, inflammatory, and infectious diseases present a major burden to human health
and are frequently associated with loci in the human major histocompatibility complex …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated haplotype map of the human major histocompatibility complex

EC Walsh, KA Mather, SF Schaffner, L Farwell… - The American Journal of …, 2003 - cell.com
Numerous studies have clearly indicated a role for the major histocompatibility complex
(MHC) in susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. Such studies have focused on the genetic …

Mapping of multiple susceptibility variants within the MHC region for 7 immune-mediated diseases

International MHC and Autoimmunity … - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The human MHC represents the strongest susceptibility locus for autoimmune diseases.
However, the identification of the true predisposing gene (s) has been handicapped by the …

Evolving views of the major histocompatibility complex

JR Gruen, SM Weissman - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 1997 - ashpublications.org
HE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY complex (MHC) is an extended cluster of genes that are
remarkable for the number and importance of the immunological functions The MHC is of …

Molecular mechanisms for contribution of MHC molecules to autoimmune diseases

LM Sollid, W Pos, KW Wucherpfennig - Current opinion in immunology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•The MHC is the most important genetic risk factor in common autoimmune
diseases.•For one disease there can be independent contributions by several distinct MHC …