We studied HLA class I (HLA-A,-B) and class II (HLA-DRB1,-DQB1) allele groups and alleles
by PCR-SSP based typing in a total of 15,318 mixed ancestry Mexicans from all the states of …

Mutations at the MEFV gene cause, with various degrees of penetrance, familial
Mediterranean fever (FMF). This disease is more prevalent in the Middle East than …

Abstract The Balearic archipelago (Majorca, Minorca, and Ibiza islands and the Chuetas, a
small and inbred community of descendants of Sephardic Jews) and Valencia were studied …

In this study, we present, for the first time, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I allele and
haplotype frequencies at the DNA level in a sample of 142 donors from Turkey. HLA typing …

Background & objectives Vaccine safety signals require investigation, which may be done
rapidly at the population level using ecological studies, before embarking on hypothesis …

Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) alleles are very interesting markers in identifying population
relationships. Moreover, their frequency distribution data are important in the implementation …

The aetiology of Behçet's disease (BD) is still unknown, but genetic and environmental
factors are involved. HLA‐B* 51 is considered a susceptibility marker and some MICA …

This study provides the first published detailed analysis of five loci polymorphisms as well as
reports of two, three and five loci haplotype frequencies in the Serbian population in a …

Natural killer (NK) cells are components of the innate immune system that function in
identifying and destroying aberrant or pathogen-infected cells. These functions are largely …

Different genetic mutations have been described in complement component C7 deficiency, a
molecular defect clinically associated with an increased susceptibility to neisserial recurrent …