The dual role of HLA-C in tolerance and immunity at the maternal-fetal interface

H Papúchová, TB Meissner, Q Li… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
To establish a healthy pregnancy, maternal immune cells must tolerate fetal allo-antigens
and remain competent to respond to infections both systemically and in placental tissues …

Generalists and specialists: a new view of how MHC class I molecules fight infectious pathogens

J Kaufman - Trends in Immunology, 2018 - cell.com
In comparison with the major histocompatibility complexes (MHCs) of typical mammals, the
chicken MHC is simple and compact with a single dominantly expressed class I molecule …

Elevated HLA-A expression impairs HIV control through inhibition of NKG2A-expressing cells

V Ramsuran, V Naranbhai, A Horowitz, Y Qi, MP Martin… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The highly polymorphic human leukocyte antigen (HLA) locus encodes cell surface proteins
that are critical for immunity. HLA-A expression levels vary in an allele-dependent manner …

Comparison between qPCR and RNA-seq reveals challenges of quantifying HLA expression

VRC Aguiar, EC Castelli, RM Single, A Bashirova… - Immunogenetics, 2023 - Springer
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and II loci are essential elements of innate and
acquired immunity. Their functions include antigen presentation to T cells leading to cellular …

Expression estimation and eQTL mapping for HLA genes with a personalized pipeline

VRC Aguiar, J César, O Delaneau, ET Dermitzakis… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigens) genes are well-documented targets of balancing
selection, and variation at these loci is associated with many disease phenotypes. Variation …

Approaching genetics through the MHC lens: tools and methods for HLA research

V Douillard, EC Castelli, SJ Mack, JA Hollenbach… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic era launched an immediate and broad response of the
research community with studies both about the virus and host genetics. Research in …

Host genetic variation and HIV disease: from mapping to mechanism

V Naranbhai, M Carrington - Immunogenetics, 2017 - Springer
This review aims to provide a summary of current knowledge of host genetic effects on
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. Mapping of simple single nucleotide …

The MHC in the era of next-generation sequencing: Implications for bridging structure with function

EW Petersdorf, C O'hUigin - Human immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
The MHC continues to have the most disease-associations compared to other regions of the
human genome, even in the genome-wide association study (GWAS) and single nucleotide …

Identification of novel genetic risk factors for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in children: results from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Cohort

A Durand, CA Winkler, N Vince, V Douillard… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rationale & Objective Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a major cause of
pediatric nephrotic syndrome, and African Americans exhibit an increased risk for …

[HTML][HTML] Variants at HLA-A, HLA-C, and HLA-DQB1 confer risk of psoriasis vulgaris in Japanese

J Hirata, T Hirota, T Ozeki, M Kanai, T Sudo… - Journal of investigative …, 2018 - Elsevier
Psoriasis vulgaris (PsV) is an autoimmune disease of skin and joints with heterogeneity in
epidemiologic and genetic landscapes of global populations. We conducted an initial …