Genomic Diversity of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Health and Disease

Jerzy K Kulski; Takashi Shiina; Johannes M Dijkstra

doi:10.3390/cells8101270

Genomic Diversity of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Health and Disease

Cells. 2019 Oct 17;8(10):1270. doi: 10.3390/cells8101270.

Authors

Jerzy K Kulski^{1

2}, Takashi Shiina³, Johannes M Dijkstra⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, UWA Medical School, The University of Western Australia,Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. yurek.kulski@uwa.edu.au.
² Department of Molecular Life Sciences, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, TokaiUniversity School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan. yurek.kulski@uwa.edu.au.
³ Department of Molecular Life Sciences, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, TokaiUniversity School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan.
⁴ Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan.

Abstract

The human Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes are part of the supra-locus onchromosome 6p21 known as the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system [...].

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics
Genome, Human / genetics*
Haplotypes / genetics
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / genetics
Humans
Major Histocompatibility Complex / genetics
Major Histocompatibility Complex / physiology*
Male

Substances

Histocompatibility Antigens Class I