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by riahi
2866 days ago
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The Human Leukocyte Antigen complex is a protein complex that immune cells use to determine self from non-self cells. There are many many many possible alleles, some of which are thought to be defective and contribute to auto-immune disorders. The most notorious (for medical students studying for standardized tests) is HLA-B27. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLA-B27 Specifically, check out the section on disease associations. And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_leukocyte_antigen |
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