The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system has an important role in the regulation of the immune system; the HLA recognizes cells as ‘non-self’ or ‘self’ to prevent the body from attacking its own cells ...

HLA matching in bone marrow transplantation has an important role in determining successful outcome. However HLA typing of both potential related and unrelated donors can be both time-consuming and ...

Determining the specificity of HLA antibodies is arguably one of the most important contributions by the HLA laboratory today. For patients that have low-to-moderate levels of antibody, using a ...

Somatic mutations in HLA genes were detected in the tumor data of five patients, and somatic HLA gene loss of heterozygosity was identified in the tumor data of five patients. Complete or partial ...