Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) part 1




Human leucocyte antigens (HLA), the human version of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), an integral part of maintenance of immune surveillance, have been widely studied for their roles in transplantation biology. A donor with an identical HLA system can donate tissue  more successfully than the one who is not matched. The MHC is divided into class I, II and III antigens; class I and II play important roles in transplantation immunology

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