Expression of Recombinant HLA-DR2 Molecules

HLA-DR2 negative narcolepsy.

Letters Cigarette smoking, Parkinson's disease and ulcerative colitis Sir: Individuals who develop Parkinson's disease are about twice as likely to have been habitual non-smokers when compared with a control population.`1 Smoking also seems to exert considerable protective effects against ulcerative colitis.46 It has been suggested that both these illnesses may be associated with inflexible, mo...

Neuroprotective effects of recombinant T-cell receptor ligand in autoimmune optic neuritis in HLA-DR2 mice.

PURPOSE Optic neuritis (ON) is a condition involving primary inflammation, demyelination, and axonal injury in the optic nerve and leads to apoptotic retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death, which contributes to the persistence of visual loss. Currently, ON has no effective treatment. The goal was to determine the effectiveness of immunotherapy with recombinant T-cell receptor ligand (RTL) in prevent...

Redundancy in antigen-presenting function of the HLA-DR and -DQ molecules in the multiple sclerosis-associated HLA-DR2 haplotype.

The three HLA class II alleles of the DR2 haplotype, DRB1*1501, DRB5*0101, and DQB1*0602, are in strong linkage disequilibrium and confer most of the genetic risk to multiple sclerosis. Functional redundancy in Ag presentation by these class II molecules would allow recognition by a single TCR of identical peptides with the different restriction elements, facilitating T cell activation and prov...

Multiple Sclerosis-Associated HLA-DR2 of the HLA-DR and -DQ Molecules in the Redundancy in Antigen-Presenting Function

The source of HLA molecules on platelets: Does platelets adsorb soluble HLA molecules from their environment?

Background: The origin and function of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules on platelets are still highly arguable. Given the differences in the results of the previous studies in this regard, the lack of research in recent years, and the clinical importance of HLA class I molecules, the absorption capacity of platelets for soluble HLA class I molecules was studied in this investigat...