Today, more than 50 registries of HLA‐typed potential adult hematopoietic stem cell donors
have been established in 40 countries and include more than 7.5 million volunteers. HLA …

Pemphigus is a group of life-threatening autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin and
mucous membranes. The etiology and pathogenesis of this destructive autoimmune process …

The aim of this study was to examine whether the association of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with
human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I genes is secondary to linkage disequilibrium with a …

Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) study in Murcian individuals was performed in order to
provide information of their historical origins and relationships with other Iberian and …

The extreme polymorphism found at some of the loci of the HLA system has made it an
invaluable tool for population genetic analyses. In this study the genetic polymorphism of six …

The Jewish diaspora can be viewed as a natural process in population dispersion and
differentiation. We extend genetic studies on the Jewish diaspora to an analysis of human …

Pathogen-mediated selection is commonly invoked as an explanation for the exceptional
polymorphism of the HLA gene cluster, but its role in generating and maintaining linkage …

Patients requiring allogeneic stem cell transplantation who do not have an HLA-matched
related donor can sometimes obtain an unrelated donor by searching volunteer registries …

Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is the most severe autoimmune blistering disorder of the skin that
is mediated by circulating autoantibodies against desmoglein 3 (Dsg3). It has been reported …

The two basic forms of autoimmune intraepidermal blistering diseases, pemphigus vulgaris
(PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF), affect different layers of the skin, have different …