The MHC locus and genetic susceptibility to autoimmune and infectious diseases

V Matzaraki, V Kumar, C Wijmenga, A Zhernakova - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
In the past 50 years, variants in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) locus, also
known as the human leukocyte antigen (HLA), have been reported as major risk factors for …

The dual role of HLA-C in tolerance and immunity at the maternal-fetal interface

H Papúchová, TB Meissner, Q Li… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
To establish a healthy pregnancy, maternal immune cells must tolerate fetal allo-antigens
and remain competent to respond to infections both systemically and in placental tissues …

Genome-wide analysis provides genetic evidence that ACE2 influences COVID-19 risk and yields risk scores associated with severe disease

JE Horowitz, JA Kosmicki, A Damask, D Sharma… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) enters human host cells
via angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

An evolutionarily conserved function of polycomb silences the MHC class I antigen presentation pathway and enables immune evasion in cancer

ML Burr, CE Sparbier, KL Chan, YC Chan… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Loss of MHC class I (MHC-I) antigen presentation in cancer cells can elicit immunotherapy
resistance. A genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen identified an evolutionarily conserved …

High-density map** of the MHC identifies a shared role for HLA-DRB1* 01: 03 in inflammatory bowel diseases and heterozygous advantage in ulcerative colitis

P Goyette, G Boucher, D Mallon, E Ellinghaus… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies of the related chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)
known as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis have shown strong evidence of association …

Elevated HLA-A expression impairs HIV control through inhibition of NKG2A-expressing cells

V Ramsuran, V Naranbhai, A Horowitz, Y Qi, MP Martin… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The highly polymorphic human leukocyte antigen (HLA) locus encodes cell surface proteins
that are critical for immunity. HLA-A expression levels vary in an allele-dependent manner …

HLA imputation and its application to genetic and molecular fine-map** of the MHC region in autoimmune diseases

T Naito, Y Okada - Seminars in immunopathology, 2022 - Springer
Variations of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes in the major histocompatibility complex
region (MHC) significantly affect the risk of various diseases, especially autoimmune …

Relative expression levels of the HLA class-I proteins in normal and HIV-infected cells

R Apps, Z Meng, GQ Del Prete, JD Lifson… - The Journal of …, 2015 - journals.aai.org
The expression level of HLA class-I proteins is known to influence pathological outcomes:
pathogens downregulate HLA to evade host immune responses, host inflammatory …

Immune modulatory microRNAs involved in tumor attack and tumor immune escape

SB Eichmüller, W Osen, O Mandelboim… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Current therapies against cancer utilize the patient's immune system for tumor eradication.
However, tumor cells can evade immune surveillance of CD8+ T and/or natural killer (NK) …

The impact of host genetic variation on infection with HIV-1

PJ McLaren, M Carrington - Nature immunology, 2015 - nature.com
The outcome after infection with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a
complex phenotype determined by interactions among the pathogen, the human host and …