Mp. Davenport et Avs. Hill, REVERSE IMMUNOGENETICS - FROM HLA-DISEASE ASSOCIATIONS TO VACCINE CANDIDATES, Molecular medicine today, 2(1), 1996, pp. 38-45
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25
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental",Biology,"Cell Biology
Analysis of the human leukocyte antigens (HLA) in patients with either
infectious or autoimmune diseases has led to the identification of se
veral HLA alleles associated with either resistance or susceptibility
to disease. Understanding the role of HLA molecules in the presentatio
n of peptide antigens to T cells has led to the use of 'reverse immuno
genetics': a novel approach to analysing the key antigenic peptides th
at are presented by the relevant HLA molecules, Recent advances in the
analysis of naturally occurring peptides bound to HLA molecules has a
llowed the direct identification of antigenic peptides from living cel
ls and has supported the development of vaccine candidates, such as th
e liver-stage antigen 1 in malaria.