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Review
. 2018:1802:11-29.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8546-3_2.

Role of Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) in Autoimmune Diseases

Gergely Bodis  1   2 , Victoria Toth  1   2 , Andreas Schwarting  3   4
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Review

Role of Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) in Autoimmune Diseases

Gergely Bodis et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2018.

Abstract

The aim of this review is to provide a brief overview of the role and current clinical relevance of HLA-B27 in spondyloarthritis and HLA-B51 in Behcet's disease as well as HLA-DQ2/DQ8 in celiac disease and HLA-DRB1 in rheumatoid arthritis and to discuss possible future implications.

Keywords: Autoimmunity; Behcet’s disease; HLA-B27; HLA-B51; HLA-DQ2/DQ8m HLA-DRB1; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spondyloarthritis.

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