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Review
. 2018 Dec;38(4):679-693.
doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2018.07.001. Epub 2018 Oct 5.

Human Leukocyte Antigen and Disease Associations: A Broader Perspective

Mengkai Shieh  1 , Nilesh Chitnis  1 , Dimitri Monos  2
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Review

Human Leukocyte Antigen and Disease Associations: A Broader Perspective

Mengkai Shieh et al. Clin Lab Med. 2018 Dec.

Abstract

HLA molecules play a significant role in immunity and disease susceptibility. GWAS studies underline the critical role of the MHC region in a wide range of diseases and remind us that the HLA genes, included within the MHC, interact extensively with other genomic regions which influence their functions. Recently, MHC/HLA genomic sequences encoding for miRNAs have been reported to interact with targets within and outside the MHC, influencing the expression of many transcripts. High throughput sequencing technologies provide unique opportunities for complete HLA/MHC sequence characterization, helping to elucidate their interactive relationships in a plethora of physiological and disease processes.

Keywords: Complexity theory; Disease associations; HLA; MHC; NGS; Next-generation sequencing; miRNA.

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