Pathogen diversity drives the evolution of generalist MHC-II alleles in human populations.

Central players of the adaptive immune system are the groups of proteins encoded in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), which shape the immune response against pathogens and tolerance to self-peptides. The corresponding genomic region is of particular interest, as it harbors more disease ass...

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Main Authors: Máté Manczinger, Gábor Boross, Lajos Kemény, Viktor Müller, Tobias L Lenz, Balázs Papp, Csaba Pál
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000131