Lower Frequency of HLA-DRB1*01 in Southwestern Iranian Patients with Atherosclerosis

Background: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex is a gene family involved in antigen presentation associated with protection or susceptibility to inflammatory, infectious and autoimmune diseases. Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease in which HLA molecules play a role in the initiation...

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Main Authors: Hossein Golmoghaddam, Shirin Farjadian, Shahdad Khosropanah, Pooyan Dehghani, Mehrnoosh Doroudchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2018-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Immunology
Online Access:http://iji.sums.ac.ir/article_39389_1f72cad13d56b5a48d03fa5c5e716bd9.pdf