The WHO Nomenclature Committee for Factors of the HLA System met during the 15th International Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Workshop in Buzios, Brazil in September 2008. This update is an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A link between condylomas, or genital warts, and the human leukocyte antigen system could suggest a genetic risk ...

HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) typing is important in organ transplantation protocols, as they determine the likelihood of rejection. The HLA system is little understood, however. In simple terms, the ...

Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing is important in organ transplantation protocols, as they determine the likelihood of rejection. The HLA system is little understood, however. In simple terms, the ...

Dr. Jean Dausset, the French Nobel laureate who discovered the human leukocyte antigen, or HLA, system on human tissue that made tissue typing for transplants possible, died June 6 in Mallorca, Spain.

Determining the specificity of HLA antibodies is arguably one of the most important contributions by the HLA laboratory today. For patients that have low-to-moderate levels of antibody, using a ...

Human leucocyte antigen (mauve) is expressed on the outside of white blood cells Sexual relations between ancient humans and their evolutionary cousins are critical for our modern immune systems, ...