在代表不足的人口中揭示HLA和KIR多样性的重要性

Lucía Santiago-Lamelas1, Patricia Castro-Santos1,2, Ángel Carracedo1,3,4

  • 1Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica, SERGAS, Grupo de Medicina Xenomica-USC, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Biomedicines
|June 27, 2024
PubMed
概括

人类白细胞抗原 (HLA) 和杀手细胞免疫球蛋白类受体 (KIR) 基因变异影响疾病. 研究往往忽视了多样化的人口,限制了我们对遗传疾病联系的理解.

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