human leukocyte antigen

initialism: HLA
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Antigen coded by genes of the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC).
Notes:
  1. Human HLA-A, -B and -C (resembling mouse H-2K, D and L) are MHC class I molecules, whereas HLA-DP, -DQ and -DR (resembling mouse I-A and I-E) are MHC class II molecules.
  2. The genes for HLAs are situated on chromosome 6.
Source:
PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. (IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)) on page 1178 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'human leukocyte antigen' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.13230 RIS BibTex EndNote
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