A CLASS-I ANTIGEN, HLA-G, EXPRESSED IN HUMAN TROPHOBLASTS
A CLASS-I ANTIGEN, HLA-G, EXPRESSED IN HUMAN TROPHOBLASTS
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DOI:
10.1126/science.2326636
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发表时间:
1990-04-13
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
DEMARS, R
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作者:
KOVATS, S;MAIN, EK;DEMARS, R
The .alpha. chain of the human histocompatibility antigen HLA-G was identified as an array of five 37- to 39-kilodalton isoforms by the use of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Both cell-associated and secreted HLA-G antigens are prominent in first trimester villous cytotrophoblasts and are greatly reduced in third trimester cytotrophoblasts. Allelic variation was not detected, an indication that HLA-G is not obviously polymorphic in cytotrophoblasts. Among the following choriocarcinoma cell lines studied, HLA-G is expressed in JEG but not in Jar or BeWo. Expression of endogenous HLA-G genes has not been found in normal lymphoid cells. Thus, HLA-G is subject to both cell type-specific and developmental regulation and is expressed in early gestation human cytotrophoblasts.