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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
In this review, we describe the evidence from which the existence of non-MHC histocompatibility (H) antigens was deduced, the clinical setting of bone marrow transplantation in which they are important targets for T cell responses, and the current understanding of their molecular identity. We list the peptide epitopes, their MHC restriction molecules and the genes encoding them, of the human and murine minor H antigens now identified at the molecular level. Identification of the peptide epitopes allows T cell responses to these antigens following transplantation of MHC-matched, minor H-mismatched tissues to be enumerated using tetramers and elispot assays. This will facilitate analysis of correlations with HVG, GVH and GVL reactions in vivo. The potential to use minor H peptides to modulate in vivo responses to minor H antigens is discussed. Factors controlling immunodominance of T cell responses to one or a few of many potential minor H antigens remain to be elucidated but are important for making predictions of in vivo HVG, GVH and GVL responses and tailoring therapy after HLA-matched BMT and DLI.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0966-3274
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
115-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Antigen Presentation, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Graft vs Host Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Graft vs Leukemia Effect, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Host vs Graft Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Immunization, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Immunodominant Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Minor Histocompatibility Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:12216941-Transplantation Immunology
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Minor H antigens: genes and peptides.
pubmed:affiliation
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK. elizabeth.simpson@csc.mrc.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review