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Detecting signatures of past pathogen selection on human HLA loci: are there needles in the haystack?

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Human leucocyte antigens (HLAs) are responsible for the display of peptide fragments for recognition by T-cell receptors. The gene family encoding them is thus integral to human adaptive immunity, and likely to be under strong pathogen selection. Despite this, it has proved difficult to demonstrate specific examples of pathogen–HLA coevolution. Selection from multiple pathogens simultaneously could explain why the evolutionary signatures of particular pathogens on HLAs have proved elusive. He...

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10.1017/S0031182017001159

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University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Linacre College
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Gupta, S
Grant:
FP7/2007-2013)/ERC 268904-DIVERSITY
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Cambridge University Press
Journal:
Parasitology More from this journal
Volume:
145
Issue:
6
Pages:
731-739
Publication date:
2017-08-15
Acceptance date:
2017-06-01
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EISSN:
1469-8161
ISSN:
0031-1820
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pubs:723823
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uuid:471ebe8c-f45a-4ee6-9e22-eda949008367
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pubs:723823
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723823
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2017-08-21

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