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Biological Factors > Antigens > Isoantigens > Histocompatibility Antigens
Biological Factors > Antigens > Antigens, Surface > Histocompatibility Antigens

Preferred term

Histocompatibility Antigens  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Antigen, Histocompatibility
  • Antigens, Transplantation
  • Histocompatibility Antigen
  • Transplantation Antigens

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics but for humans, use HLA ANTIGENS; /genet permitted but consider also MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX

Scope note

  • A group of antigens that includes both the major and minor histocompatibility antigens. The former are genetically determined by the major histocompatibility complex. They determine tissue type for transplantation and cause allograft rejections. The latter are systems of allelic alloantigens that can cause weak transplant rejection.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006649

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