Heterogeneity of HLA-G expression in cancers: facing the challenges

A Lin, WH Yan - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Phenotypic heterogeneity has been observed in most malignancies, which represents a
considerable challenge for tumor therapy. In recent decades, the biological function and …

Beyond the increasing complexity of the immunomodulatory HLA-G molecule

ED Carosella, B Favier, N Rouas-Freiss… - Blood, The Journal …, 2008 - ashpublications.org
Human leukocyte antigen G (HLA-G) is a nonclassic major histocompatibility complex
(MHC) class I molecule that functions as an immunomodulatory molecule capable of …

HLA-G molecules: from maternal-fetal tolerance to tissue acceptance.

ED Carosella, P Moreau, J Le Maoult… - Advances in …, 2003 - europepmc.org
Over the past few years, HLA-G, the non-classical HLA class I molecule, has been the center
of investigations that have led to the description of its specific structural and functional …

Immunological relationship between the mother and the fetus

J Szekeres-Bartho - International reviews of immunology, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The immunological relationship between the mother and the fetus is a bi-directional
communication determined on the one hand by fetal antigen presentation and on the other …

A critical look at HLA-G

R Apps, L Gardner, A Moffett - Trends in immunology, 2008 - cell.com
Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is a nonclassical HLA class-I molecule that was found
to be expressed by placental trophoblast cells 20 years ago. Because trophoblast forms the …

Innate and adaptive immune interactions at the fetal–maternal interface in healthy human pregnancy and pre-eclampsia

P Hsu, RKH Nanan - Frontiers in immunology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Maternal immune tolerance of the fetus is indispensable for a healthy pregnancy outcome.
Nowhere is this immune tolerance more important than at the fetal–maternal interface–the …

A Comprehensive Study of Polymorphic Sites along the HLA-G Gene: Implication for Gene Regulation and Evolution

EC Castelli, CT Mendes-Junior… - Molecular biology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
HLA-G molecule plays an important role on immune response regulation and has been
implicated on the inhibition of T and natural killer cell cytolytic function and inhibition of …

HLA-G molecules in autoimmune diseases and infections

R Rizzo, D Bortolotti, S Bolzani, E Fainardi - Frontiers in immunology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G molecule, a non-classical HLA-Ib molecule, is less
polymorphic when compared to classical HLA class I molecules. Human leukocyte antigen …

HLA‐G has a concentration‐dependent effect on the generation of an allo‐CTL response

K Kapasi, SE Albert, SM Yie, N Zavazava… - …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Human leucocyte antigen (HLA)‐G is expressed on trophoblast cells during pregnancy,
suggesting a role in protection of the semiallogeneic fetus. Published data suggest that HLA …

HLA-G neo-expression on tumors

M Loustau, F Anna, R Dréan, M Lecomte… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
HLA-G is known to modulate the immune system activity in tissues where physiological
immune-tolerance is necessary (ie, maternal-fetal interface, thymus, and cornea). However …