Abstract
HLA IS involved not only in transplantation, but is also associated with many disease states. This first became evident when the major histocompatibility complex of the mouse (H–2) was shown to play a major part in determining resistance to Gross leukaemia virus1. Subsequent studies in both animals and man have shown that many disease states are associated with, and perhaps regulated by, the major histocompatibility complex2,3. We now present the tissue typing results from a group of patients with testicular cancer. The results show an abnormally high antigen frequency for HLA-Dw7 in patients with testicular teratocarcinoma.
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DEWOLF, W., EINARSON, M., YUNIS, E. et al. HLA and testicular cancer. Nature 277, 216–217 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/277216a0
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