Search Results - "Voorter, C. E."

Evaluation of 19 years of international external proficiency testing for high-resolution HLA typing by Voorter, C E M, Groeneveld, L, Heidt, S, Wieten, L

“…The international high-resolution external proficiency testing (EPT) started in 2004 with high-resolution typing of human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class I…”
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The role of gene polymorphism in HLA class I splicing by Voorter, C. E. M., Gerritsen, K. E. H., Groeneweg, M., Wieten, L., Tilanus, M. G. J.

“…Summary Among the large number of human leucocyte antigen (HLA) alleles, only a few have been identified with a nucleotide polymorphism impairing correct…”
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The Maastricht Transplant Center: Clinical setting and epitope searches in HLA class II molecules: Does the structural localization of a polymorphic site contribute to its immunogenicity? by Schellekens, J, Vanderlocht, J, Groeneweg, M, Voorter, C.E, Wieten, L, Gelens, M.A, van Duijnhoven, E.M, van Heurn, L.W.E, Christiaans, M.H.L, Tilanus, M.G.J

“…Abstract Our understanding of the immunological processes influencing the clinical outcome after kidney transplantation has advanced majorly over the last few…”
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New insights in HLA‐E polymorphism by refined analysis of the full‐length gene by Olieslagers, T. I., Voorter, C. E. M., Groeneweg, M., Xu, Y., Wieten, L., Tilanus, M. G. J.

“…Background Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)‐E is a non‐classical HLA class I molecule that plays a role in both the innate and the adaptive immune response…”
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Structural and functional similarities of bovine alpha-crystallin and mouse small heat-shock protein. A family of chaperones by MERCK, K. B, GROENEN, P. J. T. A, VOORTER, C. E. M, DE HAARD-HOEKMAN, W. A, HORWITZ, J, BLOEMENDAL, H, DE JONG, W. W

“…alpha-Crystallin, composed of the subunits alpha A and alpha B, is a major vertebrate eye lens protein, accomplishing a structural role in maintaining lens…”
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Description of four new HLA alleles in the Finnish population: A03:283N, A68:167, C03:327, C03:361 by Polvi, A., Peräsaari, J., Linjama, T., Saarinen, T., Koskela, S., Voorter, C. E. M., Jaatinen, T.

“…New HLA alleles found in the Finnish population: A*03:283N, A*68:167, C*03:327 and C*03:361…”
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Saddlebags: A software interface for submitting full‐length HLA allele sequences to the EMBL‐ENA nucleotide database by Matern, B. M., Groeneweg, M., Voorter, C. E. M., Tilanus, M. G. J.

“…Submission of full‐length HLA allele sequences presents a unique challenge, both for high‐throughput sequencing laboratories and smaller diagnostic…”
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A new HLA‐C05 allele, HLA‐C05:156, characterized by full‐length hemizygous sequencing by Montanic, S., Voorter, C. E. M., Tilanus, M. G. J., Vidan‐Jeras, B.

“…HLA‐C*05:156 allele differs from C*05:01:01:02 by a nucleotide change in exon 2 at codon 9…”
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Polymorphism at residue 156 of the new HLA‐A02:683 allele suggests immunological relevance by Duygu, B., Matern, B. M., Groeneweg, M., Voorter, C. E. M., Tilanus, M. G. J.

“…HLA‐A*02:683 is most similar to 4 different HLA‐A*02 subtypes with a single nucleotide difference…”
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Expression of αB-crystallin in Alzheimer's disease by RENKAWEK, K, VOORTER, C. E. M, BOSMAN, G. J. C. G. M, VAN WORKUM, F. P. A, DE JONG, W. W

“…alpha B-crystallin is a member of the small heat-shock protein family. Under pathological conditions, the expression of alpha B-crystallin increases in…”
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Spontaneous peptide bond cleavage in aging alpha-crystallin through a succinimide intermediate by Voorter, C E, de Haard-Hoekman, W A, van den Oetelaar, P J, Bloemendal, H, de Jong, W W

“…Cleavage of specific peptide bonds occurs with aging in the alpha A subunit of bovine alpha-crystallin. One of the breaks occurs at residue Asn-101. This same…”
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M. avium binding to HLA-DR expressed alleles in silico: a model of phenotypic susceptibility to sarcoidosis by Saltini, C, Pallante, M, Puxeddu, E, Contini, S, Voorter, C E, Drent, M, Amicosante, M

“…Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatosis disease of unknown origin where a number of microbes, in particular M. tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria,…”
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Evolution of the α-crystallin/small heat-shock protein family by DE JONG, W. W, LEUNISSEN, J. A. M, VOORTER, C. E. M

“…The common characteristic of the alpha-crystallin/small heat-shock protein family is the presence of a conserved homologous sequence of 90-100 residues. Apart…”
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The role of tumor necrosis factor alpha G-308A polymorphisms in the course of pulmonary sarcoidosis by Wijnen, P. A., Nelemans, P. J., Verschakelen, J. A., Bekers, O., Voorter, C. E., Drent, M.

“…This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between the presence of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) polymorphisms, human leukocyte antigen (HLA)‐DRB1*03…”
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Luminex donor-specific crossmatches by Billen, E. V. A., Voorter, C. E. M., Christiaans, M. H. L., Van Den Berg-Loonen, E. M.

“…In Luminex bead‐based screening assays, color‐coded microspheres coated with human leukocyte antigens (HLA) are used to identify both complement‐binding and…”
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Clinical and immunological significance of HLA-E in stem cell transplantation and cancer by Wieten, L., Mahaweni, N. M., Voorter, C. E.M., Bos, G. M.J., Tilanus, M. G.J.

“…Human leukocyte antigen‐E (HLA‐E) is a nonclassical HLA class I molecule that canonically binds peptides derived from the leader sequence of classical HLA…”
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Peptide-induced HLA-E expression in human PBMCs is dependent on peptide sequence and the HLA-E genotype by Lauterbach, N., Wieten, L., Popeijus, H. E., Vanderlocht, J., van Zon, P. M. H., Voorter, C. E. M., Tilanus, M. G. J.

“…Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)‐E is a low‐polymorphic non‐classical HLA class I molecule which plays a crucial role in immune surveillance by presentation of…”
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Age-dependent deamidation of αB-crystallin by Groenen, Patricia J.T.A., van Dongen, Maria J.P., Voorter, Christina E.M., Bloemendal, Hans, de Jong, Wilfried W.

“…Bovine and human αB-crystallin undergo deamidation upon aging in the lens. In bovine αB-crystallin, the specific site of dearnidation has been identified by…”
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Full-length HLA-DRB1 coding sequences generated by a hemizygous RNA-SBT approach by Gerritsen, K. E. H., Groeneweg, M., Meertens, C. M. H., Voorter, C. E. M., Tilanus, M. G. J.

“…Currently 1582 HLA‐DRB1 alleles have been identified in the IMGT/HLA database (v3.18). Among those alleles, more than 90% have incomplete allele sequences,…”
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Helper and cytotoxic T cell precursor frequencies are not predictive for development of acute graft-versus-host disease after partially T cell-depleted HLA-identical sibling BMT by VAN DER MEER, A, ALLEBES, W. A, VOORTER, C. E. M, VAN DEN BERG-LOONEN, E. M, SCHATTENBERG, A. V, DE WITTE, T. J, JOOSTEN, I

“…Despite the use of partially T cell-depleted grafts, 20% of the recipients of an HLA-identical sibling marrow graft develop aGVHD > or = II. This indicates…”
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