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A case of McLeod syndrome caused by a nonsense variation c.942G>A in the XK gene: A case report

open access: yesFrontiers in Genetics, 2023
McLeod syndrome is a rare XK gene-related progressive, debilitating disease involving multiple systems. The blood group phenotypes in McLeod syndrome patients usually display the Kx antigen loss and a decrease in the Kell blood group system antigen ...
Yanling Ying   +12 more
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The Significance of RHD Genotyping and Characteristic Analysis in Chinese RhD Variant Individuals

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
BackgroundRhD is the most important and complex blood group system because of its highly polymorphic and immunogenic nature. RhD variants can induce immune response by allogeneic transfusion, organ transplantation, and fetal immunity.
Yanling Ying   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plasma metagenomics reveals regional variations of emerging and re-emerging pathogens in Chinese blood donors with an emphasis on human parvovirus B19

open access: yesOne Health, 2023
At present, many infectious pathogens, especially emerging/re-emerging pathogens, exist in the blood of voluntary blood donors and may be transmitted through blood transfusions.
Zhao Mengyi   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simultaneous genotyping for human platelet antigen systems and HLA-A and HLA-B loci by targeted next-generation sequencing

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2022
In order to treat the alloimmunization platelet transfusion refractoriness (PTR), human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-type and/or human platelet antigen (HPA)-type matched platelets between donors and patients are usually used.
Jielin Wang   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-Resolution Analysis Identifies High Frequency of KIR-A Haplotypes and Inhibitory Interactions of KIR With HLA Class I in Zhejiang Han

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) interact with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules, modulating critical NK cell functions in the maintenance of human health.
Sudan Tao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sufficient blood, safe blood: can we have both? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The decision in September 2011 in the UK to accept blood donations from non-practicing men who have sex with men (MSM) has received significant public attention.
Schüttrumpf Jörg   +14 more
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Impact of injection buffer volume to perform bronchoalveolar lavage fluid collection for isolating alveolar macrophages to investigate fine particle-induced IL-1α secretion

open access: yesJournal of Immunotoxicology, 2021
The importance of alveolar macrophages has been reported in many toxicology/immunology studies. Alveolar macrophages release interleukin (IL)-1α as a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) when stimulated by fine particles.
Eita Sasaki   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application value of nucleic acid testing in syphilis screening reactive blood

open access: yesZhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2023
Objective To evaluate the application value of nucleic acid testing (NAT) by studying the NAT-yield of syphilis screening reactive blood from five blood centers.
Anqing LIU   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acceptability and usability of HIV self-tests in two European countries: findings from surveys of clients at non-governmental organisations in Lithuania and Italy

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Uptake of HIV self-tests (HIVST) remains low in Europe. We conducted two separate surveys to understand facilitators and barriers to the use of HIVST in two European countries, as part of the EU INTEGRATE Joint Action.
Sophie G. Nash   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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