HLA-DR6

HLA-DR6 (DR6) is a broad-antigen serotype that is further split into HLA-DR13 and HLA-DR14 antigen serotypes.

erology

DR6 serological reactivity is relatively poor compared to other serological tests for DR antigens. Compare to DQ2 or DR7.

Disease associations

DR13 and DR14 share a common association to myastenia graviscite journal | author = Shinomiya N, Nomura Y, Segawa M | title = A variant of childhood-onset myasthenia gravis: HLA typing and clinical characteristics in Japan. | journal = Clin Immunol | volume = 110 | issue = 2 | pages = 154–8 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15003812 | doi = 10.1016/j.clim.2003.10.004]

Allele groups

HLA-DRB1*13 and HLA-DRB1*14 encode serotypes of DR6

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