Disease associations

A26 Serotype is associated with adult T-cell leukemia in Japanese.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Nomura K, Utsunomiya A, Furushou H, Tara M, Hazeki M, Tokunaga M, Uozumi K, Hanada S, Yashiki S, Tajima K, Sonoda S (2006). "A family predisposition to adult T-cell leukemia.". J Clin Exp Hematop. 46 (2): 67–71. doi:10.3960/jslrt.46.67. PMID 17142956
  2. ^ Yashiki S, Fujiyoshi T, Arima N, Osame M, Yoshinaga M, Nagata Y, Tara M, Nomura K, Utsunomiya A, Hanada S, Tajima K, Sonoda S (2001). "HLA-A*26, HLA-B*4002, HLA-B*4006, and HLA-B*4801 alleles predispose to adult T cell leukemia: the limited recognition of HTLV type 1 tax peptide anchor motifs and epitopes to generate anti-HTLV type 1 tax CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes.". AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 17 (11): 1047–61. doi:10.1089/088922201300343735. PMID 11485622