The University of Chicago Header Logo

Histocompatibility Antigens Class I

"Histocompatibility Antigens Class I" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
Membrane glycoproteins consisting of an alpha subunit and a BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN beta subunit. In humans, highly polymorphic genes on CHROMOSOME 6 encode the alpha subunits of class I antigens and play an important role in determining the serological specificity of the surface antigen. Class I antigens are found on most nucleated cells and are generally detected by their reactivity with alloantisera. These antigens are recognized during GRAFT REJECTION and restrict cell-mediated lysis of virus-infected cells.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Histocompatibility Antigens Class I" by people in this website by year, and whether "Histocompatibility Antigens Class I" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 155 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 1999
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.