HLA Class I and II Blocks Are Associated to Susceptibility, Clinical Subtypes and Autoantibodies in Mexican Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) Patients

• Tatiana S. Rodriguez-Reyna,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Pamela Mercado-Velázquez,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Neng Yu,

  Affiliation HLA laboratory, The American Red Cross Northeast Division, Dedham, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Sharon Alosco,

  Affiliation HLA laboratory, The American Red Cross Northeast Division, Dedham, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Marina Ohashi,

  Affiliation HLA laboratory, The American Red Cross Northeast Division, Dedham, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Tatiana Lebedeva,

  Affiliation HLA laboratory, The American Red Cross Northeast Division, Dedham, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Alfredo Cruz-Lagunas,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Carlos Núñez-Álvarez,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Javier Cabiedes-Contreras †,

  † Deceased.

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Gilberto Vargas-Alarcón,

  Affiliation Basic and Technological Research Subdirection, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Julio Granados,

  Affiliation Transplant Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Joaquin Zúñiga ,

  * E-mail: joazu@yahoo.com (JZ); eyunis@partners.org (EY)

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Edmond Yunis

  * E-mail: joazu@yahoo.com (JZ); eyunis@partners.org (EY)

  Affiliations Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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