MHC (HLA)

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Immunology subtree

Major histocompatibility complex: MHC-I (HLA-A/B/C) presents endogenous peptides to CD8+ T cells; MHC-II (HLA-DR/DP/DQ) presents exogenous peptides to CD4+ T cells. Highly polymorphic (>20,000 HLA alleles).

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