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<scp>HLA</scp>‐E: Immune Receptor Functional Mechanisms Revealed by Structural Studies
2025
ABSTRACT HLA‐E is a nonclassical, nonpolymorphic, class Ib HLA molecule. Its primary function is to present a conserved nonamer peptide, termed VL9, derived from the signal sequence of classical MHC molecules to the NKG2x‐CD94 receptors on NK cells and a subs…
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Adaptive Immune System

Subsystem of the immune system

The adaptive immune system , also known as the acquired immune system , or specific immune system is a subsystem of the immune system that is composed of specialized, systemic cells and processes that eliminate pathogens or prevent their growth. The acquired immune system is one of the two main immunity strategies found in vertebrates (the other being the innate immune system).

Like the innate system, the adaptive immune system includes both humoral immunity components and cell-mediated immunity components and destroys invading pathogens. Unlike the innate immune system, which is pre-programmed to react to common broad categories of pathogen, the adaptive immune system is highly specific to each particular pathogen the body has encountered.

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<scp>HLA</scp>‐E: Immune Receptor Functional Mechanisms Revealed by Structural Studies
2025
ABSTRACT HLA‐E is a nonclassical, nonpolymorphic, class Ib HLA molecule. Its primary function is to present a conserved nonamer peptide, termed VL9, derived from the signal sequence of classical MHC molecules to the NKG2x‐CD94 receptors on NK cells and a subset of T lymphocytes. These receptors regulate the function of NK cells, and the importance of this role, which is conserved across mammalian species, probably accounts for the lack of genetic polymorphism. A second minor function is to present other, weaker bi…
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