MHC-I presents peptides derived from endogenous antigens. Antigen is proteolyzed by the immune proteasome and specific peptides loaded to MHC-I. The resulting MHC-I–peptide complex is transported to ...

Lung immunity is essential to combat all pulmonary diseases, including COVID-19, pneumonia, lung cancer, asthma, and COPD. Lung immunity differs from the systemic immunity which is the normal focus of ...

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region plays a crucial role in immune function; therefore, any genetic or epigenetic polymorphisms within the MHC locus may result in various diseases, as ...

Which came first, MHC class I or MHC class II? For decades, it has been debated which of these two similar classes came first in evolution. Now, Keiichiro Hashimoto and his group at Fujita Health ...