Function | Involved in the presentation of foreign antigens to the immune system. Plays a role in maternal tolerance of the fetus by mediating protection from the deleterious effects of natural killer cells, cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, macrophages and mononuclear cells. |
Gene References into Functions | - HLA-G, NRP1, and PD-1, may be involved in the immune response in psoriatic patients PMID: 29790686
- Considering that others 14-bp associations were inconclusive and that other variation sites observed at HLA-G 3"UTR exhibit a proven role on post-transcriptional regulation of HLA-G expression, the complete 3"UTR segment should be analyzed in terms of disease susceptibility, instead of a single polymorphism. PMID: 30102938
- study demonstrated that HLA-G 14-bp Ins/Del polymorphism may exert no influence on susceptibility to viruses - Meta-analysis PMID: 30235670
- The findings indicate that GPER/miR148a/HLAG signaling pathway may mediates the development of ovarian endometriosis and may become a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of endometriosis. PMID: 29845209
- Significantly different distribution of HLA-G polymorphism (rs1611715), but not the serum level of sHLA-G, were found between multiple sclerosis patients and healthy individuals. PMID: 29924453
- These results indicate the importance of the HLA-G promoter SNPs in the pregnancy outcome. But to reach a more definite conclusion, subsequent studies on 3" UTR and other positions with polymorphism in the 5" UTR regions larger samples are necessary. PMID: 29797531
- HLA-G expression is associated with poor survival in stage III gastric cancer patients and represents a possible immunoescape mechanism of cancer cells. PMID: 29845360
- this study shows that HLA-G molecules have a role in predicting the newborn"s likelihood for oral HPV infection at birth. PMID: 29544814
- HLA-G is highly represented in ovarian carcinoma suggesting a potential association with progressive disease mechanism PMID: 29499226
- this study shows that HLA-G is expressed in intestinal samples of ulcerative colitis and Crohn"s disease patients PMID: 29588183
- this study shows that HLA-G mediated immune regulation is impaired by a single amino acid exchange in the alpha 2 domain PMID: 29605689
- No significant differences in single nucleotide polymorphisms in the 3" untranslated region of HLA-G in placentas between spontaneous preterm birth and preeclampsia. PMID: 29540242
- the HLA-G 14bp ins/del gene polymorphism is an important risk factor for the incidence and poor outcome of NHL cases. PMID: 29388862
- these findings showed that HLA-G overexpression in tumor tissue correlated with poor prognosis in pancreatic adenocarcinoma PMID: 29549230
- This meta-analysis suggested that the HLA-G 14-bp insertion allele may increase the risk of recurrent implantation failure in Caucasians. PMID: 28707147
- Study shows that HLA-G alleles are skewed in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children. HLA-G alleles seen in ASD result in immune activation. The skewing of HLA-G alleles seen in ASD might play a pathogenic role. PMID: 28923404
- these data confirm an important role of HLA-G 3"UTR polymorphisms in the development of severe forms of sepsis in Brazil PMID: 28941746
- a 14bp indel in HLA-G associated with increased flow-mediated dilatation of the brachial artery in renal transplant recipients PMID: 28987961
- the maternal HLA-G 14-bp Ins/Del polymorphism is not associated with preeclampsia risk. PMID: 29105301
- the HLA-G 14-bp Ins/Del polymorphism may be a marker for genetic susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B infection. PMID: 28929613
- The presence of the HLA-G +3142 CC genotype was associated with higher susceptibility to CMV infection after kidney transplantation. PMID: 29113092
- The results from the study suggest a possible involvement of HLA-G in the risk modulation toward hepatitis C virus infection. PMID: 28083985
- our results suggest that elevated levels of HLA- G expression, precisely sHLA- G1 homodimers, are indeed associated with persistent infection with HBV. sHLA- G (sHLA- G1 and HLA- G5 both) levels may be a prognostic indicator for spontaneous recov-ery. PMID: 28429836
- Results show that HLA-G rs1233334:CT protected against progression of endometriosis. PMID: 29234882
- The results suggest that HLA-G polymorphism has small effect on systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility and that soluble HLA-G may be involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. PMID: 28695673
- sHLA-G levels is an independent prognosis factor and improves the prognostic stratification offered by traditional prognosticators in CRC patients. PMID: 28415627
- we found a significant association between HLA-G rs1063320 (thorn3142G>C) and 14-bp ins/del variants and risk of recurrent spontaneous abortion. PMID: 28600033
- HLA-G del/del genotypes were more frequent among mothers with gestational diabetes than in control.Babies carrying HLA-G del/del showed the highest sHLA-G levels. PMID: 28655969
- No statistically significant differences in either HLA-G allele or genotype frequencies between pre-eclampsia cases and control group have been observed. PMID: 29061057
- Overexpressed HLA-G revealed their ability to inhibit the cell proliferation and cytotoxic activity of NK-92MI cells, and reduce the secretion of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha through immunoglobulin-like transcript 2. PMID: 29224003
- Soluble HLA-G was significantly higher in the persistent wheezing (positive modified asthma predictive index) infant group compared with the transient wheezing (negative modified asthma predictive index) group (P = 0.008). PMID: 27880031
- this study shows associations between fetal HLA-G genotype and birth weight and placental weight in a large cohort of pregnant women PMID: 28267635
- evidence is presented that HLA-G1 monomer exhibits the therapeutic effects on atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions in mice PMID: 28675838
- this study shows that HLA-G is expressed by ARPE-19 retinal pigment epithelium cells and is upregulated as a response to pro-inflammatory cytokines PMID: 28442288
- Cellular activation and pathological processes are associated with an aberrant or a neo-expression of HLA-G/soluble HLA-G. (Review) PMID: 27440734
- the +3142 C>G, but not the 14bp INS/DEL polymorphism may constitute a genetic susceptibility factor to multiple sclerosis in the Tunisian population. PMID: 27771469
- novel HLA-G-regulating miRs, miR-628-5p and miR-548q, were identified in renal cell carcinoma PMID: 27057628
- high expression of total soluble HLA-G and vesicular soluble HLA-G, together with the presence of the 14-bp deletion allele, might be involved in implantation failure PMID: 26959830
- the presented data suggest that the investigated HLA-G*0105N allele is potentially associated with recurrent spontaneous abortions through linkage disequilibrium with other genetic elements. PMID: 26754761
- these findings demonstrate the association of HLA-G polymorphism with breast cancer susceptibility in Tunisian population PMID: 26754763
- results strongly suggest the involvement of HLA-G in human African trypanosomiasis disease progression PMID: 27470243
- women with preterm premature rupture of membranes had significantly higher serum and vaginal sHLA-G concentrations compared to controls PMID: 27232355
- Serum levels of soluble HLA-G were similar in CMV- and CMV+ subjects but levels in culture supernatants were significantly higher in cells from CMV+ than from CMV- subjects stimulated with CMV antigens. The HLA-G ligand KIR2DL4 was mainly expressed on NK cells and CD56+ T cells with no differences between CMV+ and CMV- subjects. PMID: 28817184
- our study is the first to suggest that HLA-G expression may influence the clinical outcome of chronic myeloid leukemia PMID: 28841441
- SV40 immune-inhibitory direct effect and the presence of high levels of the immune-inhibitory HLA-G molecules could co-operate in impairing B lymphocyte activation towards SV40 specific peptides. PMID: 27443345
- HLA-G 3"UTR polymorphisms associated with a greater magnitude of HLA-G production were associated with differentiated thyroid tumours and with variables implicated in poor prognosis. PMID: 27914217
- The inhibitory properties of bronchial endothelial cellss are dysregulated in stable lung transplant recipients via TGF-beta, IL-10 and HLA-G signaling pathway. PMID: 27820781
- HLA-G expression was upregulated in chondrocyte-differentiated mesenchymal stem cells under hypoxia context and could be boosted in allogenic settings. PMID: 27465875
- this review provides new insights into the mechanisms controlling the expression and function of HLA-G at the maternal-fetal interface, and discuss their relevance for fetal tolerance PMID: 28279591
- we propose a massively parallel sequencing (NGS) with a bioinformatics strategy to evaluate the entire HLA-G regulatory and coding segments PMID: 28135606
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Subcellular Location | Isoform 1: Cell membrane, Single-pass type I membrane protein, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Isoform 2: Cell membrane, Single-pass type I membrane protein, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Isoform 3: Cell membrane, Single-pass type I membrane protein, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Isoform 4: Cell membrane, Single-pass type I membrane protein, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Isoform 5: Secreted, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Isoform 6: Secreted, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Isoform 7: Secreted |
Protein Families | MHC class I family |
Tissue Specificity | Expressed in trophoblasts. Expressed in fetal eye and thymus (PubMed:2336406). Also expressed in adult eye (PubMed:1570318). Isoform 4: Expressed in fetal first trimester trophoblasts (PubMed:7589701). Isoform 7: Expressed in first trimester, second trime |
Database Links | HGNC: 4964 OMIM: 142871 KEGG: hsa:3135 STRING: 9606.ENSP00000353472 UniGene: Hs.512152 |