H antigen

H antigen can refer to one of the various types of antigens having diverse biological functions:

• Also known as substance H, H antigen is a precursor to each of the ABO blood group antigens, apparently present in all people except those with the Bombay Blood phenotype^[1] (see hh blood group). The gene responsible for making H antigen is FUT1, located on the 19th chromosome in humans.
• Histocompatibility antigen, a major factor in graft rejection.
  • major H antigens (major histocompatibility antigen^[2]) "encode molecules that present foreign peptides to T cells"^{[3][page needed]}
  • minor H antigens are polymorphic alloantigens presented on foreign major histocompatibility complex molecules.^{[3]: 525–526} Includes, e.g. the H-Y antigen. Even when major histocompatibility complex genotype is perfectly matched, can cause slow rejection of a graft.^{[3]: 525–526}
• a bacterial flagellar antigen^[4]

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