How to Use HLA in a Sentence

HLA

noun
  • That mix makes the genetic composition in his HLA typing much more rare and more unique.
    — Danielle Genet, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The closer the donor’s HLA markers are to the patient’s, the more likely the body will accept the new cells without a high risk of complications.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The lens uses a high-response linear actuator (HLA) system that snaps focus from near to distant targets in an instant.
    — PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And then another challenge is relatives have shared HLA homology.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026
  • Researchers are most interested in a gene cluster called the human leukocyte antigen system (HLA), which encodes proteins that help the immune system distinguish self from nonself.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, your body has 12 unique HLA markers, creating millions of possible combinations for doctors to consider when searching for a match.
    — Danielle Genet, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • He is represented by Mgmt Entertainment’s Kesselman, HLA Management, and UTA.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • For the next version of the genetic risk score test, the plan is to incorporate specific HLA types present in Africans, East Asians, and several other groups, says Hagopian, who collaborates with Oram.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In the late eighties, an Israeli scientist named Zelig Eshhar successfully fused a T-cell receptor with an antibody, which could recognize cancer cells without relying on HLA.
    — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
  • People from the same ethnic background are more likely to share similar HLA types, meaning a patient is most likely to find a compatible donor among individuals with similar ancestry, per the NMDP.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Its high-response linear actuator (HLA) focus motor snaps between near and far-off subjects in an instant, even with the a7R IV's autofocus system, which isn't as speedy as more recent Sony and L-mount cameras.
    — PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In an unpublished study, Rich and his colleagues tested how well the most common HLA variants used in genetic tests predicted risk in people with European, Hispanic, African American or Finnish ancestry.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The team noted that further analyses were unable to identify any characteristic at the start of the trial that predicted treatment response, including age, specific immune system genes known as human leukocyte antigens (HLA), body mass index (BMI) or number of autoantibodies.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025

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