H-y antigen: expression in human subjects with the testicular feminization syndrome.
Androgen-insensitive subjects with a 46,XY karotype develop as phenotypic females despite presence of testes. The white blood cells of these females type H-Y antigen-positive indicate that expression of the H-Y cell surface component is androgen-independent.
D013734:Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012730:Sex Chromosomes / Q000276:immunology; D013737:Testis / Q000196:embryology; D013739:Testosterone / Q000502:physiology
D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens; D013739:Testosterone