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Epistatic interaction between KIR3DS1 and HLA-B delays the progression to AIDS.
Nature genetics - 1 Aug 2002
Martin Maureen P, Gao Xiaojiang, Lee Jeong-Hee, Nelson George W, Detels Roger, Goedert James J, Buchbinder Susan, Hoots Keith, Vlahov David, Trowsdale John, Wilson Michael, O'Brien Stephen J, Carrington Mary
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Natural killer (NK) cells provide defense in the early stages of the innate immune response against viral infections by producing cytokines and causing cytotoxicity. The killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) on NK cells regulate the inhibition and activation of NK-cell responses through rec...
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