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Cutting edge: susceptibility to psoriatic arthritis: influence of activating killer Ig-like receptor genes in the absence of specific HLA-C alleles.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Sept 2002
Martin Maureen P, Nelson George, Lee Jeong-Hee, Pellett Fawnda, Gao Xiaojiang, Wade Judith, Wilson Michael J, Trowsdale John, Gladman Dafna, Carrington Mary
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NK cell activity is partially controlled through interactions between killer Ig-like receptors (KIR) on NK cells and their respective HLA class I ligands. Independent segregation of HLA and KIR genes, along with KIR specificity for particular HLA allotypes, raises the possibility that any given individual may express KIR molecules for which no ligand is present. Inhibitory receptor genes KIR2DL2/3 and KIR2DL1...
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