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Functional polymorphism of the KIR3DL1/S1 receptor on human NK cells.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jan 2007
O'Connor Geraldine M, Guinan Kieran J, Cunningham Rodat T, Middleton Derek, Parham Peter, Gardiner Clair M
Abstract excerpt
NK cells express both inhibitory and activatory receptors that allow them to recognize target cells through HLA class I Ag expression. KIR3DL1 is a receptor that recognizes the HLA-Bw4 public epitope of HLA-B alleles. We demonstrate that polymorphism within the KIR3DL1 receptor has functional consequences in terms of NK cell recognition of target. Inhibitory alleles of KIR3DL1 differ in their ability to recognize...
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