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High-throughput killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genotyping by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry with discovery of novel alleles.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jul 2007
Houtchens Kathleen A, Nichols Robert J, Ladner Martha B, Boal Hannah E, Sollars Cristina, Geraghty Daniel E, Davis Lee M, Parham Peter, Trachtenberg Elizabeth A
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The killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) interact with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I ligands to regulate the functions of natural killer cells and T cells. Like human leukocyte antigens class I, human KIR are highly variable and correlated with infection, autoimmunity, pregnancy syndromes, and transplantation outcome. Limiting the scope of KIR analysis is the low resolution,...
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