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Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor gene-cluster 3DS1-2DL5-2DS1-2DS5 predisposes susceptibility to Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in Japanese individuals.
Human immunology - 1 Feb 2010
Levinson Ralph D, Okada Annabelle A, Ashouri Elham, Keino Hiroshi, Rajalingam Raja
Abstract excerpt
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) control the effector function of natural killer (NK) cells and subsets of T cell, and the genes encoding KIRs are substantially variable among individuals. A majority (58.4%) of Japanese individuals were found to be homozygous for group A KIR haplotypes that encode only a single activating KIR2DS4. Contrarily, most of Japanese patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada...
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