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KIR and HLA genotypes are associated with disease progression and survival following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for high-risk neuroblastoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Dec 2009
Venstrom Jeffrey M, Zheng Junting, Noor Nabila, Danis Karen E, Yeh Alice W, Cheung Irene Y, Dupont Bo, O'Reilly Richard J, Cheung Nai-Kong V, Hsu Katharine C
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PURPOSE: NK cells exhibit cytotoxicity against neuroblastoma. Gene polymorphisms governing NK cell function, therefore, may influence prognosis. Two highly polymorphic genetic loci instrumental in determining NK cell responses encode the NK cell killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and their class I human leukocyte antigen (HLA) ligands. We hypothesized that patients with a "missing ligand" KIR-HLA compound...
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