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Association of KIR3DS1+HLA-B Bw4Ile80 combination with susceptibility to tuberculosis in Lur population of Iran.
Iranian journal of immunology : IJI - 1 Mar 2012
Shahsavar Farhad, Mousavi Tahereh, Azargon Alireza, Entezami Kobra
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BACKGROUND: Natural killer (NK) cells are the effector cells of innate immunity that respond to infection and tumor. Interactions between killer cell immunoglobulin like receptors (KIR) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules regulate NK cells responses to eliminate infected and transformed cells. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of KIR genes, HLA ligand genes, and KIR-HLA combinations on...
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