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Association of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors with pulmonary tuberculosis in Chinese Han.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 15 May 2012
Lu C, Shen Y-J, Deng Y-F, Wang C-Y, Fan G, Liu Y-Q, Zhao S-M, Zhang B-C, Zhao Y-R, Wang Z-E, Zhang C-Z, Lu Z-M
Abstract excerpt
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are involved in the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases. However, whether KIR polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis was unknown. We examined a possible association of KIR polymorphism with susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis in Chinese Han. We analyzed 15 KIR genes in 109 pulmonary tuberculosis patients and 110 healthy...
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