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Potential implication of activating killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor and HLA in onset of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Nov 2012
Lu C, Bai X L, Shen Y J, Deng Y F, Wang C Y, Fan G, Chu J X, Zhao S M, Zhang B C, Zhao Y R, Zhang C Z, Ye H, Lu Z M
Abstract excerpt
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) and human leucocyte antigen (HLA) play crucial role in maintaining immune homoeostasis and controlling immune responses. To investigate the influence of KIR and HLA-C ligands on the risk of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), we studied 200 patients who were confirmed to have PTB and 200 healthy controls on the different frequencies of KIR and HLA-C ligands. Genotyping of...
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