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Polymorphisms of killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) and HLA ligands in northeastern Thais.
Immunogenetics - 1 Sept 2013
Chaisri Suwit, Kitcharoen Kriengkrai, Romphruk Amornrat V, Romphruk Arunrat, Witt Campbell S, Leelayuwat Chanvit
Abstract excerpt
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are cell surface receptors on natural killer (NK) cells and subsets of T cells. The functions of NK cells are partly regulated by interactions between KIRs and HLA ligands on target cells. In this study, the presence or absence of 17 KIR genes and their known HLA ligands have been investigated in 235 unrelated individuals living in northeastern Thailand (NET)....
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