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Association of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor gene 2DL1 and its HLA-C2 ligand with family history of cancer in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2014
Dutta Anupam, Saikia Nabajyoti, Phookan Jyotirmoy, Baruah Munindra Narayan, Baruah Shashi
Abstract excerpt
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) are involved in regulating natural killer cell activation through recognition of their human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I ligands. We conducted a case-control study with 169 oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients and 177 healthy participants to study the genomic diversity of KIR and HLA loci and KIR gene expression in context of family history of cancer...
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