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KIR2DS4 promotes HIV-1 pathogenesis: new evidence from analyses of immunogenetic data and natural killer cell function.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Merino Aimee M, Dugast Anne-Sophie, Wilson Craig M, Goepfert Paul A, Alter Galit, Kaslow Richard A, Tang Jianming
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BACKGROUND: KIR2DS4 gene variants encode full-length and truncated protein products, with only the former serving as membrane-bound receptors to activate natural killer (NK) cells. We have previously shown that full-length KIR2DS4 was associated with relatively high viral load and accelerated het...
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