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Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors and falciparum malaria in southwest Nigeria.
Human immunology - 1 Aug 2014
Olaniyan Subulade A, Amodu Olukemi K, Yindom Louis-Marie, Conway David J, Aka Peter, Bakare Adekunle A, Omotade Olayemi O
Abstract excerpt
Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are a group of natural killer cell receptors (NKRs) that regulate NK-cell-mediated production of interferon gamma (IFN-γ) in response to infection. These receptors have recently been suggested to influence the severity of clinical Plasmodium falcip...
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