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KIR genotype distribution among symptomatic patients with and without Helicobacter pylori infection: is there any role for the B haplotype?
Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Jan 2015
Mahfouz R, Hoteit R, El Hajj N, Shammaa D, Sharara A I
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Contact of peripheral blood lymphocytes with Helicobacter pylori was proved to induce non- major histocompatibility complex-restricted cytotoxicity and natural killer cells are thought to play an important role in the immunity against H. pylori. AIMS: In this research, we investigated any possible association between killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) genotypes and H. pylori infection....
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