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Chimpanzee susceptibility to hepatitis C virus infection correlates with presence of Pt-KIR3DS2 and Pt-KIR2DL9: paired activating and inhibitory natural killer cell receptors.
Immunogenetics - 1 Oct 2015
Abi-Rached Laurent, Guethlein Lisbeth A, Norman Paul J, Parham Peter
Abstract excerpt
Infection of humans and chimpanzees with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) results in either the resolution of the acute infection or its progression to a persistent infection associated with chronic liver disease. In cohorts of human patients, resolution of HCV infection has been associated with homozygosity for both C1(+)HLA-C and its cognate inhibitory receptor, KIR2DL3. Compared here are the killer cell...
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