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Investigation of activating and inhibitory killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors and their putative ligands in type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Human immunology - 1 Jan 2016
Osman Awad E, Eltayeb-ELSheikh Nezar, Mubasher Mohamed, Al Harthi Hanan, Alharbi Sahar, Hamza Muaawia A, ElGhazali Gehad
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Genetic and environmental factors play important roles in predisposing an individual to the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Several studies have investigated the role of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) and their HLA-class I ligands in susceptibility to T1D development, but only some of these studies have demonstrated an association. KIRs and their corresponding HLA class I ligands were...
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