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Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor Alleles Alter HIV Disease in Children.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Singh Kumud K, Qin Min, Brummel Sean S, Angelidou Konstantia, Trout Rodney N, Fenton Terence, Spector Stephen A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HLA class I molecules are ligands for killer cell immunoglobin like receptors (KIR) that control the antiviral response of natural killer (NK) cells. However, the effects of KIR and HLA (KIR/HLA) alleles on HIV disease of children have not been studied. METHODS: 993 antiretroviral naïve children with symptomatic HIV infection from PACTG protocols P152 and P300 were genotyped for KIR and HLA alleles...
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