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Analysis of Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor Genes and Their HLA Ligands in Iranian Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis.
Iranian journal of allergy, asthma, and immunology - 1 Feb 2016
Mahmoudi Mehdi, Jamshidi Ahmad Reza, Karami Jafar, Mohseni Alireza, Amirzargar Ali Akbar, Farhadi Elham, Ahmadzadeh Nooshin, Nicknam Mohammad Hossein
Abstract excerpt
Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is a chronic rheumatic disease which mainly involves the axial skeleton. It seems that non-HLA genes, as well as HLA-B27 gene, are linked to the etiology of the disease. Recently, it has been documented that KIRs and their HLA ligands are contributed to the Ankylosing Spondylitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the KIR genes and their HLA ligands in Iranian AS patients and...
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