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KIR and HLA ligands demonstrate genetic inheritance diversity in Japanese descendants from Paraná, Brazil.
Human immunology - 1 Apr 2018
de Alencar Josiane Bazzo, Zacarias Joana Maira Valentini, Moura Barbara Leticia da Silva Guedes de, Braga Marco Antônio, Visentainer Jeane Eliete Laguila, Sell Ana Maria
Abstract excerpt
In order to investigate killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and their ligands, human leukocyte antigen (HLA), diversity in the Brazilian population influenced by migrations, unrelated Brazilian Japanese descendants were selected and genotyped for the KIR genes and HLA class I allele groups. Genetic heterogeneity in Brazil Paraná Japanese was observed for KIR genes, whose frequency distributions...
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