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Disease-association of different killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and HLA-C gene combinations in reactive arthritis.
Modern rheumatology - 1 May 2019
Sun Hong Sheng, Liu Dong Xia, Bai Yan Yan, Hu Nai Wen
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BACKGROUND: Reactive arthritis (ReA) is sterile arthritis triggered by bacterial gastrointestinal or urogenital infections. Although the pathogenesis of ReA remains unclear, genetic factors seem to play an important role. Different killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) and their corresponding specific histocompatibility leukocyte antigen-C (HLA-C) ligand genotypes have been implicated in susceptibility...
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