Article
The Evolutionary Arms Race between Virus and NK Cells: Diversity Enables Population-Level Virus Control
17 Oct 2019
Abstract excerpt
Viruses and natural killer (NK) cells have a long co-evolutionary history, evidenced by patterns of specific NK gene frequencies in those susceptible or resistant to infections. The killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and their human leukocyte antigen (HLA) ligands together form the most polymorphic receptor-ligand partnership in the human genome and govern the process of NK cell education. The KIR and HLA...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
