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HLA Alleles and KIR Genes in Romanian Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C.
Journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases : JGLD - 27 Oct 2020
Ursu Larisa, Calenic Bogdan, Diculescu Mircea, Dima Alina, Constantinescu Ileana
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The role of natural killer (NK) cells in the defense against hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection involve both innate and adaptive immunity. NK cells express a large panel of inhibitory and activating receptors who bind human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I receptors. Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are the most polymorphic of these receptors being encoded by genes distributed...
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