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Understanding the killer-cell immunoglobulin like receptor polymorphism in retinoblastoma.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Feb 2023
Aggarwal Ritu, Sharma Madhulika, Singh Usha, Poulton Kay, Bhatia Tanvi, Mangat Navdeep, Kakkar Nandita, Bansal Deepak
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BACKGROUND: The KIR receptors present on the natural killer (NK) cells play a crucial role by exercising cytotoxicity to eliminate tumor cells. Both KIR and class-I HLA molecules exhibit extensive polymorphism. Although RB1 inactivation triggers the initiation of retinoblastoma; however additional immune alterations trigger tumor development. The aim was to explore the KIR/HLA polymorphism and its role in the...
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