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Evaluation of KIR3DL1/KIR3DS1 allelic polymorphisms in Kenyan children with endemic Burkitt lymphoma.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2023
Muriuki Beatrice M, Forconi Catherine S, Kirwa Erastus K, Maina Titus K, Ariera Bonface O, Bailey Jeffrey A, Ghansah Anita, Moormann Ann M, Ong'echa John M
Abstract excerpt
Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is a fast-growing germinal center B cell lymphoma, affecting 5-10 per 100,000 children annually, in the equatorial belt of Africa. We hypothesize that co-infections with Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) impair host natural killer (NK) and T cell responses to tumor cells, and thus increase the risk of eBL pathogenesis. NK cell education is partially...
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