- ►nih.gov CA Stewart, F Laugier-Anfossi, F Vély, X … - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005 - National Acad Sciences Inhibitory receptors for MHC class I molecules increase the threshold of
lymphocyte activation. Natural Killer (NK) cells express a large number of such
inhibitory receptors, including the human killer Ig-like receptors (KIR). ... Cited by 107 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
- ►rupress.org M Carrington, S Wang, MP Martin, X Gao, M … - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2005 - jem.rupress.org Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) recognition of specific human
histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I allotypes contributes to the
array of receptor–ligand interactions that determine natural killer (NK) ... Cited by 95 - Related articles - All 18 versions
- ►rupress.org S Rajagopalan, EO Long - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2005 - jem.rupress.org KIRs and ligands Natural killer (NK) cells are regulated in part by inhibitory
receptors that recognize MHC class I molecules on normal cells. In humans,
inhibitory receptors that recognize classical MHC class I molecules (HLA-A, ... Cited by 75 - Related articles - All 9 versions
- ►rupress.org L Abi-Rached, P Parham - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2005 - jem.rupress.org Expression of killer cell Ig-like receptors (KIRs) diversifies human natural
killer cell populations and T cell subpopulations. Whereas the major
histocompatibility complex class I binding functions of inhibitory KIR are ... Cited by 70 - Related articles - All 10 versions
SI Khakoo, M Carrington - Immunological reviews, 2006 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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- ►clinimmsoc.org [PDF] JS Orange, ZK Ballas - Clinical Immunology, 2006 - Elsevier Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes that utilize receptors encoded in the
germline DNA to become specifically activated or inhibited and are thus part of
innate immunity. Being labeled “innate”, however, does not mean that NK ... Cited by 70 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►jimmunol.org W Leung, R Iyengar, B Triplett, V Turner, FG … - The Journal of Immunology, 2005 - Am Assoc Immnol The repertoire of killer Ig-like receptors (KIRs) can be determined at the level
of DNA, RNA, or surface protein expression for selection of blood stem cell
donors. We compared genotyping and phenotyping of the four inhibitory KIRs ... Cited by 63 - Related articles - All 4 versions
J Kelley, L Walter, J Trowsdale - PLoS Genet, 2005 - genetics.plosjournals.org Many receptors on natural killer (NK) cells recognize major histocompatibility
complex class I molecules in order to monitor unhealthy tissues, such as cells
infected with viruses, and some tumors. Genes encoding families of NK ... Cited by 52 - Related articles - Cached - All 9 versions
S Gaudieri, D DeSantis, E McKinnon, C Moore, … - Genes and immunity, 2005 - nature.com Variation in the host response to infection by pathogens including HIV-1 may be
conferred by polymorphic genetic factors such as HLA and killer
immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) genes. Here, we examined KIR and HLA ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►jimmunol.org J van Bergen, A Thompson, A van der Slik, … - The Journal of Immunology, 2004 - Am Assoc Immnol Killer Ig-like receptors (KIR) are commonly found on human NK cells, T cells,
and CD8 T cells. Although KIR + CD4 T cells are found in certain patients, their
prevalence in healthy donors is controversial. We now provide definitive ... Cited by 50 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
