Association of the LILRA3 deletion with B-NHL and functional characterization of the immunostimulatory molecule.

LILRA3 is the sole soluble member of the LILR family. Previous studies from our group had shown that a 6.7 kb genetic deletion of LILRA3 is associated with MS and Sjögren's syndrome. An impairment of the immune response leads to a predisposition for B-NHL, so we wanted to study whether the dele...

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Main Authors: Hui Zhi Low, Sandra Reuter, Michael Topperwien, Nadine Dankenbrink, Dietrich Peest, Gamze Kabalak, Renata Stripecke, Reinhold E Schmidt, Torsten Matthias, Torsten Witte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3867304?pdf=render