HLA-C and HIV-1: friends or foes?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The major histocompatibility complex class I protein HLA-C plays a crucial role as a molecule capable of sending inhibitory signals to both natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) via binding to killer cell Ig-like receptors (KIR). Recently HL...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zipeto Donato, Beretta Alberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:Retrovirology
Subjects:
CTL
KIR
Online Access:http://www.retrovirology.com/content/9/1/39