Haplotype-Based Analysis of KIR-Gene Profiles in a South European Population—Distribution of Standard and Variant Haplotypes, and Identification of Novel Recombinant Structures

Haplotype-Based Analysis of KIR-Gene Profiles in a South European Population—Distribution of Standard and Variant Haplotypes, and Identification of Novel Recombinant Structures

Inhibitory Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR) specific for HLA class I molecules enable human natural killer cells to monitor altered antigen presentation in pathogen-infected and tumor cells. KIR genes display extensive copy-number variation and allelic polymorphism. They organize in a...

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Main Authors: Elisa Cisneros, Manuela Moraru, Natalia Gómez-Lozano, Aura Muntasell, Miguel López-Botet, Carlos Vilches
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
copy-number variation
genes
haplotypes
KIR
NK cells
polymorphism
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00440/full

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