Maternal uterine NK cell–activating receptor KIR2DS1 enhances placentation

Killer Ig-Like Receptor Expression in Uterine NK Cells Is Biased toward Recognition of HLA-C and Alters with Gestational Age

(2014) A. M. Sharkey et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

NK Cell Tolerance of Self-Specific Activating Receptor KIR2DS1 in Individuals with Cognate HLA-C2 Ligand

(2013) G. Pittari et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Control of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Relapse — Dance between KIRs and HLA

(2012) Jeffrey S. Miller et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

HLA-C–Dependent Prevention of Leukemia Relapse by Donor ActivatingKIR2DS1

(2012) Jeffrey M. Venstrom et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The role of interleukin-1β in human trophoblast motility

(2012) N. Prutsch et al.   PLACENTA

Placenta accreta: Pathogenesis of a 20th century iatrogenic uterine disease

(2012) E. Jauniaux et al.   PLACENTA

Dynamic Shift from CD85j/ILT-2 to NKG2D NK Receptor Expression Pattern on Human Decidual NK during the First Trimester of Pregnancy

(2012) Romain Marlin et al.   PLoS One

Natural killer cells expressing the KIR2DS1-activating receptor efficiently kill T-cell blasts and dendritic cells: implications in haploidentical HSCT

(2011) S. Sivori et al.   BLOOD

The effect of pregnancy on the uterine NK cell KIR repertoire

(2011) Victoria Male et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Maternal KIR and fetal HLA-C: a fine balance

(2011) Olympe Chazara et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Role of alloreactive KIR2DS1+ NK cells in haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

(2011) Emanuela Marcenaro et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Ex vivo functional responses to HLA-G differ between blood and decidual NK cells

(2011) R. Apps et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Human NK Cells Differ More in Their KIR2DL1-Dependent Thresholds for HLA-Cw6-Mediated Inhibition than in Their Maximal Killing Capacity

(2011) Catarina R. Almeida et al.   PLoS One

CD34+ hematopoietic precursors are present in human decidua and differentiate into natural killer cells upon interaction with stromal cells

(2011) P. Vacca et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Paternal MHC expression on mouse trophoblast affects uterine vascularization and fetal growth

(2011) Z. Madeja et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The “Great Obstetrical Syndromes” are associated with disorders of deep placentation

(2010) Ivo Brosens et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Analyses of HLA-C-specific KIR repertoires in donors with group A and B haplotypes suggest a ligand-instructed model of NK cell receptor acquisition

(2010) K. Schonberg et al.   BLOOD

Donor selection for natural killer cell receptor genes leads to superior survival after unrelated transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia

(2010) S. Cooley et al.   BLOOD

Expression of the HLA-C2-specific activating killer-cell Ig-like receptor KIR2DS1 on NK and T cells

(2010) Céline Cognet et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Maternal activating KIRs protect against human reproductive failure mediated by fetal HLA-C2

(2010) Susan E. Hiby et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Pregnancy immunogenetics: NK cell education in the womb?

(2010) Peter Parham et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Mature natural killer cells reset their responsiveness when exposed to an altered MHC environment

(2010) Nathalie T. Joncker et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Immature NK Cells, Capable of Producing IL-22, Are Present in Human Uterine Mucosa

(2010) V. Male et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Review: Functional role of uterine natural killer (uNK) cells in human early pregnancy decidua

(2010) G.E. Lash et al.   PLACENTA

KIR acquisition probabilities are independent of self-HLA class I ligands and increase with cellular KIR expression

(2009) S. Andersson et al.   BLOOD

Education of human natural killer cells by activating killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors

(2009) C. Fauriat et al.   BLOOD

Killer Ig-Like Receptor Ligand Mismatch Directs NK Cell Expansion In Vitro

(2009) M. J. J. Rose et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

lumi: a pipeline for processing Illumina microarray

(2008) P. Du et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The strength of inhibitory input during education quantitatively tunes the functional responsiveness of individual natural killer cells

(2008) P. Brodin et al.   BLOOD

A distinct cohort of the TGFβ superfamily members expressed in human endometrium regulate decidualization

(2008) Chelsea J. Stoikos et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Association of maternal killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors and parental HLA-C genotypes with recurrent miscarriage

(2008) S.E. Hiby et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) expression of primary trophoblast cells and placental cell lines, determined using single antigen beads to characterize allotype specificities of anti-HLA antibodies

(2008) Richard Apps et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Regulatory role of NKp44, NKp46, DNAM-1 and NKG2D receptors in the interaction between NK cells and trophoblast cells. Evidence for divergent functional profiles of decidual versus peripheral NK cells

(2008) P. Vacca et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

KIR2DS1-mediated activation overrides NKG2A-mediated inhibition in HLA-C C2-negative individuals

(2008) B. Foley et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY