Extensive Variation in Gene Copy Number at the Killer Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor Locus in Humans

KIR-Ligand Mismatches Are Associated With Reduced Long-Term Graft Survival in HLA-Compatible Kidney Transplantation

(2011) J. van Bergen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION

Expression of Activating KIR2DS2 and KIR2DS4 Genes after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Relevance to Cytomegalovirus Infection

(2011) Ghislaine M. Gallez-Hawkins et al.   BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Cytomegalovirus reactivation after allogeneic transplantation promotes a lasting increase in educated NKG2C+ natural killer cells with potent function

(2011) B. Foley et al.   BLOOD

Use of NK cell activity in cure by transplant

(2011) Wing Leung   BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY

KIR3DL1+HLA-B Bw4Ile80 and KIR2DS1+HLA-C2 combinations are both associated with ankylosing spondylitis in the Iranian population

(2011) N. Tajik et al.   International Journal of Immunogenetics

HIV-1 adaptation to NK-cell-mediated immune pressure

(2011) Galit Alter et al.   NATURE

Innate or Adaptive Immunity? The Example of Natural Killer Cells

(2011) E. Vivier et al.   SCIENCE

Lack of KIR2DL4 gene in a fertile Caucasian woman

(2011) I. Nowak et al.   TISSUE ANTIGENS

Copy Number Variation of KIR Genes Influences HIV-1 Control

(2011) Kimberly Pelak et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Donor activating KIR3DS1 is associated with decreased acute GVHD in unrelated allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

(2010) J. M. Venstrom et al.   BLOOD

Natural killer-cell KIR repertoire reconstitution after haploidentical SCT

(2010) M Stern et al.   BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Genetic variation, Fcγ receptors, KIRs and infection: the evolution of autoimmunity

(2010) Marion Espeli et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Differential RNA expression of KIR alleles

(2010) Colum McErlean et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Primate-specific regulation of natural killer cells

(2010) Peter Parham et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PRIMATOLOGY

Allele frequency net: a database and online repository for immune gene frequencies in worldwide populations

(2010) F. F. Gonzalez-Galarza et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Effect of Single and Combined Activating Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptor Genotypes on Cytomegalovirus Infection and Immunity after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

(2009) John A. Zaia et al.   BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Mechanisms of copy number variation and hybrid gene formation in the KIR immune gene complex

(2009) James A. Traherne et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Copy number variation at theFCGRlocus includesFCGR3A, FCGR2CandFCGR3Bbut notFCGR2AandFCGR2B

(2009) Willemijn B. Breunis et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

Human NK cells can control CMV infection in the absence of T cells

(2008) T. W. Kuijpers et al.   BLOOD

KIR haplotypes defined by segregation analysis in 59 Centre d’Etude Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH) families

(2008) M. P. Martin et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

High-throughput analysis of the C4 polymorphism by a combination of MLPA and isotype-specific ELISA's

(2008) Diana Wouters et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY