Genetic Diversity of the KIR/HLA System and Susceptibility to Hepatitis C Virus-Related Diseases

Genetic Diversity of the KIR/HLA System and Outcome of Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Treated with Chemotherapy

(2014) Valli De Re et al.   PLoS One

Validation of the classification criteria for cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis

(2014) Luca Quartuccio et al.   RHEUMATOLOGY

Impact of Immunogenetic IL28B Polymorphism on Natural Outcome of HCV Infection

(2014) Valli De Re et al.   Biomed Research International

Clinical-guide risk prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma development in chronic hepatitis C patients after interferon-based therapy

(2013) K-C Chang et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

HLA and Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptor Genes as Outcome Predictors of Hepatitis C Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma

(2013) E. Cariani et al.   CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH

Absence of activating killer immunoglobulin-like receptor genes combined with hepatitis C viral genotype is predictive of hepatocellular carcinoma

(2013) Roberto Littera et al.   HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY

KIR Gene Mismatching and KIR/C Ligands in Liver Transplantation

(2013) Isabel Legaz et al.   TRANSPLANTATION

Cellular Immune Suppressor Mechanisms in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

(2012) Fei Zhao et al.   DIGESTIVE DISEASES

Successful Vaccination Induces Multifunctional Memory T-Cell Precursors Associated With Early Control of Hepatitis C Virus

(2012) Su–Hyung Park et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Low Hepatitis C Viral Load Predicts Better Long-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Irrespective of Serologic Eradication of Hepatitis C Virus

(2012) Junichi Shindoh et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Interferon α–Stimulated Natural Killer Cells From Patients With Acute Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection Recognize HCV-Infected and Uninfected Hepatoma Cells via DNAX accessory molecule-1

(2012) Kerstin A. Stegmann et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

HIV Infection Abrogates the Functional Advantage of Natural Killer Cells Educated through KIR3DL1/HLA-Bw4 Interactions To Mediate Anti-HIV Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity

(2012) Matthew S. Parsons et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Diverse functionality among human NK cell receptors for the C1 epitope of HLA-C: KIR2DS2, KIR2DL2, and KIR2DL3

(2012) Achim K. Moesta et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Common HIV-1 Peptide Variants Mediate Differential Binding of KIR3DL1 to HLA-Bw4 Molecules

(2011) L. Fadda et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Innate immune genes synergize to predict increased risk of chronic disease in hepatitis C virus infection

(2011) M. M. Dring et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Interferon-α–Induced TRAIL on Natural Killer Cells Is Associated With Control of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

(2010) Kerstin A. Stegmann et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Natural killer cells and hepatitis C: action and reaction

(2010) K. Cheent et al.   GUT

Linkage disequilibrium organization of the human KIR superlocus: implications for KIR data analyses

(2010) Pierre-Antoine Gourraud et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Hepatitis C Virus Seromarkers and Subsequent Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Long-Term Predictors From a Community-Based Cohort Study

(2010) Lee Mei-Hsuan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

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

Consistent beneficial effects of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor 2DL3 and group 1 human leukocyte antigen-C following exposure to hepatitis C virus

(2009) Susanne Knapp et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Hepatitis C virions subvert natural killer cell activation to generate a cytokine environment permissive for infection

(2009) Stefania Crotta et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Dimorphic Motifs in D0 and D1+D2 Domains of Killer Cell Ig-Like Receptor 3DL1 Combine to Form Receptors with High, Moderate, and No Avidity for the Complex of a Peptide Derived from HIV and HLA-A*2402

(2009) D. Sharma et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Liver natural killer and natural killer T cells: immunobiology and emerging roles in liver diseases

(2009) B. Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genotype and killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor-human leukocyte antigen C ligand compatibility affect the severity of hepatitis C virus recurrence after liver transplantation

(2009) Alejandro Espadas de Arias et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Protective KIR–HLA interactions for HCV infection in intravenous drug users

(2009) Joaquín Zúñiga et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

HLA DR-DQ combination associated with the increased risk of developing human HCV positive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is related to the type II mixed cryoglobulinemia

(2009) V. De Re et al.   TISSUE ANTIGENS

Mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome as an additional autoimmune disorder associated with risk for lymphoma development

(2008) V. De Re et al.   BLOOD

Functional impairment in circulating and intrahepatic NK cells and relative mechanism in hepatocellular carcinoma patients

(2008) Lun Cai et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Sustained response to interferon-α plus ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C is closely associated with increased dynamism of intrahepatic natural killer and natural killer T cells

(2008) Satoshi Yamagiwa et al.   HEPATOLOGY RESEARCH