KIR Gene Mismatching and KIR/C Ligands in Liver Transplantation

Role of KIR3DS1 in human diseases

(2012) Christian Körner et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Differential impact of inhibitory and activating Killer Ig-Like Receptors (KIR) on high-risk patients with myeloid and lymphoid malignancies undergoing reduced intensity transplantation from haploidentical related donors

(2011) D-F Chen et al.   BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

NK cells can generate from precursors in the adult human liver

(2011) Viviana Moroso et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Human NK receptors: From the molecules to the therapy of high risk leukemias

(2011) Lorenzo Moretta et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Divergences in KIR2D+ natural killer and KIR2D+CD8+ T-cell reconstitution following liver transplantation

(2011) M.R. López-Álvarez et al.   HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY

KIR/HLA Interactions and Pathogen Immunity

(2011) Khaleel M. Jamil et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Impact of a Functional KIR2DS4 Allele on Heterosexual HIV-1 Transmission among Discordant Zambian Couples

(2011) Aimee Merino et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Role of Natural Killer Cells in Human Solid Organ and Tissue Transplantation

(2011) Jean Villard   Journal of Innate Immunity

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

Donor and recipient HLA/KIR genotypes do not predict liver transplantation outcome

(2011) Viviana Moroso et al.   TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL

KIR2DL2 Enhances Protective and Detrimental HLA Class I-Mediated Immunity in Chronic Viral Infection

(2011) Nafisa-Katrin Seich al Basatena et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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

The impact of KIR2DS4 alleles and the expression of KIR in the development of acute GVHD after unrelated allogeneic hematopoietic SCT

(2010) X J Bao et al.   BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Reassessing the Impact of Donor HLA-C Genotype on Long-Term Liver Transplant Survival

(2009) T. H. Tran et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION

Improved Survival with Inhibitory Killer Immunoglobulin Receptor (KIR) Gene Mismatches and KIR Haplotype B Donors after Nonmyeloablative, HLA-Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation

(2009) Heather J. Symons et al.   BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Significant functional heterogeneity among KIR2DL1 alleles and a pivotal role of arginine245

(2009) R. Bari et al.   BLOOD

Variable interactions of recipient killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors with self and allogenic human leukocyte antigen class I ligands may influence the outcome of solid organ transplants

(2009) Raja Rajalingam   Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Activating killer immunoglobulin-like receptor incompatibilities enhance graft-versus-host disease and affect survival after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

(2009) Sebastian Giebel et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY

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

KIR2DS4 is a product of gene conversion with KIR3DL2 that introduced specificity for HLA-A*11 while diminishing avidity for HLA-C

(2009) Thorsten Graef et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Effect of Killer Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors in the Response to Combined Treatment in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

(2009) J. R. Vidal-Castineira et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Lack of killer immunoglobulin-like receptor 2DS2 (KIR2DS2) and KIR2DL2 is associated with poor responses to therapy of recurrent hepatitis C virus in liver transplant recipients

(2009) Medhat Askar et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Long-term follow-up of donor chimerism and tolerance after human liver transplantation

(2009) Rosa Ayala et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

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

HLA-C Matching and Liver Transplants: Donor-Recipient Genotypes Influence Early Outcome and CD8+KIR2D+ T-Cells Recuperation

(2009) Maria R. López-Álvarez et al.   TRANSPLANTATION

Donor HLA-C Genotype Has a Profound Impact on the Clinical Outcome Following Liver Transplantation

(2008) R. Hanvesakul et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION

Anti-leukemia activity of alloreactive NK cells in KIR ligand-mismatched haploidentical HSCT for pediatric patients: evaluation of the functional role of activating KIR and redefinition of inhibitory KIR specificity

(2008) D. Pende et al.   BLOOD

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

(2008) B. Foley et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Activating KIRs exert a crucial role on relapse and overall survival after HLA-identical sibling transplantation

(2008) Jennifer Schellekens et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

The Yin and Yang of HLA and KIR in human disease

(2008) Smita Kulkarni et al.   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Graft versus host disease after liver transplantation – a single center experience and review of literature

(2008) Sven Kohler et al.   TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL

NK cell alloreactivity and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

(2007) Loredana Ruggeri et al.   BLOOD CELLS MOLECULES AND DISEASES