Virus Encoded MHC-Like Decoys Diversify the Inhibitory KIR Repertoire

Synergistic Polymorphism at Two Positions Distal to the Ligand-Binding Site Makes KIR2DL2 a Stronger Receptor for HLA-C Than KIR2DL3

(2014) A. K. Moesta et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

NK cell responses to cytomegalovirus infection lead to stable imprints in the human KIR repertoire and involve activating KIRs

(2013) V. Beziat et al.   BLOOD

Modulation of the natural killer cell KIR repertoire by cytomegalovirus infection

(2012) Hojjatollah N. Charoudeh et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Host Genetic Factors in Susceptibility to Herpes Simplex Type 1 Virus Infection: Contribution of Polymorphic Genes at the Interface of Innate and Adaptive Immunity

(2012) M. Moraru et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Significant Association of KIR2DL3-HLA-C1 Combination with Cerebral Malaria and Implications for Co-evolution of KIR and HLA

(2012) Kouyuki Hirayasu et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Rhesus macaque KIR bind human MHC class I with broad specificity and recognize HLA-C more effectively than HLA-A and HLA-B

(2011) Anastazia M. Older Aguilar et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

KIR/HLA Interactions and Pathogen Immunity

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

How the Virus Outsmarts the Host: Function and Structure of Cytomegalovirus MHC-I-Like Molecules in the Evasion of Natural Killer Cell Surveillance

(2011) Maria Jamela Revilleza et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2011) Galit Alter et al.   NATURE

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

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

MHC class I–deficient natural killer cells acquire a licensed phenotype after transfer into an MHC class I–sufficient environment

(2010) Julie M. Elliott et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Coevolution of Killer Cell Ig-Like Receptors with HLA-C To Become the Major Variable Regulators of Human NK Cells

(2010) A. M. Older Aguilar et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Primate-specific regulation of natural killer cells

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

'Unlicensed' natural killer cells dominate the response to cytomegalovirus infection

(2010) Mark T Orr et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Peptide antagonism as a mechanism for NK cell activation

(2010) L. Fadda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Herpesviruses and immunity: The art of evasion

(2010) Bryan D. Griffin et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Human-Specific Evolution and Adaptation Led to Major Qualitative Differences in the Variable Receptors of Human and Chimpanzee Natural Killer Cells

(2010) Laurent Abi-Rached et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

A Role for cis Interaction between the Inhibitory Ly49A Receptor and MHC Class I for Natural Killer Cell Education

(2009) Anick Chalifour et al.   IMMUNITY

NK Cell Responsiveness Is Tuned Commensurate with the Number of Inhibitory Receptors for Self-MHC Class I: The Rheostat Model

(2009) N. T. Joncker et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Co-evolution of KIR2DL3 with HLA-C in a human population retaining minimal essential diversity of KIR and HLA class I ligands

(2009) K. Gendzekhadze et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Natural Selection of Herpesviruses and Virus-Specific NK Cell Receptors

(2009) Joseph Sun et al.   Viruses-Basel

A Novel System of Polymorphic and Diverse NK Cell Receptors in Primates

(2009) Anne Averdam et al.   PLoS Genetics

Human natural killer cells

(2008) M. A. Caligiuri   BLOOD

Modulation of natural killer cells by human cytomegalovirus

(2008) Gavin W.G. Wilkinson et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY