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

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

Conserved KIR allele-level haplotypes are altered by microvariation in individuals with European ancestry

(2011) L Hou et al.   GENES AND IMMUNITY

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

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

Different Patterns of Evolution in the Centromeric and Telomeric Regions of Group A and B Haplotypes of the Human Killer Cell Ig-Like Receptor Locus

(2010) Chul-Woo Pyo et al.   PLoS One

SNP@Evolution: a hierarchical database of positive selection on the human genome

(2009) Feng Cheng et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

KIR3DL1/S1 genotypes and KIR2DS4 allelic variants in the AB KIR genotypes are associated with Plasmodium-positive individuals in malaria infection

(2009) Michiko Taniguchi et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

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

Chimpanzees Use More Varied Receptors and Ligands Than Humans for Inhibitory Killer Cell Ig-Like Receptor Recognition of the MHC-C1 and MHC-C2 Epitopes

(2009) A. K. Moesta et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa

(2009) Muminatou Jallow et al.   NATURE GENETICS

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

MHC class I-specific inhibitory receptors and their ligands structure diverse human NK-cell repertoires toward a balance of missing self-response

(2008) M. Yawata et al.   BLOOD

A Functional Single‐Nucleotide Polymorphism in theCR1Promoter Region Contributes to Protection against Cerebral Malaria

(2008) Phairote Teeranaipong et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

HLA alleles determine differences in human natural killer cell responsiveness and potency

(2008) S. Kim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Donor Killer Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor (KIR) Genotype-Patient Cognate KIR Ligand Combination and Antithymocyte Globulin Preadministration Are Critical Factors in Outcome of HLA-C-KIR Ligand-Mismatched T Cell–Replete Unrelated Bone Marrow Transplantation

(2007) Toshio Yabe et al.   BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION