The extreme plasticity of killer cell Ig-like receptor (KIR) haplotypes differentiates rhesus macaques from humans

Rhesus Macaque Inhibitory and Activating KIR3D Interact with Mamu-A-Encoded Ligands

(2011) C. Rosner et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Transcriptionally Abundant Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Alleles Are Fundamental to Nonhuman Primate Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cell Responses

(2011) M. L. Budde et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

KIR Polymorphisms Modulate Peptide-Dependent Binding to an MHC Class I Ligand with a Bw6 Motif

(2011) Arnaud D. Colantonio et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Characterization of rhesus macaque KIR genotypes and haplotypes

(2010) Philip H. Kruse et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Genomic plasticity of the MHC class I A region in rhesus macaques: extensive haplotype diversity at the population level as revealed by microsatellites

(2010) Gaby G. M. Doxiadis et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

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

(2010) Pierre-Antoine Gourraud et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

The mosaic of KIR haplotypes in rhesus macaques

(2010) Jeroen H. Blokhuis et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Diversity of MHC class I genes in Burmese-origin rhesus macaques

(2010) Taeko K. Naruse et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

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

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

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

Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2010

(2010) S. G. E. Marsh et al.   TISSUE ANTIGENS

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

Meiotic recombination generates rich diversity in NK cell receptor genes, alleles, and haplotypes

(2009) P. J. Norman et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Evidence for balancing selection acting on KIR2DL4 genotypes in rhesus macaques of Indian origin

(2009) Jeroen H. Blokhuis et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Decreased NK Cell Frequency and Function Is Associated with Increased Risk of KIR3DL Allele Polymorphism in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Rhesus Macaques with High Viral Loads

(2009) P. Bostik et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Two MHC Class I Molecules Associated with Elite Control of Immunodeficiency Virus Replication, Mamu-B*08 and HLA-B*2705, Bind Peptides with Sequence Similarity

(2009) J. T. Loffredo et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Major histocompatibility complex genotyping with massively parallel pyrosequencing

(2009) Roger W Wiseman et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Donors with group B KIR haplotypes improve relapse-free survival after unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia

(2008) S. Cooley et al.   BLOOD

Genomic plasticity of the immune-related Mhc class I B region of macaque species

(2008) Maxime Bonhomme et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Functionally distinct NK-cell subsets: Developmental origins and biological implications

(2008) James P. Di Santo   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

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

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

A splice site mutation converts an inhibitory killer cell Ig-like receptor into an activating one

(2008) Jeroen H. Blokhuis et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Up on the tightrope: natural killer cell activation and inhibition

(2008) Lewis L Lanier   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Functions of natural killer cells

(2008) Eric Vivier et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY