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GENES AND IMMUNITY
Volume 15, Issue 8, Pages 562-568Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2014.53
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- Leukaemia Research UK (LRUK)
- Medical Research Council (MRC)
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
- Medical Research Council [G0901682] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0901682] Funding Source: UKRI
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Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) are highly polymorphic members of the immunoglobulin superfamily, which influence the response of natural killer cells and some T-lymphocyte subsets. Analysis of a cohort of previously human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-negative patients, who developed primary HCMV infection following HCMV-positive renal transplant (n = 76), revealed an increase in the frequency of KIR genes located on the telomeric region of B haplotypes (Tel B). The presence of Tel B in combination with the KIR ligand HLA-C2 was significantly more frequent in this subgroup. These genetic factors were associated with resistance to HCMV infection in a second cohort (n = 65), where the Tel B genes KIR2DL5, -2DS1, 2DS5 and -3DS1 were all significantly associated with high viral loads. Furthermore, the KIR haplotype Tel A when in combination with the KIR ligand HLA-C1 was significantly protective against the development of severe infection. Our results suggest that KIR are a significant factor in the control of primary HCMV infection, and that determination of KIR gene repertoire may help in detection of renal transplant patients who were most at risk.
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