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

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

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Decreased Infections in Recipients of Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation from Donors with an Activating KIR Genotype

(2010) Marcie Tomblyn et al.   BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Natural killer-cell KIR repertoire reconstitution after haploidentical SCT

(2010) M Stern et al.   BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Expression of the HLA-C2-specific activating killer-cell Ig-like receptor KIR2DS1 on NK and T cells

(2010) Céline Cognet et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

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

(2010) Mark T Orr et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

KIR acquisition probabilities are independent of self-HLA class I ligands and increase with cellular KIR expression

(2009) S. Andersson et al.   BLOOD

Education of human natural killer cells by activating killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors

(2009) C. Fauriat et al.   BLOOD

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

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

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

Autologous and allogeneic HLA KIR ligand environments and activating KIR control KIR NK-cell functions

(2008) Maelig Morvan et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

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

(2008) B. Foley et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Genetic Control of Variegated KIR Gene Expression: Polymorphisms of the Bi-Directional KIR3DL1 Promoter Are Associated with Distinct Frequencies of Gene Expression

(2008) Hongchuan Li et al.   PLoS Genetics