## Abstract NK cells detect altered patterns of HLA expression in infections and tumors using a variegated repertoire of killer cell Ig‐like receptors (KIR). Each clone surveys different HLA molecules by expressing a limited subset of the KIR encoded in its genome, which is maintained throughout ce
The effect of pregnancy on the uterine NK cell KIR repertoire
✍ Scribed by Victoria Male; Andrew Sharkey; Leanne Masters; Philippa R. Kennedy; Lydia E. Farrell; Ashley Moffett
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 372 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-2980
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