The extensive polymorphism of KIR genes

D Middleton, F Gonzelez - Immunology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The functions of human natural killer (NK) cells are controlled by diverse families of antigen
receptors. Prominent among these are the killer cell immunoglobulin‐like receptors (KIR), a …

NK cell therapy for hematologic malignancies

RS Mehta, B Randolph, M Daher, K Rezvani - International journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Natural killer (NK) cells are part of the innate immune system and represent the first line of
defense against infections and tumors. In contrast to T cells, NK cells do not require prior …

CMV drives clonal expansion of NKG2C+ NK cells expressing self‐specific KIRs in chronic hepatitis patients

V Béziat, O Dalgard, T Asselah, P Halfon… - European journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Natural killer (NK) cells are affected by infection with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)
manifested by increased expression of the HLA‐E binding activating receptor NKG2C. We …

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

M Yawata, N Yawata, M Draghi… - Blood, The Journal …, 2008 - ashpublications.org
Variegated expression of 6 inhibitory HLA class I–specific receptors on primary NK cells was
studied using high-dimension flow cytometry in 58 humans to understand the structure and …

Negative effect of KIR alloreactivity in recipients of umbilical cord blood transplant depends on transplantation conditioning intensity

CG Brunstein, JE Wagner, DJ Weisdorf… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
We examined the clinical impact of killer-immunoglobulin receptor-ligand (KIR-L) mismatch
in 257 recipients of single (n= 91) or double (n= 166) unit umbilical cord blood (UCB) grafts …

Natural killer cell allorecognition of missing self in allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation: a tool for immunotherapy of leukemia

A Velardi, L Ruggeri, A Mancusi, F Aversa… - Current opinion in …, 2009 - Elsevier
Donor-versus-recipient natural killer (NK) cell alloreactivity has been established as a key
therapeutic element in HLA haplotype mismatched hematopoietic transplants in adult AML …

KIR and HLA Genotypes Are Associated with Disease Progression and Survival following Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for High-Risk …

JM Venstrom, J Zheng, N Noor, KE Danis, AW Yeh… - Clinical Cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Purpose: NK cells exhibit cytotoxicity against neuroblastoma. Gene polymorphisms
governing NK cell function, therefore, may influence prognosis. Two highly polymorphic …

Breaking tolerance to self, circulating natural killer cells expressing inhibitory KIR for non-self HLA exhibit effector function after T cell–depleted allogeneic …

J Yu, JM Venstrom, XR Liu, J Pring… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
Alloreactive natural killer (NK) cells are an important influence on hematopoietic stem cell
transplantation (HSCT) outcome. In HLA-mismatched HSCT, alloreactivity occurs when …

Natural killer cells expressing the KIR2DS1-activating receptor efficiently kill T-cell blasts and dendritic cells: implications in haploidentical HSCT

S Sivori, S Carlomagno, M Falco… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
In allogeneic HSCT, NK-cell alloreactivity is determined by the presence in the donor of NK
cells expressing inhibitory killer cell Ig-like receptors (KIRs) that recognize HLA class I …

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

S Andersson, C Fauriat, JA Malmberg… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
Inhibitory killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) preserve tolerance to self and
shape the functional response of human natural killer (NK) cells. Here, we have evaluated …