Full resolution HLA and KIR gene annotations for human genome assemblies

Y Zhou, L Song, H Li - Genome Research, 2024 - genome.cshlp.org
The Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) genes and the Killer cell immunoglobulin like
receptors (KIR) genes are critical to immune responses and are associated with many …

Biologically-informed killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor gene annotation tool

MKB Ford, A Hari, Q Zhou, I Numanagić… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are essential components of the innate immune system, with their
activity significantly regulated by Killer cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIRs). The …

Graph-KIR: Graph-based KIR Copy Number Estimation and Allele Calling Using Short-read Sequencing Data

HY Lin, HW Chuang, TK Hung, TJ Wang, CJ Lin… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Motivation: The Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor (KIR) is a highly polymorphic
region in the human genome, associated with autoimmune diseases and organ …