Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors and HLA C1/C2 genes diversities and susceptibility to acute myeloid leukemia in Saudi Arabian patients

Objective: Natural Killer cells activation depends on the interaction with killer cell immunoglobin-like receptors (KIRs), which bind the peptide-binding region of several class-I Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA class-I). In addition, KIR and HLA loci are highly polymorphic and display significant var...

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Main Authors: Fadwa Albalawi, Fadwa M AlKhulaifi, Jameel Al-Tamimi, Lamjed Mansour, Yusra Tashkandy, Suliman Yousef Alomar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364723001854