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Reports from Imperial College Add New Data to Research in Life Science

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, December 19th, 2011

2011 DEC 19 -- Research findings, "KIR2DL2 enhances protective and detrimental HLA class I-mediated immunity in chronic viral infection," are discussed in a new report. According to the authors of recent research from London, United Kingdom, "Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) influence both innate and adaptive immunity. But while the role of KIRs in NK-mediated innate immunity is well-documented, the impact of KIRs on the T cell response in human disease is not known."

"Here we test the hypothesis that an individual's KIR genotype affects the efficiency of their HLA class I-mediated antiviral immune response and the outcome of viral...

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