Tuberculosis
Findings from University of Tehran Broaden Understanding of Tuberculosis
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 21st, 2012
2012 FEB 21 -- "Natural killer (NK) cells have distinctive functional capacities that are likely to contribute both to innate and adaptive immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and their ligands, i.e. human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules contribute partly in regulation of NK cell activity," scientists writing in the journal Tissue Antigens report.
"In this study, the impact of compound KIR/HLA genotype on susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) has been evaluated in Iranian individuals. A total of 107 TB patients and 100 matched healthy controls were genotyped for 17 KIR genes and...
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