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ArticleImmunology2003

Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor expression on single cells: a cautionary note.

Britta Radeloff, Katja Laun, Maja Zirra, Armin Volz

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Article in Immunology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 51% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Britta Radeloff
Katja Laun
Maja Zirra
Armin Volz
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells keep the surface expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules under surveillance using killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR). Virus-infected or aberrant cells are frequently characterized by a reduced surface expression of MHC class I antigens and may therefore be removed by cytolysis. NK cells are heterogeneous with regard to the expression of KIR genes. The resulting subpopulations show distinguishable specificities allowing the recognition of cells lacking varying combinations of MHC class I antigens. The KIR expression pattern in single NK cells has previously been analyzed by Husain and colleagues by cDNA preamplification of CD3- CD56+ single cells and subsequent gene-specific polymerase chain reaction. We show here that the data of this study contain inconsistencies. These inconsistencies are discussed in the context of KIR mRNA abundance and single-cell cDNA amplification efficiency.

Indexed as

Base SequenceCD3 ComplexCD56 AntigenDNA, CircularGene AmplificationGenes, MHC Class IHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansKiller Cells, NaturalLymphocyte SubsetsPolymerase Chain ReactionReceptors, ImmunologicRNA, MessengerTranscription, GeneticCD3 ComplexCD56 AntigenDNA, CircularHistocompatibility Antigens Class IReceptors, ImmunologicRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID14632638
PMCPMC1783071
OpenAlexW1978012141

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