ArticlePloS one2013
Extensive variation in gene copy number at the killer immunoglobulin-like receptor locus in humans.
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- Relevance of Polymorphic KIR and HLA Class I Genes in NK-Cell-Based Immunotherapies for Adult Leukemic Patients.Cancers · 2021Review
- KIR2DL4 genetic diversity in a Brazilian population sample: implications for transcription regulation and protein diversity in samples with different ancestry backgrounds.Immunogenetics · 2021Article
- HLA Class I Molecules as Immune Checkpoints for NK Cell Alloreactivity and Anti-Viral Immunity in Kidney Transplantation.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Review
- Analysis of five deep-sequenced trio-genomes of the Peninsular Malaysia Orang Asli and North Borneo populations.BMC genomics · 2019Article
- Killer Ig-Like Receptors (KIRs): Their Role in NK Cell Modulation and Developments Leading to Their Clinical Exploitation.Frontiers in immunology · 2019Review
- Allele-LevelFrontiers in immunology · 2018Article
- Deciphering the killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor system at super-resolution for natural killer and T-cell biology.Immunology · 2017Review
- Killer Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor Allele Determination Using Next-Generation Sequencing Technology.Frontiers in immunology · 2017Article
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- Novel insights in the genomic organization and hotspots of recombination in the human KIR locus through analysis of intergenic regions.Genes and immunity · 2015Article
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Abstract
Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are involved in the regulation of natural killer cell cytotoxicity. Within the human genome seventeen KIR genes are present, which all contain a large number of allelic variants. The high level of homology among KIR genes has hampered KIR genotyping in larger cohorts, and determination of gene copy number variation (CNV) has been difficult. We have designed a multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) technique for genotyping and CNV determination in one single assay and validated the results by next-generation sequencing and with a KIR gene-specific short tandem repeat assay. In this way, we demonstrate in a cohort of 120 individuals a high level of CNV for all KIR genes except for the framework genes KIR3DL3 and KIR3DL2. Application of our MLPA assay in segregation analyses of families from the Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humaine, previously KIR-genotyped by classical techniques, confirmed an earlier reported duplication and resulted in the identification of a novel duplication event in one of these families. In summary, our KIR MLPA assay allows rapid and accurate KIR genotyping and CNV detection, thus rendering improved transplantation programs and oncology treatment feasible, and enables more detailed studies on the role of KIRs in human (auto)immunity and infectious disease.
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