SynthesisBMC medical genetics2019
Association study between KIR polymorphisms and rheumatoid arthritis disease: an updated meta-analysis.
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- Systematic review and meta-analytic findings on the association between killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genes and susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis.Pathogens and global health · 2021Pooled it
- The Role of Killer Ig-like Receptors in Diseases from A to Z.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Genetic Polymorphisms of Immunity Regulatory Genes and Alopecia Areata Susceptibility in Jordanian Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Association ofFrontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Comparative genetics of KIR haplotype diversity in humans and rhesus macaques: the balancing act.Immunogenetics · 2022Article
- Decoding the diversity of killer immunoglobulin-like receptors by deep sequencing and a high-resolution imputation method.Cell genomics · 2022Article
- Herpesvirus Infections in KIR2DL2-Positive Multiple Sclerosis Patients: Mechanisms Triggering Autoimmunity.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Susceptibility Is Associated with theReports of biochemistry & molecular biology · 2021Article
- Natural Killer Cells: Potential Biomarkers and Therapeutic Target in Autoimmune Diseases?Frontiers in immunology · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundCurrently published studies investigating association between the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gene polymorphisms and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) reported inconsistent and contradictory results. Hence, we aim to carry out this comprehensive meta-analysis of all eligible studies meeting the inclusion criteria to achieve precise and comprehensive relationships between genetic variations in KIR gene cluster and risk of RA.
methodsDatabases of Medline/PubMed and Scopus were searched to investigate case-control studies prior to May 2018. The associations between KIR gene polymorphisms and RA susceptibility were analyzed by computing the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) for each study.
resultsA total of 11 comparative case-control studies involving 1847 RA patients and 2409 healthy individuals were included in this meta-analysis. Four significant associations of 2DL3 (OR = 0.591, 95% CI = 0.351-0.994; P = 0.047), 2DL5 (OR = 0.716, 95% CI = 0.601-0.853; P < 0.001), 2DS5 (OR = 0.623, 95% CI = 0.393-0.988; P = 0.045), and 3DL3 (OR = 0.324, 95% CI = 0.129-0.814; P = 0.016) genes with decreased RA risk were discovered in this meta-analysis. Although, other KIR receptors including 2DL1, 2DL2, 2DL4, 3DL1, 3DL2, 3DS1, 2DS1-2DS4, and two pseudo gens of 2DP1 and 3DP1 displayed no significant association with predisposition to RA.
conclusionsThese findings provide reliable evidence that 2DL3, 2DL5, 3DL3, and 2DS5 might have a potential protective role for RA.
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