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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 192, Issue 1, Pages 162-165Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/430351
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The aim of the present study was to investigate, in 152 Spanish patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), the possibility that killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) influence progression to hepatocellular carcinoma. KIRs are related to the activation and inhibition of natural killer cells and may play an important role in the innate response against infection with such viruses as HCV. We found that the human leukocyte antigen-Bw4I80 epitope and the KIR3DS1 gene were more frequent in HCV carriers than in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Moreover, these associations were not independent of each other-the KIR3DS1/Bw4I80 genotype clearly was also more frequent in HCV carriers.
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