KIR-HLA gene diversities and susceptibility to lung cancer

M Hematian Larki, E Ashouri, S Barani… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) are essential for acquiring natural killer (NK)
cell effector function, which is modulated by a balance between the net input of signals …

Immunological and biological dissection of normal and tumoral salivary glands

MR Haghshenas, H Ghaderi, H Daneste… - International Reviews …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Salivary glands naturally play central roles in oral immunity. The salivary glands
microenvironment inevitable may be exposed to exogenous factors consequently triggering …

Large case-control study indicates no association of KIR genotype and risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia

F Heidenreich, B Falk, H Baldauf, C Massalski… - Blood …, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Immunogenetic association studies may give rise to new hypotheses on the immune
surveillance of cancer. We hypothesized that certain combinations of killer immunoglobulin …

Diversity of KIRs in invasive breast cancer patients and healthy controls along with the clinical significance in ER/PR/HER2+ patients

M Hematian Larki, S Barani, AR Talei, A Ghaderi - Genes & Immunity, 2020 - nature.com
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) consists of activating and inhibitory genes are
essential for natural killer cell education. To determine the association of KIR s with …

The effects of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes on susceptibility to severe COVID-19 in the Iranian population

N Karami, S Barani, M Fani, S Meri, R Shafiei… - BMC immunology, 2024 - Springer
Background Variations in the innate and adaptive immune response systems are linked to
variations in the severity of COVID-19. Natural killer cell (NK) function is regulated by …

Positive association of Bx genotype, KIR2L5, KIR2DS5 and full-length KIR2DS4 with the risk of meningioma

S Barani, M Taghipour, A Ghaderi - Immunobiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background NK cells as a part of innate immune system, are controlled by a set of activating
and inhibitory KIR receptors (aKIR, iKIR) which are implicated in tumor microenvironment …

The impact of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I ligands on predisposition or protection against prostate …

MR Zamir, A Ariafar, A Ghaderi, A Amirzargar - Immunobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural killer (NK) cell development largely depends on killer cell immunoglobulin-like
receptors (KIRs) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I ligands. In the current study, we …