"Receptors, KIR2DL2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A KIR receptor that has specificity for HLA-C ANTIGENS. It is an inhibitory receptor that contains D1 and D2 extracellular immunoglobulin-like domains and a long cytoplasmic tail. It is similar in structure and function to the KIR2DL1 RECEPTORS and the KIR2DL3 RECEPTORS.
| Descriptor ID |
D054343
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.705.895.500.374
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptors, KIR2DL2- Receptors, KIR2DL2
- KIR2DL2 Receptors
- Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor 2DL2
- Killer Cell Immunoglobulin like Receptor 2DL2
- Natural Killer-Associated Transcript 6
- Natural Killer Associated Transcript 6
- CD158b1 Antigens
- CD158b1 Antigen
- Antigen, CD158b1
- KIR2DL2 Receptor
- Receptor, KIR2DL2
- Antigens, CD158b1
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Receptors, KIR2DL2" by people in Profiles.
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Lack of killer immunoglobulin-like receptor 2DS2 (KIR2DS2) and KIR2DL2 is associated with poor responses to therapy of recurrent hepatitis C virus in liver transplant recipients. Liver Transpl. 2009 Nov; 15(11):1557-63.