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Editorial: Role of HLA and KIR in Viral Infections.

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  • Specialty section: This article was submitted to Microbial Immunology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Immunology

  • Natural Killer cell activation is regulated by a variety of activating and inhibitory receptors, including killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs)

  • A review by Walter and Ansari illuminates the associations of Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and KIR polymorphisms with the outcome of experimental simian immunodeficiency virus infection in rhesus macaques, a model used to study human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection

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Specialty section: This article was submitted to Microbial Immunology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Immunology. The Editorial on the Research Topic Role of HLA and KIR in Viral Infections Van Baarle D (2016) Editorial: Role of HLA and KIR in Viral Infections. Both innate and adaptive immune cells contribute to an effective immune response.

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