No Correlation Exists between Disease Activity and the Expression of Killer-Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Main Authors: Toshiaki Kogure (Author), Takeshi Tatsumi (Author), Atsushi Niizawa (Author), Hiroshi Fujinaga (Author), Tomoyuki Ito (Author), Yutaka Shimada (Author), Katsutoshi Terasawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. The genes for killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) have been cloned and their functions and expression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been partially clarified. However, the correlation between their expression and disease activity has not been analyzed in pati...