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KIR typing by non-sequencing methods: polymerase-chain reaction with sequence-specific primers. 2012

David Ordóñez, and Manuela Moraru, and Natalia Gómez-Lozano, and Elisa Cisneros, and Carlos Vilches
Inmunogenética-HLA, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain.

The killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR), which enable NK cells to detect allogeneic target cells and abnormalities in the expression of self-HLA molecules, are encoded by genes that display extensive copy number variation. These variations in the KIR genotype are relevant for multiple aspects of human health, including therapy of cancer. PCR with sequence-specific primers (SSP) is simplest and most widely used among techniques for studying KIR genotypes. Here, we present a protocol that details the critical steps of a method for KIR genotyping by PCR-SSP.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005838 Genotype The genetic constitution of the individual, comprising the ALLELES present at each GENETIC LOCUS. Genogroup,Genogroups,Genotypes
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016133 Polymerase Chain Reaction In vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments of defined length and sequence from small amounts of short oligonucleotide flanking sequences (primers). The essential steps include thermal denaturation of the double-stranded target molecules, annealing of the primers to their complementary sequences, and extension of the annealed primers by enzymatic synthesis with DNA polymerase. The reaction is efficient, specific, and extremely sensitive. Uses for the reaction include disease diagnosis, detection of difficult-to-isolate pathogens, mutation analysis, genetic testing, DNA sequencing, and analyzing evolutionary relationships. Anchored PCR,Inverse PCR,Nested PCR,PCR,Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction,Inverse Polymerase Chain Reaction,Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction,PCR, Anchored,PCR, Inverse,PCR, Nested,Polymerase Chain Reactions,Reaction, Polymerase Chain,Reactions, Polymerase Chain
D054340 Receptors, KIR A family of receptors found on NK CELLS that have specificity for a variety of HLA ANTIGENS. KIR receptors contain up to three different extracellular immunoglobulin-like domains referred to as D0, D1, and D2 and play an important role in blocking NK cell activation against cells expressing the appropriate HLA antigens thus preventing cell lysis. Although they are often referred to as being inhibitory receptors, a subset of KIR receptors may also play an activating role in NK cells. KIR Family Receptors,KIR Receptors,Killer Inhibitory Receptors,KIR Receptor,Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor,Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors,Killer Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor,Killer Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor (KIR) Family of Receptors,Killer Inhibitory Receptor,Receptor, Killer Inhibitory,Receptor, p58 NK Cell,p58 NK Cell Inhibitory Receptor,p58 NK Cell Receptor,p58 NK Cell Receptors,p58 Natural Killer Cell Receptor,Family Receptors, KIR,Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor, Killer,Inhibitory Receptor, Killer,Inhibitory Receptors, Killer,Killer Cell Immunoglobulin Like Receptor,Killer Cell Immunoglobulin Like Receptors,Killer Immunoglobulin Like Receptor,Receptor, KIR,Receptor, Killer Immunoglobulin-Like,Receptors, KIR Family,Receptors, Killer Inhibitory
D017931 DNA Primers Short sequences (generally about 10 base pairs) of DNA that are complementary to sequences of messenger RNA and allow reverse transcriptases to start copying the adjacent sequences of mRNA. Primers are used extensively in genetic and molecular biology techniques. DNA Primer,Oligodeoxyribonucleotide Primer,Oligodeoxyribonucleotide Primers,Oligonucleotide Primer,Oligonucleotide Primers,Primer, DNA,Primer, Oligodeoxyribonucleotide,Primer, Oligonucleotide,Primers, DNA,Primers, Oligodeoxyribonucleotide,Primers, Oligonucleotide

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