KIR2DL2/C1 is a Risk Factor for Chronic Infection and Associated with Non-response to PEG-IFN and RBV Combination Therapy in Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1b Patients in China

摘要

Dear Editor,Natural killer(NK)cells are lymphocytes that play important roles in the host defense against hepatitis C virus(HCV)infection.Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors(KIRs)are a group of regulatory molecules expressed on NK cells and a subset of T cells(Parham 2005).Ligands for KIRs are human leukocyte antigen(HLA)class Ⅰ molecules,and HLA-C1 is a ligand for the inhibitory