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- Interactions Between Natural Killer Cells, Cortisol and Prolactin in Malaria During Pregnancy

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Table 1: Characteristics of NK cell receptors.

Receptor	Family	Genes	Species	Function	Known ligands
KIR	Ig	Multigene	H, Hd, Ho	Activating or inhibitory	Broad MHC I specificity
LIR/ILT	Ig	Multigene	H	Activating or inhibitory	Broad MHC I specificity
NKp30	Ig	Single	H, Hd, Ro	Activating	?
NKp44	Ig	Single	H	Activating	Hemagglutinins
NKp46	Ig	Single	H, Hd, Ro	Activating	Hemagglutinins
NKp80	Ig	Single	H	Activating	?
Siglec-7	Ig	Single	H	Inhibitory	Sialic acid
LAIR	Ig	Single	H	Inhibitory	Ep-CAM
2B4	Ig	Single	H, Ro	Activating	CD48
NKG2D	CLD	Single	H, Hd, Ro	Activating	MICA/B, ULBP
Ly49	CLD	Multigene	H, Hd, Ro	Activating or inhibitory	HLA I, M157, Hm1-C4
CD94/NKG	CLD	Multigene	H, Hd, Ro	Activating or inhibitory	HLA-E, Qa-1b
KLRB1	CLD	Multigene	H, Hd, Ro	Activating or inhibitory	C-type lectin related molecule
TLR	Toll like	Multigene	A, V	Activating	Pathogen- associated molecules

A, arthropods; CLD, C-type lectin domain family; H, human; Ho, humanoids; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; Ig, immunoglobulin superfamily; ILT, immunoglobulin-like transcript receptors; KIR, killer immunoglobulin-like receptors; LIR, leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors; MHC, major histocompatibility complex; NK, natural killer; Ro, rodents; TLR, toll-like receptors; V, vertebrates.

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Source: Clin Med Res. vol 4(1) pp. 33–41, March 2006

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Table - Interactions Between Natural Killer Cells, Cortisol and Prolactin in Malaria During Pregnancy

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