Determinación del polimorfismo de los genes KIR en la población argentina normal / Determination of the polymorphism of kir genes in a normal argentine population

The "Natural Killer" cells play an important roll in the immune response to tumoral cells and viral infections, and also they particpate in the rejection processes in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. The interaction of natural killer cells and their receptors, with special reference to human diversity in killer cell inhibitory receptor genes, are described in this article with consideration to a normal Argentine population