Mar Valés-Gómez

Expression of the UL16 glycoprotein of Human Cytomegalovirus protects the virus-infected cell from attack by natural killer cells (2003)

Valés-Gómez, Mar, Browne, Helena, Reyburn, Hugh T

Abstract Background Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) has acquired through evolution a number of genes to try to evade immune recognition of the virus-infected cell. Many of these mechanisms act to...

Self and viral peptides can initiate lysis by autologous natural killer cells

Mandelboim, Ofer, Wilson, S. Brian, Valés-Gómez, Mar, Reyburn, Hugh T., Strominger, Jack L.

Natural killer (NK) cells are inhibited by specific allotypes of class I major histocompatibility complex ligands recognized by polymorphic inhibitory receptors (e.g., NKIR1 and NKIR2). NK1- and...

Differential binding to HLA-C of p50-activating and p58-inhibitory natural killer cell receptors

Valés-Gómez, Mar, Reyburn, Hugh T., Erskine, Robert A., Strominger, Jack

Natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity is regulated in large part by the expression of NK cell receptors able to bind class I major histocompatibility complex glycoproteins. The receptors associated...

The role of zinc in the binding of killer cell Ig-like receptors to class I MHC proteins

Valés-Gómez, Mar, Erskine, Robert A., Deacon, Matthew P., Strominger, Jack L., Reyburn, Hugh T.

The binding of killer cell Ig-like Receptors (KIR) to their Class I MHC ligands was shown previously to be characterized by extremely rapid association and dissociation rate constants. During...

Genetic Variability of the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Homologue Encoded by Human Cytomegalovirus Leads to Differential Binding to the Inhibitory Receptor ILT2†

Valés-Gómez, Mar, Shiroishi, Mitsunori, Maenaka, Katsumi, Reyburn, Hugh T.

Human cytomegalovirus carries a gene, UL18, that is homologous to cellular major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes. Like MHC class I molecules, the protein product of the UL18 gene...

Self and viral peptides can initiate lysis by autologous natural killer cells

Mandelboim, Ofer, Wilson, S. Brian, Valés-Gómez, Mar, Reyburn, Hugh T., Strominger, Jack L.

Natural killer (NK) cells are inhibited by specific allotypes of class I major histocompatibility complex ligands recognized by polymorphic inhibitory receptors (e.g., NKIR1 and NKIR2). NK1- and...

Differential binding to HLA-C of p50-activating and p58-inhibitory natural killer cell receptors

Valés-Gómez, Mar, Reyburn, Hugh T., Erskine, Robert A., Strominger, Jack

Natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity is regulated in large part by the expression of NK cell receptors able to bind class I major histocompatibility complex glycoproteins. The receptors associated...

The role of zinc in the binding of killer cell Ig-like receptors to class I MHC proteins

Valés-Gómez, Mar, Erskine, Robert A., Deacon, Matthew P., Strominger, Jack L., Reyburn, Hugh T.

The binding of killer cell Ig-like Receptors (KIR) to their Class I MHC ligands was shown previously to be characterized by extremely rapid association and dissociation rate constants. During...

Genetic Variability of the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Homologue Encoded by Human Cytomegalovirus Leads to Differential Binding to the Inhibitory Receptor ILT2†

Valés-Gómez, Mar, Shiroishi, Mitsunori, Maenaka, Katsumi, Reyburn, Hugh T.

Human cytomegalovirus carries a gene, UL18, that is homologous to cellular major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes. Like MHC class I molecules, the protein product of the UL18 gene...