PMID- 34711163 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220617 LR - 20220816 IS - 1875-5666 (Electronic) IS - 1566-5240 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 8 DP - 2022 TI - Does the Interaction of KIR and HLA Affect the Development of Non-Infectious Uveitis? PG - 703-716 LID - 10.2174/1566524021666211027092124 [doi] AB - Immune tolerance is established in the eye to prevent permanent blindness associated with destructive damage to the cornea and retina caused by immune cell infiltration; hence, the immune responses and subsequent inflammations are strongly suppressed. While non-infectious uveitis develops from a disruption of immune tolerance in the eye, its onset is a result of accumulating etiologic factors, including genetic predisposition, environmental factors, and aging. Many non-infectious uveitis cases are genetically predisposed to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) as the most substantial disease susceptibility region. HLA class I molecules are critical for natural killer (NK) cells to distinguish between self and non-self. The killer cell Ig-like receptor (KIR) family is one of the essential components of these receptors. Evidence has accumulated that NK cells are involved in innate and acquired immunity by interacting with other immunocompetent cells to develop several autoimmune diseases. This review summarizes the possible role of KIR in the development of non-infectious uveitis. CI - Copyright(c) Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net. FAU - Nakamura, Jutaro AU - Nakamura J AD - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. FAU - Takeuchi, Masaki AU - Takeuchi M AD - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Ota, Masao AU - Ota M AD - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. FAU - Mizuki, Nobuhisa AU - Mizuki N AD - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Ohno, Shigeaki AU - Ohno S AD - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - Netherlands TA - Curr Mol Med JT - Current molecular medicine JID - 101093076 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (Receptors, KIR) SB - IM MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - HLA Antigens/genetics MH - Humans MH - Killer Cells, Natural MH - *Receptors, KIR/genetics MH - *Uveitis/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - Behcet's disease OT - NK cell OT - Vogt- Koyanagi-Harada disease OT - acute anterior uveitis OT - birdshot chorioretinopathy OT - human leukocyte antigen OT - immune privilege site OT - killer cell Ig-like receptor OT - uveitis EDAT- 2021/10/30 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/18 06:00 CRDT- 2021/10/29 05:29 PHST- 2021/02/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/08/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/10/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/10/29 05:29 [entrez] AID - CMM-EPUB-118572 [pii] AID - 10.2174/1566524021666211027092124 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Mol Med. 2022;22(8):703-716. doi: 10.2174/1566524021666211027092124.