Figure 4
From: Composition and dynamics of the uterine NK cell KIR repertoire in menstrual blood
KIR expression on uterine NK cells is independent of cognate HLA class I ligands. (a) Stainings for KIR2DL1, KIR2DL3, and KIR3DL1 on matched uterine and peripheral blood NK cells from one representative C1/C1 Bw4 donor. (b–d) Observed (Obs.) frequencies of menstrual blood uterine NK cells (b), menstrual blood conventional (CD16+) NK cells (c), and peripheral blood CD16+CD56dim NK cells (d) expressing self- and non-self KIRs compared with theoretical values of random KIR expression (expected; Exp.) analyzed for 12 individuals with 2 KIR ligands present (NS, not significant, Wilcoxon test).
