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We assessed natural killer (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NK<\/jats:styled-content>) cell function and killer cell immunoglobulin\u2010like receptor (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KIR<\/jats:styled-content>) genotypes in patients with different <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JIA<\/jats:styled-content> subtypes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Peripheral blood samples from 72 children with active <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JIA<\/jats:styled-content> (systemic, 25; polyarticular, 24; pauciarticular, 23) and 25 controls were used for flow cytometric assessments of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NK<\/jats:styled-content> cell count, cytotoxicity, perforin, granzyme B, interferon (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IFN<\/jats:styled-content>)\u2010\u03b3 and tumour necrosis factor (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNF<\/jats:styled-content>)\u2010\u03b1. Samples from 220 children with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JIA<\/jats:styled-content> (systemic, 84; polyarticular, 72; pauciarticular, 64) and 150 controls were used for <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KIR<\/jats:styled-content>2<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DS<\/jats:styled-content>2<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KIR<\/jats:styled-content>2<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DS<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KIR<\/jats:styled-content>3<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DS<\/jats:styled-content>1<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KIR<\/jats:styled-content>2<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DL<\/jats:styled-content>1<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KIR<\/jats:styled-content>2<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DL<\/jats:styled-content>2<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KIR<\/jats:styled-content>2<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DL<\/jats:styled-content>3<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KIR<\/jats:styled-content>3<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DL<\/jats:styled-content>1<\/jats:italic> typing by polymerase chain reaction with sequence\u2010specific oligonucleotide probes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Compared with the controls, the patients with systemic <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JIA<\/jats:styled-content> showed lower <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NK<\/jats:styled-content> cell counts, cytotoxicity and perforin and granzyme B expression (p\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05), while the patients with pauci\u2010 and polyarticular <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JIA<\/jats:styled-content> showed higher perforin and granzyme B expression (p\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05). <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NK<\/jats:styled-content> cells produced higher level of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNF<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010\u03b1 while lower level of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IFN<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010\u03b3 in the pauci\u2010 and polyarticular <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JIA<\/jats:styled-content> groups than in the systemic <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JIA<\/jats:styled-content> group (p\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05). No significant differences in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KIR<\/jats:styled-content> gene frequencies were found between the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JIA<\/jats:styled-content> subgroups and healthy controls, except for the positive frequency and locus frequency of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KIR<\/jats:styled-content>2<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DS<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic>, which were lower in the systemic <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JIA<\/jats:styled-content> group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Compared with poly\u2010 and pauciarticular <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JIA<\/jats:styled-content>, systemic <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">JIA<\/jats:styled-content> is associated with decreased <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NK<\/jats:styled-content> cell function, more <jats:styled-content 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