Figure 1. The distribution of killer
cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gene frequencies in
Saudi patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease and in
control subjects. The frequency of each gene is expressed as a
percentage and is defined as the number of individuals
possessing the genotype (N+), divided by the total number of
individuals studied (n). *KIR2DS3 is significantly higher in the
VKH patients compared to the controls. The KIR data for the
Saudi controls was obtained from our previous publication [
28]. The
framework genes (
KIR3DL2,
3DL3,
2DL4, and
3DP1) were invariably present in all individuals.