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LILRA2

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Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
11027

Human
  
Mouse

Ensembl
  
n/a

LILRA2

Aliases
  
LILRA2, CD85H, ILT1, LIR-7, LIR7, leukocyte immunoglobulin like receptor A2

External IDs
  
HomoloGene: 68534 GeneCards: LILRA2

Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily A member 2 (LILRA2, CD85H, ILT1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LILRA2 gene.

Leukocyte Ig-like receptors (LIRs) are a family of immunoreceptors expressed predominantly on monocytes and B cells and at lower levels on dendritic cells and natural killer (NK) cells. All LIRs in subfamily B have an inhibitory function (see, e.g., LILRB1, MIM 604811). LIRs in subfamily A, with short cytoplasmic domains lacking an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) and with transmembrane regions containing a charged arginine residue, may initiate stimulatory cascades. One member of subfamily A (LILRA3; MIM 604818) lacks a transmembrane region and is presumed to be a soluble receptor.[supplied by OMIM]

Function

LILRA2 senses microbially cleaved immunoglobulin to activate human myeloid cells.

References

LILRA2 Wikipedia


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