Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily A member 2 (LILRA2, CD85H, ILT1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LILRA2 gene.[3][4][5]

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][5]

Function

LILRA2 senses microbially cleaved immunoglobulin to activate human myeloid cells.[6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 ENSG00000274000, ENSG00000275290, ENSG00000278634 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000239998, ENSG00000274000, ENSG00000275290, ENSG00000278634 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: LILRA2 leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor, subfamily A (with TM domain), member 2".
  6. Hirayasu K, Saito F, Suenaga T, Shida K, Arase N, Oikawa K, Yamaoka T, Murota H, Chibana H, Nagai H, Nakamura Y, Katayama I, Colonna M, Arase H (Apr 2016). "LILRA2 is an innate immune sensor for microbially cleaved immunoglobulins". Nature Microbiology. 1 (6): 16054. doi:10.1038/NMICROBIOL.2016.54. PMID 27572839. S2CID 25500253.

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