Biology:LILRA4

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily A member 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LILRA4 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes an immunoglobulin-like cell surface protein preferentially expressed in plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs). This gene is highly expressed in PDCs, and is found to be rapidly down-regulated by interleukin 3 (IL3). This gene is one of the 19 highly related genes that form a leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor gene cluster (LRC) at chromosomal region 19q13.4.[2]

References

  1. "Extensive gene duplications and a large inversion characterize the human leukocyte receptor cluster". Immunogenetics 51 (8–9): 703–13. Sep 2000. doi:10.1007/s002510000187. PMID 10941842. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: LILRA4 leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor, subfamily A (with TM domain), member 4". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=23547. 

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