Journal
IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS
Volume 267, Issue 1, Pages 117-136Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12314
Keywords
natural killer cells; dendritic cells; monocytes; macrophages; cell surface molecules; major histocompatibility complex; cell activation
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- Wellcome Trust
- MRC
- Worldwide Cancer Research
- National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
- Worldwide Cancer Research [13-0074] Funding Source: researchfish
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The human leukocyte receptor complex (LRC) encompasses several sets of genes with a common evolutionary origin and which form a branch of the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF). Comparisons of LRC genes both within and between species calls for a high degree of plasticity. The drive for this unprecedented level of variation is not known, but it relates in part to interaction of several LRC products with polymorphic human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules. However, the range of other proposed ligands for LRC products indicates a dynamic set of receptors that have adapted to detect target molecules relating to numerous cellular pathways. Several receptors in the complex bind a molecular signature in collagenous ligands. Others detect a variety of motifs relating to pathogens in addition to cellular stress, attesting to the opportunistic versatility of LRC receptors.
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