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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 9, Pages 1343-1353Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh137
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B cell differentiation; Fc receptors; immunoglobulin superfamily; immunoreceptor tyrosine-based motifs; phylogeny
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- NIAID NIH HHS [K08 AI55638, AI39816, AI48098] Funding Source: Medline
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Five Fc receptor homologs (FcRH1-5) possessing inhibitory and/or activating signaling motifs are differentially expressed during B cell differentiation in humans. In this analysis we describe their three mouse orthologs, moFcRH1, moFcRH2 and moFcRH3. The moFcRH genes are located in a chromosome 3 region that is syntenic with the FcRH locus on human chromosome 1. They encode proteins with 2-5 Ig-like domains that share 20-61% extracellular identity with their human counterparts. One moFcRH1 isoform lacks a transmembrane domain as do both moFcRH2 isoforms. The other moFcRH1 isoform and two moFcRH3 isoforms have transmembrane domains and cytoplasmic ITIM and ITAM-like consensus sequences implying their inhibitory or activating signaling potential. Whereas the moFcRH1 and moFcRH3 orthologs are preferentially expressed at different stages in B cell differentiation, the structurally novel moFcRH2 gene is expressed in non-lymphoid tissues. The highly restricted pattern of moFcRH3 expression suggests this member of the phylogenetically conserved FcRH family may have an important immunoregulatory role in marginal zone B cells.
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