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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 23.
Published in final edited form as: Immunity. 2022 Aug 9;55(8):1343–1353. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2022.07.008

Table 1.

Shows genes in human immune cells that are not found in inbred mice, and thus may mediate novel mechanisms. But note many are shared with rats, and thus are likely not related to longevity, but nonetheless may mediate important functions in human beings.

Gene Immune population The human protein atlas tissue specificity Group Top blastp against mouse
GLYATL1B B naive breast, lymphoid tissue glycine-N-acyltransferase-like 1B 0.412 primates
ZNF860 B naive + memory lymphoid tissue zinc fingers C2H2-type 0.438 primates
PLEKHG7 B naive + memory cervix, epididymis, fallopian tube Pleckstrin homology domain containing/Dbl family Rho GEFs 0.258 mammals rats sea urchins
PLAAT2 plasmablasts intestine phospholipase A and acyltransferase family primates
ZNF683 T CD8 TE testis zinc fingers C2H2-type 0.56 mammals rats
TRABD2A T naive intestine, lymphoid tissue, ovary TraB domain containing 2A 0.648 broad fish
FAAH2 Tfh + Th multiple tissues including lymphoid fatty acid amide hydrolase 2 0.304 broad fish Drosph xeno
GNLY T, NK bone marrow, lymphoid tissue granulysin, cytotoxic T cells, NK cells 0.292 broad
KIR2DP1 NK lymphoid tissue killer cell immunoglobulin like receptors 0.401 mammals
KLRF1 NK bone marrow, lymphoid tissue killer cell lectin like receptors/C-type lectin domain containing 0.303 mammals
LGALS9B NK esophagus, intestine, stomach 1 galectins 0.685
LGALS9C NK esophagus, intestine, stomach 1 galectins 0.688
CD1B mDCs lymphoid tissue CD molecules/C1-set domain containing 0.489 mammals
CD1E mDCs lymphoid tissue CD molecules/C1-set domain containing 0.521 mammals bats chinchilla
CLIC2 mDCs multiple tissues including lymphoid chloride intracellular channels 0.662 broad rats
KCNK17 pDCs lung, thyroid gland potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K 0.42 broad Drosophila
NLRP7 pDCs testis NLR family/pyrin domain containing 0.408 mammals
CTSV pDCs lymphoid tissue cathepsins 0.792 mammals mole rat
PROC pDCs liver receptor ligands/Gla domain containing 0.695 mammals rats
SLC9C2 pDCs brain, choroid plexus, testis solute carriers 0.292 mammals rats
ADGRE3 granulocytes LD bone marrow, lymphoid tissue adhesion G protein-coupled receptors, subfamily E 0.459 mammals
NT5DC4 monocytes I testis 50-nucleotidase domain containing 4 0.654 broad
CASP5 monocytes NC brain, intestine, lymphoid tissue caspases|caspase recruitment domain containing 0.636 broad
LILRA1 monocytes NC + I lymphoid tissue CD molecules/activating leukocyte immunoglobulin like receptors 0.507 primates
LILRB2 monocytes NC + I bone marrow, lung, lymphoid tissue CD molecules/inhibitory leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors/Ig-like cell adhesion molecule family 0.452 mammals rats
LILRA2 myeloid bone marrow, lymphoid tissue CD molecules/activating leukocyte immunoglobulin like receptors 0.513 primates
SIGLEC14 myeloid bone marrow, lymphoid tissue V-set domain containing/sialic acid binding Ig-like lectins 0.498 mammals
lung, lymphoid tissue
OR14L1P basophils LD brain olfactory receptors, family 14 0.53 mammals reptiles
OR6K3 basophils LD bone marrow olfactory receptors, family 6 0.784 mammals rats
OXER1 basophils LD liver leukotriene receptors 0.418 mammals
TRIM49D1 basophils LD undetected ring finger proteins/tripartite motif containing 0.364 primates
TRIM49D2 basophils LD undetected ring finger proteins/tripartite motif containing 0.364 primates
TRIM51 basophils LD undetected ring finger proteins/tripartite motif containing 0.367
TRIM64 basophils LD placenta ring finger proteins/tripartite motif containing 0.348
TRIM64B basophils LD placenta ring finger proteins/tripartite motif containing 0.348
FCAR neutrophils LD bone marrow, lung, lymphoid tissue CD molecules/immunoglobulin-like domain containing/Fc receptors 0.327
H2AC19 neutrophils LD multiple tissues including lymphoid H2A histones 1
CSNK1A1L neutrophils LD testis casein kinase 1 family 0.91 broad Drosophila
LINC02218 neutrophils LD undetected long intergenic non-protein coding RNAs 0.441
PEAK3 neutrophils LD bone marrow, lymphoid tissue PEAK family member 3 0.268 broad fish
PI3 neutrophils LD esophagus, lymphoid tissue, vagina WAP four-disulfide core domain containing 0.941 broad chkns
S100A12 neutrophils LD bone marrow S100 calcium binding proteins/EF-hand domain containing 0.388 mammals rats
SIRPB2 neutrophils LD lymphoid tissue V-set domain containing/signal regulatory proteins 0.348 mammals rats
SIRPD neutrophils LD testis V-set domain containing/signal regulatory proteins 0.48 mammals rats
ST20 neutrophils LD multiple tissues including lymphoid suppressor of tumorigenicity 20 0.724 ?
TMEM272 neutrophils LD brain transmembrane protein 272 0.368 mammals