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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Immunol. 2021 Dec 7;51(12):2708–3145. doi: 10.1002/eji.202170126

Table 99.

Human- and mouse-specific and shared NK cell receptors

Receptor Ligand Human Mouse
KIR2DL1 (CD158a) Group 2 HLA-C X
KIR2DL2, KIR2DL3 (CD158b1, -b2) Group 1 HLA-C, some group 2 HLA-C and some HLA-B X
KIR3DL1 (CD158e1) HLA-Bw4 X
KIR2DS1 (CD158h) HLA-C2 X
KIR2DS4 (CD158i) Some HLA-C1 and HLA-C2, HLA-A11 X
KIR2DL4 (CD158d) HLA-G X
Ly49A (Klra1) H2-Dd, H2-Dk, H2-Ld, H2-Db, H2-Kb, H2-Dp, H2-M3 X
Ly49C (Klra3) H2-Db, H2-Kb, H2-Dd, H2-Kd, H2-Dk X
Ly49E (Klra5) Urokinase plasminogen X
Ly49G (Klra7) H2-Dd, H2-Kd, H2-Ld, H2-Db, H2-Dk, H2-Dr X
Ly49I (Klra9) H2-Kb, H2-Kd, H2-Dk, H2-Kk, m157 (MCMV) X
Ly49D (Klra4) H2-Dd, H2-Dr, Dsp2 X
Ly49H (Klra8) m157 (MCMV) X
Ly49P (Klra16) H2-Dd, H2-Dk, m04 (MCMV) X
NKG2A (CD159A)/CD94 HLA-E (human), Qa-1b (mouse) X X
NKG2C (CD159C)/CD94, HLA-E (human), Qa-1b (mouse) X X
NKG2D (CD314) Human: MICA/B, ULBP1, ULBP2, ULBP3, ULBP4, ULBP5, ULBP6 Mouse: RAE-1a, RAE-1b, RAE-1d, RAE-1e, RAE-1g, H60a, H60b, H60c, MUTL1 X X
KLRG1 E-, N-, and R-cadherin X X
NKp46 (NCR1; CD335) CFP (properdin), hemagglutinin, PfEMP1 X X
NKp30 (NCR3; CD337) B7-H6, BAT3 X
NKp44 (NCR2; CD336) 21spe-MLL5 X
NKp80 (KLRF1) AICL (activation-induced C-type lectin) X
DNAM-1 (CD226) Nectin-2, PVR X X
2B4 (CD244) CD48 X X