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. 2012 Jan;91(1):27–33. doi: 10.1189/jlb.0811442

Table 1. Summary of Currently Identified Members of the LILR Family.

Group Type Receptor Aliases (according to ref. [6]) Ligand
Group 1 (>70% similarity to LILRB1/B2; conserved HLA class I binding sites) ITIM adaptor molecules LILRB1 LIR-1, ILT2, MIR-7, CD85, LIR1, CD85j HLA Class I, UL18 [711]
LILRB2 LIR-2, ILT4, MIR-10, LIR2, CD85d, MIR10 HLA Class I, UL18, CD1d [8, 9, 11, 12]
ITAM adaptor molecules LILRA1 LIR-6, CD85i, LIR6a HLA-B27, HLA-C [9, 13]
LILRA2 LIR-7, ILT1, CD85h, LIR7 Unknown
Soluble LILRA3 LIR-4, HM43, ILT6, LIR4, CD85e HLA-C [9]
Group 2 (<60% similarity to LILRB1/B2; unlikely to bind HLA class I) ITIM adaptor molecules LILRB3 LIR-3, HL9, ILT5, LIR3, CD85a Unknown
LILRB4 LIR-5, ILT3, HM18, LIR5, CD85k Unknown
LILRB5 LIR-8, LIR8, CD85c Unknown
ITAM adaptor molecules LILRA4 ILT7, CD85g BST-2 [14]
LILRA5 ILT11, LIR9, CD85, CD85f Unknown
LILRA6 ILT8, CD85b Unknown
pseudogenes LILRP1 ILT9, CD85l, LILRA6P n/a
LILRP2 ILT10, CD85m n/a