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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Immunol. 2018 Jan 31;39(3):222–239. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2017.12.001

Table 2.

The major NK receptor-ligand pairs in mice.

Mouse inhibitory receptor-ligand pairs Mouse activating receptor-ligand pairs
Inhibitory receptor Ligand Activating receptor Ligand
Ly49A H-2Db, Dd, Dk, Dp and H2-M3 Ly49D MHC H-2Dd
Ly49C H-2Kb, -Kd, Dk, Dd, Db, Dk, m157 Ly49H MCMV m157
Ly49F H2-Dd Ly49L H-2Kk
Ly49G H-2Dd, Ld Ly49P H-2Dd
Ly49J H2-Kb Ly49W H-2Dd, Dk
Ly49I H-2Db, Dd, Ds, Dq, Dv, Kb, Kd, Ks, Kq, Kv, and m157 Ly49R H-2Dd,Dk,Ld
Ly49J H-2Kb CD94/NKG2D Rae-1, H-60a-c, Mult-1
Ly49O H-2Db,Dd,Dk,Ld CD94/NKG2E HLA-E
Ly49V H-2Db,Dd, Kk NK1.1 MCMV m12
LILRB1 Overall MHC class I expression NKp46 Complement factor P, viral hemagglutinin, heparin sulfate
PIR-B MHC class I NKR-P1 Clr-b
CD94/NKG2A Qa1 PIR-A MHC class I
CD94/NKG2E DNAM-1 CD155, CD112