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. 2020 Apr 11;12(4):952. doi: 10.3390/cancers12040952

Table 2.

NK cell inhibitory receptors and their ligands [56,57,58].

Human Receptor Classical MHC Ligands
KIR2DL1 HLA-C group 2 molecules (Asn77 and Lys80) [45]
KIR2DL2 HLA-B and HLA-C group 1 molecules (Ser77 and Asn80) [45]
KIR2DL3 HLA-C group 1 molecules (Ser77 and Asn80) [45] and some HLA-CGroup 2 and HLA-B (weaker affinity than 2DL2) [46]
KIR2DL5(A+B) unknown
KIR3DL1 HLA-A and B with the Bw4 epitope, amino acid positions 77–83 [45]
KIR3DL2 Some HLA-A allotypes [45]
KIR3DL3 Unknown
LILRB1 HLA-C [48,49]
Human receptor Non-classical MHC ligands
CD94/NKG2A/B HLA-E [59,60]
LILRB1 HLA-E and HLA-G [61] and UL18 (MHC viral homologue) [62,63]
Human receptor Non-MHC-I ligands
SIGLEG-7/9 α2,3- and α2,6-linked sialylated proteins [64,65,66]
NKRP1A LLT1 (CLEC2D) [67,68]
Mouse Classical MHC ligands
Ly49A H2-Dd [11,69,70,71,72,73,74], H2-Dk [74], H2-Ld, H2-Kb, H2-Kb and H2-Dp [69]
Ly49B Unknown
Ly49C H2-Kb [74,75], H2-Kd [74], H2-Kk, H2-Db, H2-Dd [76]
Ly49F H2-Dd [76]
Ly49G H2-Db [69]
Ly49I H2-Kb [75] and H2-Kd [74]
Human receptor Non-classical MHC ligands
Ly49A H2-M3 [77]
Ly49C H2-Q10 [78]
CD94/NKG2A/B Qa-1 [59,60]
Human receptor Non-MHC-I ligands
NKRP1B Clr-b (Clec2d) [79]
gp49B1 integrin αVβ3 [80]
Ly49E urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) [81]
Shared receptors Non-MHC-I ligands
TIGIT poliovirus receptor (CD155, PVR) and nectin-2 (CD112, PVRL2) [82,83]
TACTILE poliovirus receptor (CD155, PVR) and nectin-2 (CD112, PVRL2) [82,83]
CEACAM1 CEACAM1 [84]
LAIR-1 Collagen [85]
KLRG1 E- and N-Cadherin [86,87]
TAMs Gas6 and Pros1 [88,89]