(Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor, Subfamily A (With TM Domain), Member 4 (LILRA4))
This gene encodes an immunoglobulin-like cell surface protein preferentially expressed in plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs). This gene is highly expressed in PDCs, and is found to be rapidly down-regulated by interleukin 3 (IL3). This gene is one of the 19 highly related genes that form a leukocyte receptor gene cluster (LRC) at chromosomal region 19q13.4. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
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