title: Cloning of rhesus monkey LILRs.
abstract: Leukocyte Ig-like receptors (LILRs) are a family of receptors that have inhibitory and activating functions and widely expressed by lymphoid and myeloid cells. Here we report the identification of the rhesus monkey LILRs by screening of rhesus spleen and decidua cDNA libraries and RT-PCR cloning. We obtained eight different full-length clones with structural and functional diversity similar to human LILRs, including LILRs with immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs, LILRs with truncated cytoplasmic tails containing positively charged arginine residues in the transmembrane domain, and putative soluble receptors lacking transmembrane or cytoplasmic domains. Characterization of rhesus LILRs will facilitate use of this non-human primate model for the study of the functional role(s) of LILRs, including immune regulation through interaction with non-classical MHC class I molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. islukvin@wisc.edu
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Slukvin
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Grendell
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Golos
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003656:Decidua / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015723:Gene Library; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010802:Phylogeny; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011971:Receptors, Immunologic