Complement receptor of the immunoglobulin family

Complement receptor of the immunoglobulin family
V-set and immunoglobulin domain containing 4
Identifiers
Symbol VSIG4
Entrez 11326
HUGO 17032
OMIM 300353
RefSeq NM_007268
UniProt Q9Y279
Other data
Locus Chr. X q12-q13.3

Complement receptor of the immunoglobulin family is a protein expressed in Kupffer cells.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Helmy K, Katschke K, Gorgani N, Kljavin N, Elliott J, Diehl L, Scales S, Ghilardi N, van Lookeren Campagne M (2006). "CRIg: a macrophage complement receptor required for phagocytosis of circulating pathogens.". Cell 124 (5): 915–27. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.12.039. PMID 16530040. 

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