Table 2.

New CD nomenclature for ILT/LIR and KIR molecules

DesignationName
The ILT/LIR family  
 CD85a ILT5/LIR3 
 CD85b ILT8  
 CD85c LIR8  
 CD85d ILT4/LIR2, MIR10 
 CD85e ILT6/LIR4  
 CD85f ILT11  
 CD85g ILT7 
 CD85h ILT1/LIR7  
 CD85i LIR6  
 CD85j ILT2/LIR1, MIR7  
 CD85k ILT3/LIR5  
 CD85l ILT9  
 CD85m ILT10 
The KIR family  
 CD158z KIR3DL7/KIRC1  
 CD158b1 and CD158b2 KIR2DL2/p58.2 and KIR2DL3/p58.3 
 CD158a KIR2DL1/p58.1  
 CD158c KIR2DS6/KIRX 
 CD158d KIR2DL4  
 CD158e1 and CD158e2 KIR3DL1/p70 and KIR3DS1/p70  
 CD158f KIR2DL5  
 CD158g KIR2DS5 
 CD158h KIR2DS1/p50.1  
 CD158i KIR2DS4/p50.3 
 CD158j KIR2DS2/p50.2  
 CD158k KIR3DL2/p140 
DesignationName
The ILT/LIR family  
 CD85a ILT5/LIR3 
 CD85b ILT8  
 CD85c LIR8  
 CD85d ILT4/LIR2, MIR10 
 CD85e ILT6/LIR4  
 CD85f ILT11  
 CD85g ILT7 
 CD85h ILT1/LIR7  
 CD85i LIR6  
 CD85j ILT2/LIR1, MIR7  
 CD85k ILT3/LIR5  
 CD85l ILT9  
 CD85m ILT10 
The KIR family  
 CD158z KIR3DL7/KIRC1  
 CD158b1 and CD158b2 KIR2DL2/p58.2 and KIR2DL3/p58.3 
 CD158a KIR2DL1/p58.1  
 CD158c KIR2DS6/KIRX 
 CD158d KIR2DL4  
 CD158e1 and CD158e2 KIR3DL1/p70 and KIR3DS1/p70  
 CD158f KIR2DL5  
 CD158g KIR2DS5 
 CD158h KIR2DS1/p50.1  
 CD158i KIR2DS4/p50.3 
 CD158j KIR2DS2/p50.2  
 CD158k KIR3DL2/p140 

For further details of this classification, based on the position of the genes on chromosome 19q;13.4 from centromeric to telomeric loci, see André et al.3 

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