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Symbol LTB4R contributors: mct/npt - updated : 19-03-2010
HGNC name leukotriene B4 receptor
HGNC id 6713
EXPRESSION
Type widely
constitutive of
   expressed in (based on citations)
organ(s)
SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Digestivepharynx   highly
Lymphoid/Immunespleen   highly
Nervousbrain    
Respiratoryrespiratory tractlarynx  highly
tissue
SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Blood / hematopoieticbone marrow   
Lymphoid    
cells
SystemCellPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Blood/Hematopoieticleukocyte
cell lineage
cell lines osteoblastic and brain cell lines
fluid/secretion
at STAGE
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • seven transmembrane segments (7TM) receptor
  • HOMOLOGY
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • G-protein coupled receptor 1 family
  • CATEGORY receptor membrane G
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     plasma membrane
        intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm
    basic FUNCTION
  • involved in the regulation of the inflammatory system
  • predominantly responding to ATP, involved in the regulation of cardiac muscle contraction
  • major neutrophil chemotactic factor released from the intraluminal thrombus of abdominal aortic aneurysms (Houard 2009)
  • G-protein-coupled receptors for leukotriene B4 functioning in host defense, inflammation, and immunity (Kuniyeda 2007)
  • in granulocytes transducing intracellular signals through the Gi- and G16-classes of G proteins, which inhibit cAMP production and raise the intracellular calcium concentration (Hikiji 2009)
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS inflammation
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • ligand LTB4 (LTB4 is produced in osteoclasts and activates LTB4R in an autocrine/paracrine manner) (Hikiji 2009)
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s)
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
  • inhibition of LTB4R functions may represent a strategy for preventing bone resorption diseases (potential therapeutic target for bone resorption diseases) (Hikiji 2009)
  • ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • osteoclasts from Blt1-deficient mice showed reduced calcium resorption activities compared with wild-type osteoclasts (Hikiji 2009)