Kouyuki Hirayasu, Seik-Soon Khor, Yosuke Kawai, Mihoko Shimada, Yosuke Omae, Gen Hasegawa, Yuko Hashikawa, Hiromu Tanimoto, Jun Ohashi, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Atsushi Tajima, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Minoru Nakamura, Katsushi Tokunaga, Rikinari Hanayama, Masao Nagasaki
Leukocyte immunoglobulin (Ig)-like receptors (LILRs) on human chromosome 19q13.4 encode 11 immunoglobulin superfamily receptors, exhibiting genetic diversity within and between human populations. Among the LILR genes, the genomic region surrounding LILRB3 and LILRA6 has yet to be fully characterized due to their significant sequence homology, which makes it difficult to differentiate between them. To examine the LILRB3 and LILRA6 genomic region, a tool named JoGo-LILR CN Caller, which can call copy number from short-read whole genome sequencing (srWGS) data, was applied to an extensive international srWGS dataset comprising 2,504 samples...
2024: Frontiers in Immunology