KIR2DL2

Gene

killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor, two Ig domains and long cytoplasmic tail 2

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 19q13.4 alternate reference locus

Encodes

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The protein product this gene encodes, reached through the canonical GENE→PROTEIN (encodes) relation. Its biology, drugs, indications, trials and therapeutic evidence live on the protein's own page.

Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor 2DL2P43627

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Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known ascl-43 · nkat6 · CD158B1 · CD158k

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Alias symbolscl-43, nkat6, CD158B1, CD158k

Previous nameskiller cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 2

Associated diseases

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Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

No gene–disease associations are recorded in the graph for this gene yet. Associations appear here as they are ingested and their disease is resolved to a canonical entity.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

CD moleculesKiller cell immunoglobulin like receptors

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2016-01-20.