CCR3

C-C motif chemokine receptor 3

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a receptor for C-C type chemokines. It belongs to family 1 of the G protein-coupled receptors. This receptor binds and responds to a variety of chemokines, including eotaxin (CCL11), eotaxin-3 (CCL26), MCP-3 (CCL7), MCP-4 (CCL13), and RANTES (CCL5). It is highly expressed in eosinophils and basophils, and is also detected in TH1 and TH2 cells, as well as in airway epithelial cells. This receptor may contribute to the accumulation and activation of eosinophils and other inflammatory cells in the allergic airway. It is also known to be an entry co-receptor for HIV-1. This gene and seven other chemokine receptor genes form a chemokine receptor gene cluster on the chromosomal region 3p21. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]

Known Variants36 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs130752703:46,253,789T/Cupstream gene variant
rs130921603:46,254,791T/Cupstream gene variant
rs571153303:46,255,262T/A
rs347597823:46,260,444G/Aintron variant
rs67750463:46,268,772A/Tintron variant
rs1145151233:46,270,326G/A
rs15427563:46,272,162G/Tintron variant
rs119166653:46,277,665C/Aintron variant
rs130961423:46,281,744C/Tupstream gene variant
rs126366513:46,282,391T/A
rs133256133:46,298,373G/Tintron variant
rs30912503:46,306,130G/Tintron variant
rs5735264353:46,306,723A/Tuncertain significance
rs7700788593:46,306,806G/Auncertain significance
rs7783561023:46,306,873A/Guncertain significance
rs2010178683:46,306,886G/Alikely benign
rs3694878953:46,306,964G/Auncertain significance
rs7579064763:46,307,061G/Tuncertain significance
rs561771843:46,307,077G/Auncertain significance
rs617388363:46,307,089T/Cuncertain significance
rs1412529643:46,307,107C/Tuncertain significance
rs7803291383:46,307,218A/Guncertain significance
rs7486976593:46,307,246C/Auncertain significance
rs14827702813:46,307,260C/Tuncertain significance
rs9878670093:46,307,295G/Auncertain significance
rs1383462193:46,307,313A/Gmissense variant
rs21259372953:46,307,385G/Auncertain significance
rs1484548213:46,307,391T/Guncertain significance
rs1998314733:46,307,415A/Guncertain significance
rs7804234263:46,307,559G/Tuncertain significance
rs9879793003:46,307,570G/Tuncertain significance
rs2004780413:46,307,575G/Alikely benign
rs17006283623:46,307,611T/Guncertain significance
rs7770447913:46,307,677C/Tuncertain significance
rs1118262783:46,307,695C/Tuncertain significance
rs30913123:46,308,472T/Adownstream gene variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.