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/T—uncertain significance
rs7700788593:46,306,806G/A—uncertain significance
rs7783561023:46,306,873A/G—uncertain significance
rs2010178683:46,306,886G/A—likely benign
rs3694878953:46,306,964G/A—uncertain significance
rs7579064763:46,307,061G/T—uncertain significance
rs561771843:46,307,077G/A—uncertain significance
rs617388363:46,307,089T/C—uncertain significance
rs1412529643:46,307,107C/T—uncertain significance
rs7803291383:46,307,218A/G—uncertain significance
rs7486976593:46,307,246C/A—uncertain significance
rs14827702813:46,307,260C/T—uncertain significance
rs9878670093:46,307,295G/A—uncertain significance
rs1383462193:46,307,313A/Gmissense variant—
rs21259372953:46,307,385G/A—uncertain significance
rs1484548213:46,307,391T/G—uncertain significance
rs1998314733:46,307,415A/G—uncertain significance
rs7804234263:46,307,559G/T—uncertain significance
rs9879793003:46,307,570G/T—uncertain significance
rs2004780413:46,307,575G/A—likely benign
rs17006283623:46,307,611T/G—uncertain significance
rs7770447913:46,307,677C/T—uncertain significance
rs1118262783:46,307,695C/T—uncertain significance
rs30913123:46,308,472T/Adownstream gene variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.