Ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor

The ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor, also known as CNTFR, binds the ciliary neurotrophic factor. This receptor and its cognate ligand support the survival of neurons.^[1] This receptor is most closely related to the interleukin-6 receptor. This receptor possesses an unusual attachment to the cell membrane through a glycophosphatidylinositol linkage.^[2]

ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor
Identifiers
Symbol	CNTFR
NCBI gene	1271
HGNC	2170
OMIM	118946
RefSeq	NM_001842
UniProt	P26992
Other data
Locus	Chr. 9 p13
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