Genetics of Apoptosis

2.2

The TNFR family

All known receptors for members of the TNF family belong to a large and
heterogeneous protein family with 29 members, the TNFR family. Conversely, all

Table 2 The TNF and TNF-R families

aLIGHT also binds to LTb-R and DcR3.
bTRAIL also binds to OPG.
cTWEAK might also bind to TRAMP.

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