This gene encodes two isoforms of a receptor for monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, a chemokine which specifically mediates monocyte chemotaxis. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 is involved in monocyte infiltration in inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis as well as in the inflammatory response against tumors. The receptors encoded by this gene mediate agonist-dependent calcium mobilization and inhibition of adenylyl cyclase. This gene is located in the chemokine receptor gene cluster region. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants are expressed by the gene.
Also known as: CC-CKR-2;C-C Chemokine receptor 2A; C C CKR 2; CC chemokine receptor type 2; CC CKR 2; CCCKR2; CCR 2; CCR1L; CCR2A; CCR2B; CCR5L; CD192; CD192 antigen; Chemokine C C motif receptor 2; Chemokine CC Motif Receptor 2; CKR 2; CKR2; CKR2A; CKR2B; CMKBR2; MCP 1 R; MCP1 RECEPTOR ; MCP1R ; Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 receptor; Monocyte Chemotactic Protein 1 Receptor; FLJ78302; MCP-1-R; MGC103828; MGC111760; MGC168006.