| ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor | |
| Hgncid: | 2170 |
| Symbol: | CNTFR |
| Entrezgene: | 1271 |
| Omim: | 118946 |
| Refseq: | NM_001842 |
| Uniprot: | P26992 |
| Chromosome: | 9 |
| Arm: | p |
| Band: | 13 |
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]