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Identification of Tapr (an airway hyperreactivity regulatory locus) and the linked Tim gene family.
Nature immunology - 1 Dec 2001
McIntire J J, Umetsu S E, Akbari O, Potter M, Kuchroo V K, Barsh G S, Freeman G J, Umetsu D T, DeKruyff R H
Abstract excerpt
To simplify the analysis of asthma susceptibility genes located at human chromosome 5q23-35, we examined congenic mice that differed at the homologous chromosomal segment. We identified a Mendelian trait encoded by T cell and Airway Phenotype Regulator (Tapr). Tapr is genetically distinct from known cytokine genes and controls the development of airway hyperreactivity and T cell production of interleukin 4 (IL-4)...
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