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Molecular variations in the promoter and coding regions of human Tim-1 gene and their association in Koreans with asthma.
Human immunology - 1 Dec 2003
Chae Soo-Cheon, Song Ju-Hee, Heo Jin-Chul, Lee Yong-Chul, Kim Jin-Wou, Chung Hun-Taeg
Abstract excerpt
The family of T-cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin domain (TIM) proteins is identified to be expressed on T cells. A member of Tim family, TIM-1, was considered as a membrane protein that is associated with the development of helper T cell (Th2) biased immune responses, and may be selectively expressed on Th2 cells. In the present study we performed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) scanning of the coding...
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