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The association of TIM-3 gene polymorphism with atopic disease in Korean population.
Human immunology - 1 Dec 2004
Chae Soo-Cheon, Park Young-Ran, Lee Yong-Chul, Lee Jae-Hoon, 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 the TIM family, TIM-3 is selectively expressed on the surface of differentiated T helper 1 (Th1) cells. TIM-3 might have an important role in the induction of autoimmune diseases by regulating macrophage activation and interacts with the TIM-3 ligand to regulate Th1 responses. In the...
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