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Endothelial cell-expressed Tim-3 facilitates metastasis of melanoma cells by activating the NF-κB pathway
23 Jul 2010
Abstract excerpt
T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-3 (Tim-3) is originally recognized as a receptor of Th1 cells. We found that Tim-3 could be expressed in endothelial cells after stimulation with tumor cell-released TLR4 ligand. Tim-3 expressed by endothelial cells does not function as the receptor of galectin-9, but mediates the interaction of endothelial cells with tumor cells. The engagement of endothelial cell-expressed...
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