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A polymorphism of the TIM-1 IgV domain: implications for the susceptibility to filovirus infection.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 12 Dec 2014
Kuroda Makoto, Fujikura Daisuke, Noyori Osamu, Kajihara Masahiro, Maruyama Junki, Miyamoto Hiroko, Yoshida Reiko, Takada Ayato
Abstract excerpt
Filoviruses, including Ebola and Marburg viruses, cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates with mortality rates of up to 90%. Human T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 1 (TIM-1) is one of the host proteins that have been shown to promote filovirus entry into cells. In thi...
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