TIM genes: A family of cell surface phosphatidylserine receptors that regulate innate and adaptive immunity

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 172-189

  Freeman, Gordon J ^a,d   Casasnovas, Jose M ^b   Umetsu, Dale T ^c   Dekruyff, Rosemarie H ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Costimulation; Galectin 9; Phagocytosis; Phosphatidylserine; TIM; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; ECALECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 17; T CELL TRANSMEMBRANE IMMUNOGLOBULIN AND MUCIN; T CELL TRANSMEMBRANE IMMUNOGLOBULIN AND MUCIN 1; T CELL TRANSMEMBRANE IMMUNOGLOBULIN AND MUCIN 2; T CELL TRANSMEMBRANE IMMUNOGLOBULIN AND MUCIN 3; T CELL TRANSMEMBRANE IMMUNOGLOBULIN AND MUCIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLERGY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNITY; BETA SHEET; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TYPE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITES; DENDRITIC CELLS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 77951673268     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2010.00903.x     Document Type: Review

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