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AILIM/ICOS: a novel lymphocyte adhesion molecule.

Authors: Tamatani, T  Tezuka, K  Hanzawa-Higuchi, N 
Citation: Tamatani T, etal., Int Immunol. 2000 Jan;12(1):51-5.
RGD ID: 1624277
Pubmed: PMID:10607749   (View Abstract at PubMed)

The adhesive interaction between T cells and antigen-presenting cells is required for the formation of the immunological synapse. Inducible co-stimulator (ICOS) is a third member of the CD28 family of co-stimulatory molecules. Here we describe a novel lymphocyte adhesion molecule, of relative molecular mass 47,000, designated AILIM, that is a rat homolog of ICOS. Rat AILIM was constitutively expressed on thymocytes and was induced on naive T cells after activation. Human thymoma cells bound to purified AILIM. Furthermore, cells transfected with the AILIM gene aggregated in an AILIM-dependent manner. These results suggest a novel function for AILIM/ICOS as an adhesion molecule, which plays an important role in T cell activation.



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Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
IcosRatcell-cell adhesion  IDA  RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Icos  (inducible T-cell co-stimulator)


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