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Facts about T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | TIGIT |
Uniprot: | Q495A1 |
Entrez: | 201633 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains; TIGIT; VSIG9; VSTM3; WUCAM
Mass (kDA):
26.319 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 3q13.31 |
Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (114291102..114329747) |
Expressed at low levels on peripheral memory and regulatory CD4+ T-cells and NK cells and is up-regulated following activation of these cells (at protein level).
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.
PMID: 19011627 by Yu X., et al. The surface protein TIGIT suppresses T cell activation by promoting the generation of mature immunoregulatory dendritic cells.
PMID: 22421438 by Stengel K.F., et al. Structure of TIGIT immunoreceptor bound to poliovirus receptor reveals a cell-cell adhesion and signaling mechanism that requires cis-trans receptor clustering.