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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Advances in the study of TIM3 in myelodysplastic syndrome.

Xinyu Guo, Shunjie Yu, Jinglian Tao, Yingshuai Wang, Zonghong Shao, Rong Fu, Lijuan Li

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. TIM-3 in AML: pathogenic roles and therapeutic targetability.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Xinyu GuoDepartment of Hematology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Shunjie YuDepartment of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jinglian TaoCenter for Molecular Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
Yingshuai WangDepartment of Hematology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Zonghong ShaoDepartment of Hematology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Rong FuDepartment of Hematology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Lijuan LiDepartment of Hematology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are heterogeneous myeloid clonal disorders derived from hematopoietic stem cells. The incidence of MDS (1.51/100,000 in China, 4-5/100,000 in Europe and America) is higher than any subtype of leukemia. In recent years, the imbalance of immune regulation and tumor microenvironmental disorders have received increasing attention in the pathogenesis of MDS. T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing protein 3 (TIM-3) is an important inhibitory immune checkpoint molecule, widely expressed in T cells, NK cells, and dendritic cells, monocytes/macrophages and other immune cells. Numerous studies have confirmed that TIM-3 is aberrantly expressed in a variety of solid and hematologic tumors and plays an important role in regulating tumor escape and immune depletion. In this paper, we focus on reviewing the relevant studies of TIM-3 in MDS and summarize the findings of our team in this field. We also discuss the potential application of TIM-3 in the diagnosis and treatment of MDS in conjunction with the latest clinical trials. Blocking TIM-3 has both 'tumor cell-targeted inhibition' and 'immune function remodeling' dual roles in MDS disease progression, which provides new therapeutic strategies and hope for MDS patients.

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Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2Myelodysplastic SyndromesAnimalsHumansTumor MicroenvironmentHAVCR2 protein, humanHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2immune checkpointsimmune escapemyelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)targeted therapyT-cell immunoglobulin mucin 3 (TIM-3)

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