Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Predicted to enable integrin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including T cell antigen processing and presentation; cellular response to glucose stimulus; and cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor. Located in external side of plasma membrane and immunological synapse. Colocalizes with membrane raft. Is expressed in several structures, including cardiovascular system; frontal suture; lung; skin; and thymus primordium. Used to study malaria. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including autoimmune disease (multiple); biliary atresia; diabetic retinopathy; inflammatory bowel disease (multiple); and uveitis (multiple). Orthologous to human ICAM1 (intercellular adhesion molecule 1).
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